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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 11 No. 296               

Thailand

Thailand’s first woman PM to be chief guest at R-Day Parade

From R. Vasudevan—Reporting from New Delhi

Thailand's first woman Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be the chief guest at India's Republic Day parade celebrations on January 26, Thai trade representative Nalinee Thaweesin announced in Bangkok.

Students protest over Hijab ban

By: Tharany Rajasingham

A group of 200 Muslim protesters representing the Muslim Group for Peace had gathered in front of parliament on Tuesday (10 January), protesting against the headscarf ban at a local school in Nong Chok district in Bangkok which was put in place in mid-2010. The protesters urged the government to urgently re-address the controversial ban towards the headscarf in the school.

Thakshin to be pardoned on the Thai King's 84th birthday

The ruling Pheu Thai-led government is preparing to seek a large-scale pardon for prisoners on the Thai King's 84th birthday on Dec 5, a move seen as an alternative to the red shirts' campaign for clemency for ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

Multi cultural nationalism in Sri Lanka

By Raj Gonsalkorale

No country in the world today could be identified as having a one hundred percent homogenous cultural identity although some countries have varying degrees of such homogeneity than others. Greater the homogeneity, easier it would be to link the cultural identity to what might be described as the identity’s nationalism.

Thai Cabinet line-up forwarded for royal endorsement

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has yesterday forwarded to King’s Principal Private Secretary Office the list of members of her new cabinet, for royal endorsement, Ampon Kittiampon, chief of Cabinet Secretariat said.

Bangkok celebrates Independence Day


Sri Lanka Independence Day celebrations in Thailand was enlivened this year with a musical performance by the famous singer Visharad Nanda Malini.

Thailand’s Buddhist artifacts for Lanka’s Int’l Museum coming in February


Eleven Buddha statues donated by Thailand to Sri Lanka's proposed International Buddhist Museum (IBM) will arrive in Colombo in February.

Sri Lankan Human Smuggling Worries Canada and Thailand

By Neville de Silva

Almost 30 of the 50-odd Sri Lankan Tamils arrested by Thai police in Songkhla, the port town in the Gulf of Thailand, have been brought to Bangkok and are in the Immigration Detention Centre, awaiting deportation.

Thailand: Red Shirt demand for probe into “military action”

From R. Vasudevan - Reporting from New Delhi

Thailand's "Red Shirt" anti-government movement has urged the International Criminal Court to investigate possible crimes against humanity by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's government.

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