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Complexities of Post-Disaster Recovery: An Example from Thailand

8th November 2023 / By Iftekhar Ahmed, Indrajit Pal and Voravate Chonlasin / Disaster Recovery, Thailand

The crisis of recovery Disaster management agencies around the world tend to have a strong focus on post-disaster response and emergency management, and after a disaster there is typically a flurry of short-term activities to deal with the impacts. However, long-term issues associated with post-disaster recovery, particularly in the housing sector which is often most …

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Looking at Asia through the lens of disability

12th July 2018 / By Thushara Dibley / Cambodia, Disability, Thailand

The 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) brought together a group of scholars from around Australia and the region with a shared interest in disability in Asia. Asian studies conferences are not a usual venue for the meeting of scholars of disability, but the 2018 ASAA conference provided a unique …

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No obituary yet: Thai democracy and the 1932 revolution

12th June 2017 / By Arjun Subrahmanyan / Thailand

A modest plaque has disappeared from the pavement at the Royal Plaza in Thailand. Arjun Subrahmanyan considers the wider significance of its removal The recent disappearance of a plaque commemorating the 1932 revolution in Siam shows the suspicion over popular sovereignty that still prevails in the country. The event, staged by a group of commoners …

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A peaceful New Year’s gift on the Cambodia–Thailand border

14th May 2017 / By Marnie Feneley / Cambodia, Thailand

A small gesture holds a glimmer of hope for a more lasting peace on a troubled border, reports Marnie Feneley On a recent field trip shooting panoramic photographs at Banteay Chhmar, a temple in northern Cambodia, we decided to take a detour further north to see a temple known as Ta Muen Thom. This temple, …

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What is King Bhumibol’s legacy?

17th October 2016 / By Nicholas Farrelly / Thailand

The death of the world’s longest-reigning monarch, King Bhumbibol Adulyadej, on 13 October may loose forces that will energise a new round of political turmoil in Thailand The 70-year reign of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej started and ended inauspiciously. It was a family tragedy that unexpectedly brought Bhumibol to the throne. He went on to …

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The real meaning of Thailand’s constitutional referendum

16th August 2016 / By Patrick Jory / Thailand

If history is a guide, Thailand’s latest constitution will be shortlived Many observers of Thailand’s ongoing debilitating political crisis have been scratching their heads trying to understand how Thai voters approved a draft constitution in the referendum on 7 August 2016 which is so blatantly designed to entrench military rule. The result of the referendum …

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Complexities of Post-Disaster Recovery: An Example from Thailand

Looking at Asia through the lens of disability

No obituary yet: Thai democracy and the 1932 revolution

A peaceful New Year’s gift on the Cambodia–Thailand border

What is King Bhumibol’s legacy?

The real meaning of Thailand’s constitutional referendum

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