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They are torturing the local people by taking up arms. That’s why I decided to join the Dawna Column, to fight back and protect our Mon region

By Burma News International | Independent Mon News Agency

An interview with Chan Mon, a young Mon soldier who was forcibly drafted into military service while traveling back from Thailand to Mon State for a visit and later chose to surrender to the Dawna Column

By Chan Mon, young Mon soldier who was forcibly drafted into military service

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The Anwar-Thaksin Deal: A Masterstroke or Miscalculation?

Source: Fulcrum 

Anwar Ibrahim, the prime minister of Malaysia, has roped in former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as his informal advisor ahead of Kuala Lumpur assuming the ASEAN chairmanship. This might be ill-advised.

By Napon Jatusripitak is a Visiting Fellow and Acting Coordinator of the Thailand Studies Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute

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