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Asia’s young debaters gather to discuss Migration in Asia

By Kirsten Han Sat, May 19, 2012 5:33PM UTC View Comments

It’s a collection of nations at the Thammasat University Learning Resort Centre in Pattaya, and everyone is arguing. Fortunately, none of it is hostile; we’re not witnessing the breakdown of diplomacy, but the first ever Asia Youth Forum organised by the International Debate Education Association (IDEA). The IDEA Asia Youth Forum is a gathering of...

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Japan: Time to expand the voting pool?

By Anna Watanabe Fri, Jan 27, 2012 2:29PM UTC View Comments

Younger people in Japan want to have their voices heard. Picture: AP

Today, Chief Cabinet Secretary, Osamu Fujimara, announced the government will begin talks to lower Japan’s national voting age to 18, next month. Official talks on the subject haven’t been held for almost a year and it is widely believed that February’s talks will again result in naught. Fujimara himself seems skeptical and the Japan Times...

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How to raise your Thai child culturally correct

By Siam Voices Wed, Sep 21, 2011 10:00AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut A recent survey has found that the Thai youth is increasingly abusing drugs, cigarettes and alcohol as early as about 15 (although one Thai news outlet has horrendously ‘misinterpreted’ the numbers). The pollsters have cited “studying difficulties, family issues and financial problems” as causes for young people to turn to narcotics and...

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Thailand’s cultural heralds to crack down… on planking?!

By Siam Voices Tue, Jun 21, 2011 6:10PM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut Thailand’s National Knee-Jerk Outrage Machine (“กลไกสร้างปฏิกิริยาอย่างไร้ความยั้งคิดแห่งประเทศไทย”*), also known as the self-proclaimed cultural heralds of everything ‘Thainess’, have struck again! After clamping down on farang chefs, topless Songkran dancers, religious tattoos on infidel skin, they are now targeting another absolutely inappropriate, un-Thai abomination: planking!!! Yes, the craze, where everyone lies face down in the most...

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Why Thailand wants children to carry ID cards – an explanation attempt

By Siam Voices Mon, Jun 06, 2011 10:00AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut One of the more smaller news stories of recent weeks was the new Identification Card Act. A main aspect of the act was to issue ID cards to children as young as seven, where previously the mandatory age to carry identification was 15. The only English language news source I found was...

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