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Lao state enterprises are undergoing serious reform after years of chronic losses from embezzlement and poor management, the prime minister has announced.

Thailand has won the United Nations Public Service Awards (UNPSA) for five years running thanks to the government’s efforts to improve public services, a government spokesperson announced on Friday.

WASHINGTON - Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen on Tuesday told lawmakers that the company systematically and repeatedly prioritized profits over the safety of its users, painting a detailed picture of an organization where hunger to grow governed decisions, with little concern for the impact on society.

One topic at top-level discussion is how to foster new development paradigm

Businessman Banyong Pongpanich has proposed using provisions in a previously used charter to reform the monarchy and end the ongoing standoff between the government and pro-democracy protesters.

At a meeting on Tuesday, new Army chief General Narongphan Jitkaewtae announced that he will continue his predecessor’s reform policies and called on unit commanders to abide by the principles of protecting the nation, the religion, the King and the people.

The huge youth-led protests on September 19 and 20 are bound to make history and forever lead to a sea change in Thailand’s political landscape, many academics believe.

A parliamentary committee has responded to demands for reform from the youth-led anti-establishment movement by organizing a dialogue forum to discuss their calls, including monarchy reform, on September 22.

More academics are standing up to defend student-led protesters, urging universities to open public space for peaceful debate and solution-seeking as political tension threatens to boil over.

Prominent social critic Sulak Sivaraksa has spoken out to defend students’ right to freedom of expression over their unprecedented 10-point manifesto for reform of the monarchy.

More than 100 academics nationwide issued a statement on Wednesday (August 12) to voice their support for student protesters who raised a 10-point manifesto on reforming the monarchy in a rally at Thammasat University on Monday.

The governor of Minnesota said Thursday that he would convene a special session of the state legislature to position his state at the forefront of a national movement to overhaul policing and address systemic racism in the wake of George Floyd's death.