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| Thai seminar on Burma in Pitsanulok tomorrow Posted: 17 Dec 2014 06:18 AM PST A two-day seminar on Thai-Burma Studies in Asean Community will be held tomorrow at Pitsanulok, where the Third Regional Army is headquartered, according an invitation by the organizers.    It is being organized by Thammasat University's Social Sciences and Humanities Textbook Foundation, headed by one of the kingdom's most respected scholar Dr Charnvit Kasetsiri. The venue will be at the Ekathosarot Building at the University of Naresuan. One of the panelists for the topic: Problems and the Way Out for Ethnic groups along the Thai-Burmese Border Areas on the seminar's second day is Khuensai Jaiyen, Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) founder-president and managing director of the 1 year old Pyidaungsu Institute (PI) for Peace and Dialogue. Other speakers include prominent scholars: Dulayapark Preecharach, Somrit Luechai and Moragotwong Phumplab and celebrated social activist Tuenjai Dettes. "I hope that the seminar will promote better understanding of Burma by its neighbors," says Khuensai. "The better the understanding is, the smoother and faster the ongoing peace process will be." The Third Regional Army was on 13 November assigned by Bangkok to monitor and coordinate the activities of the border-based ethnic armed movements with regards to the peace process launched by President Thein Sein on 17 August 2011. Other topics include: 18 December 2014 • Asean East-West, North-South Economic Corridors • Tourism in Ping-Wang-Yom-Nan and Salween Basins • Ethnic Diversity along the Thai-Burmese Border Areas • Transnational Migrant Labor • Thai-Burmese Trade 19 December • Construction of National Heroes and Heroines in Southeast Asia The seminar will be conducted in Thai. For more information, please contact Khun Torm 089 484 6655 and Ajarn Somrit 081 696 6003. |
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