16/08/2010
Achara Ashayagachat
Bangkok Post
"On Thai Peace Day, Thai and Asean people should realise that talking about the use of force in solving any dispute does no one any good" - Charnvit KasetsririThai Peace Day today should remind the Thai people and others in Southeast Asia that sustainable peace has yet to be established in people's hearts, historians say.
In light of recent domestic political violence and spats between Thailand and Cambodia, Thais should remember those who sacrificed for peace in the nation, they said.
Today, Aug 16, has been declared Thai Peace Day to commemorate the day in 1945 when Pridi Banomyong, then regent to King Rama VIII, declared one day after the Japanese surrender that the Phibulsonggram government's war collaboration with Japan had not represented the spirit of the Thai people.
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