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Time for a more transparent THAI
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 25/02/2016
» Despite the slew of negative articles regarding the country's troubled aviation industry published since last year, positive media reports about debt-ridden Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) have emerged over the past fortnight.
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Tourism and taxis; what is a fair fare for all?
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 28/10/2016
» Imagine you are a first-time visitor to Bangkok. You disembark at dawn at the vast, illuminated Suvarnabhumi airport, exhausted from a long-haul flight. Then, together with your spouse and children, you drowsily push your trolleys packed with luggage toward a taxi stand that has no queue of waiting passengers as dozens of airport taxi drivers eagerly await their turn, praying they get a customer who will net them the highest fare.
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Regime must prove its stance on graft
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 23/09/2016
» Being the younger brother of the junta leader and prime minister may not be the best thing in Thailand right now.
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Vote puts regime rivals in Catch-22
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 04/08/2016
» Opponents of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) are in a "damned if I do, damned if I don't" situation when they cast their vote in Sunday's referendum on the draft charter.
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Thai expert new No.2 at US embassy
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 11/08/2016
» Peter Haymond, a career diplomat with a long personal relationship with Thailand, has returned to Bangkok as the deputy chief of mission at the US embassy.
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Safer streets ... but at what cost?
Asia focus, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 05/09/2016
» Businessman Melvin Odicta Sr, accompanied by his wife Meriam and their lawyers, showed up at the office of Interior Secretary Ismael Sueño on Aug 25 to deny accusations of his involvement in illegal drug trade.
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Regime's war on graft mustn't discriminate
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 14/07/2016
» A day after Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited Samut Sakhon to meet with thousands of her compatriots in the country's western fishery province amid a chaotic reception, National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) chief and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha signed an order to transfer the provincial governor and three other senior provincial officials to inactive positions with immediate effect.
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Can dictatorial means justify the ends?
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 28/07/2016
» On May 22, 2014 then army commander-in-chief Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha led a group of patriotic generals to oust the democratically-elected but allegedly-corrupt government of prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, tearing up the previous junta-commissioned 2007 constitution.
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Don't run bike taxi rivals off the road
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 19/05/2016
» Like other unsolved problems this country has been facing for decades, the safety and reliability of motorcycle taxis are being addressed through authoritarian means, using nationalism and a perceived threat to national security as a pretext to ban services by foreign operators who have more innovative solutions than our inefficient and incompetent regulators.
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Outcry over Sorrayuth double standards?
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 03/03/2016
» The Criminal Court ruling on Monday against Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda, arguably the country’s most popular and controversial TV news anchor, for stealing 138 million baht in advertising revenue in 2005-2006 from state broadcaster MCOT, has spurred a tense debate over whether the veteran newscaster should take a break from his screen role.
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