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Vaccine foolery
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/01/2021
» Re: "Questions over Chinese vaccine", (BP, 14 Jan). I've maintained for a long time that the reason the Thai government preferred the SinoVac Biotec Chinese vaccine was that it came cheaper than the Western vaccines. Malaysia is now also questioning the effectiveness.
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Scum of the Earth
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 24/02/2019
» At the Bangkok Post Forum on Feb 7, Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit said it would be splendid if Thailand had green shirts with four stars who favour democracy. He called for a review (English translation: cancellation) of the recent, 2.3 billion-baht purchase of 14 more Chinese main battle tanks. Oh, and Thailand should halt conscription.
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Independence muted
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 09/12/2018
» The famously annoyable general prime minister was annoyed last week. The country's two largest political parties politely RSVP'd his invitation to a prayer meeting but declined because of the raucous nature of the worship.
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Turning red into green
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 22/07/2018
» Rarely in recent Thai political history has a government minister been so honest, so open and so utterly truthful as was PM's Office Minister Kobsak Pootrakool last Sunday.
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The shrine to insensitivity
News, Published on 07/01/2014
» Events of the past often must be tucked away so nations and people can get on with their lives. The US fought for years to contain Southeast Asian communism, but that was yesterday, and today is more about trade and cultural exchanges. Burmese conquerors committed huge injury on Siam, but Thailand and Myanmar must get along. The main exception to this spirit of moving on is Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Dec 26 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine is just the latest case of Tokyo rubbing every neighbour the wrong way with a needlessly offensive act.
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