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    A beautiful word of caution

    Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 15/12/2021

    » As part of the 2021 UOB Painting of the Year (Thailand) competition, artists were allowed to create paintings without restrictions in terms of imagination and ingenuity since there was no specific theme. The results were rewarding. The winner of UOB Painting of the Year (Thailand) in the established artist category, Vachira Kornthong, created a mixed media on canvas painting, Land Of Happiness, which depicts the hidden beauty and abundant happiness found in nature. Land Of Happiness stood out with its use of vibrant colours combined with a fabric applique technique. The message of nature conservation that the artwork implies also touched viewers.

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    Enforcement first

    News, Postbag, Published on 03/08/2019

    » Re: "Need for speed will not help solve gridlock", (Opinion, Aug 2).

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    Thailand's tale told via 'The Nation'

    News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 28/06/2019

    » Nearly five decades ago, The Nation newspaper started out as a pro-democracy, anti-military news organisation. It was fiercely independent and invariably hard-hitting vis-à-vis the powers-that-be. An English-language newspaper owned by Thais from the outset, it prided itself for having neither fear nor favour. Its lamentable expiry as a print newspaper today -- an online version will continue -- provides multiple parallels for Thailand's contemporary political history, ongoing polarisation and the changing nature of the business of journalism worldwide.

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    Into the political fray

    News, Alan Dawson, Published on 30/09/2018

    » Last June 30, the sometimes-accurate online Wikipedia updated the opening line of its entry on the general prime minister. For the first time, the introduction read, "Prayut Chan-o-cha is a Thai politician..." Before that, according to Wikipedia, Gen (Ret) Prayut was just a retired army general and head of the military junta -- which is what he claimed to be.

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    A year of tears

    Life, Published on 13/10/2017

    » One year ago today, Thailand lost a great king, the moral and spiritual centre of the entire nation. Upon hearing the news, people sobbed on the bus, wept on the train, cried in the office. It's one of those rare moments in life that affected all of us in such a way that we remember exactly where we were and how we felt when the reality of what happened set in. One year on, we ask dozens of people from all walks of life about how they remember that fateful day.

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    Reds gathering at Ratchaprasong

    Online Reporters, Published on 26/04/2012

    » Red-shirt supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) have begun to rally in front of the Central World department store and set up a stage near the Ratchaprasong intersection.

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    Banharn backs amnesty

    Online Reporters, Published on 13/04/2012

    » Amnesty is the key to national reconciliation, veteran politician Banharn Silpa-archa said on Friday.

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    Big Jiew flip-flops on reconciliation

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/03/2012

    » Having announced his political retirement some months ago, Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh re-emerged out of the blue with an open letter in support of the KPI's reconciliation proposals. And then, just as quickly, he backed off -- explaining the time was not right for him to speak out.

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    Sanan denies acting for Thaksin

    Online Reporters, Published on 23/03/2012

    » Chartthaipattana Party advisory chairman Sanan Kachornprasart denied as baseless a report that he received money from former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in exchange for information about who was really behind the 2006 coup.

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