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    Hear youthful outrage amid a silent sit-in

    News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/05/2015

    » They were not martyrs, heroes, or Jesuses nailed at the crosses as the crows picked out their eyes. They were just students who wanted to express their disagreement, which was the least anybody could do in a world where disagreement has not yet been outlawed (really?) and at a time when everybody else has been lulled into fake silence. The scene outside Bangkok Art and Culture Centre on May 22 was ugly, not as ugly as Tiananmen Square in 1989, or Gwangju in 1980, or Thammasat in 1976, but ugly enough to let us glimpse the flames beneath the volcano.

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    Use auctions to purge unholy graft

    News, Published on 01/06/2015

    » International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Thursday told the functionaries of Fifa, the football governing body, to clean up their act as the IOC did 15 years ago. His advice might have been more credible had Fifa president Joseph Blatter, himself an IOC member, not just introduced Mr Bach as "the Boss". International sports organisations have too much arbitrary power for their attempts at self-improvement to be effective. 

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    Thaksin affair is boiling, so extreme care is needed

    News, Published on 01/06/2015

    » Every now and then a letter arrives at the Bangkok Post suggesting that the media stop reporting on Thaksin Shinawatra. The general tenor is that we should ignore the fugitive former prime minister and anything and everything he says so he just fades into history.

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    Boat people now on radar

    News, Published on 01/06/2015

    » They came, they discussed. There were positive developments on Friday at the international conference on the crisis of the Rohingya boat people held in Bangkok and organised by the Thai government. The main and vital points of finding and sheltering those at sea had already been covered in emergency talks before last Friday's meeting. But two other important matters arose from the conference. The first was that every involved nation and group showed up to discuss a subject that has been ignored for too long. Second was that goals were set, despite the presence of Myanmar.

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    PM must seize chance to shake up police

    News, Published on 01/06/2015

    » Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha recently decided police reform was too difficult a task and he would leave it to the next government, even though the Royal Thai Police (RTP) is struggling to retain public confidence.

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    The born again tourist

    Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 01/06/2015

    » I am beginning to see the merits of the travel agency. Not any particular travel agency, but the travel agency as a generic species.

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    Agro giant needs to listen to the people

    News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 13/05/2015

    » The boycott of 7-Eleven last week may have failed to put a financial dent in the country's largest convenience store franchise. But it has succeeded in raising a big question mark over how agro giant CP is conducting its business.

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    Cable news networks fear audiences will tune out

    News, Published on 13/05/2015

    » There's supposed to be an ancient Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times". Even if it's not ancient or Chinese, it captures a certain truth.

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    Western politics hinder economies

    News, Published on 13/05/2015

    » Since my teenage years, I have been fascinated by the permutations and machinations of national politics. Today, I find myself focusing on broader political trends that also help to explain global economic issues.

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    Aid response never better

    News, Published on 13/05/2015

    » All members and organisers of the recent aid missions to Nepal deserve praise and respect. Especially as there's more work to do in the wake of the second 7.3-magnitude quake that hit the Chautara district close to Everest yesterday. The toll from that shock cannot yet be dertermined. From the moment news of the first killer quake two weeks ago reached Thailand, there was no lack of sympathy for victims and survivors alike. Voluntary donations to aid funds quickly surpassed the government's contributions. And while there was plenty of support for home-based help, a few groups and individuals stepped up and "walked the walk" in search, rescue and aid missions into Nepal.

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