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    Documenting the eye of the storm

    Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/01/2015

    » When 46-year-old Nikolaus Freiherr von Nostitz, better known as Nick, sent emails to his contacts on Dec 20 seeking financial help, some thought it was a scam. Soliciting donations is uncharacteristic of the outspoken but humble Nostitz. For years, people could see that the German was a modest guy who roamed around Bangkok on his decade-old Kawasaki GTO motorcycle to cover the turbulent transformation of Thai politics, from both sides (or more) of the conflict.

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    Most talked-about stories of 2014

    Business, Post Reporters, Published on 26/12/2014

    » Historically, 2014 will go down as another disappointing year for most, as the Thai economy continued to suffer amid political uncertainty, policy questions and weak global growth.

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    Pages of GLT history

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/03/2016

    » One by one, vintage magazines that were kept inside ziplock bags were slowly pulled out from within a steel cupboard. The yellowed pages of the publication and the outdated fashion apparel of the half-naked cover boy spoke for the period it was published.  

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    Prawit insists country changing for the better

    News, Published on 22/07/2015

    » Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon plays a key role as the "big brother" in the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and is arguably the second most influential figure in the administration.

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    Ex-KTB president jailed for malfeasance in office

    Online Reporters, Published on 26/08/2015

    » Viroj Nuankae was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 years in jail for malfeasance in office by the Supreme Court for approving huge loans to subsidiary firms of an ineligible real estate developer when he was president of Krungthai Bank.

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    From clam to crab governments

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/12/2015

    » From the Tanin Kraivixien government following the massacre of Oct 6, 1976, the premiership of Gen Prem Tinsulanonda in the 80s, the post-economic crisis time of Chuan Leekpai up to the politically turbulent times of Thaksin Shinawatra, Abhisit Vejjajiva and Yingluck Shinawatra -- few have witnessed the history of Thai contemporary politics as closely as Somlak Songsamphant. 

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    An amazing guidebook

    Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 30/03/2015

    » Go to any bookshop here and you will find a shelf full of guides to Thailand, many penned by farangs, several with lovely scenic photos. They cover much the same ground. The Thai people are nice in every respect, yet they have quaint practices you are expected to heed. But what can you expect? It's a foreign land, a third-world country, that needs catching up. Give it another century or so.

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    Who carried out Bangkok's deadly bombing?

    AFP, Published on 20/08/2015

    » Confusion swirls around who carried out Bangkok's deadly bombing. But experts say the unprecedented scale of Monday's attack and apparent targeting of tourists could indicate a game-changing escalation of tactics for the country's usual suspects -- or an entirely new threat.

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    Reform bars Pheu Thai, says Yingluck

    News, Published on 27/01/2015

    » The US assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel on Monday met ex-prime ministers Abhisit Vejjajiva and Yingluck Shinawatra, who expressed her concerns the Pheu Thai Party is being excluded from the reform process. 

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    Populist policies: Yingluck's worse than Thaksin

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/05/2013

    » First generation populist policies (universal healthcare, OTOP) better than second generation policies (rice pledging scheme, first car rebate).

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