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Thaksin warns of tougher times ahead if crisis drags on
News, Published on 11/02/2014
» Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra wants the political conflict to be resolved at the negotiating table, his legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Monday.
Region loses great statesman
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/03/2015
» Thailand has lost a staunch ally while Asean will sorely miss a source of wisdom, guidance and inspiration with the death yesterday of Lee Kuan Yew — Singapore's first and longest-serving prime minister.
Tell truth on terrorism
News, Editorial, Published on 01/09/2015
» Last week's arrest of a suspect in the Ratchaprasong bombing murders also rekindled a recurring controversy. It is the use and actual definition of terrorism. Serious and informed minds have tackled this argument for decades. Some senior authorities have argued since the bomb exploded at the Erawan shrine on Aug 17 that the atrocity was not terrorism. This only raises another question: If it was not terrorism, what was it?
The civilian factor
News, Postbag, Published on 04/04/2016
» Thank you for publishing my keynote address on "Democratic Governance: Striving for Thailand's New Normal" to the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand on March 23.
Power of finance
News, Postbag, Published on 08/04/2016
» The Panama Papers leak reinforces the long-held suspicion that it is financial power that is shaping this world.
Regime fails to hit unity goal
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 16/05/2016
» Having set itself a goal to restore national unity since seizing power almost two years ago, the military regime appears to have fallen short and its persistent use of "special powers" will only perpetuate political conflicts, critics say.
Abhisit urges govt to mull all unity advice
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 24/01/2017
» Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva is urging the government to consider recommendations complied by various reconciliation panels, saying those findings are equally important, although he acknowledged the wide popularity of the findings by the Kanit Na Nakorn panel.
It's best not to forget lessons of 1991 coup
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/02/2017
» Feb 23, the day the military top brass toppled the government of Chatichai Choonhavan in a bloodless coup in 1991 (with a political bloodbath, known as the Black May uprising the following year) passed by almost without notice.
Veteran journalist Yuwadee dies at 71
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 11/03/2017
» Yuwadee Tunyasiri, a former senior reporter at the Bangkok Post, died peacefully early yesterday.
Searching for sanity
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 28/05/2017
» It now is pretty much confirmed by all available sources that the world is nuts. Last week was just more proof piling up.