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Tsunami drill causes concern
News, Published on 14/09/2010
» In the past few years, tsunami drills have pointed to a number of problems and it is not clear that officials have paid enough attention.
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Real leader is needed
News, Published on 10/02/2014
» It is sometimes distressing to consider how close the country is to national healing, while remaining so divided. All thinking Thais agreed quite some time ago that political reform is necessary for sheer survival. Yet the major participants have been involved in political warfare about minute and ultimately unimportant details regarding this. As the rhetoric ratchets up to even more divisive heights, speakers everywhere seem more concerned with baiting and putting down their opposition than providing any of the leadership that is so sorely needed.
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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.
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Dealing with police you can trust
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/10/2014
» The Metropolitan Police Bureau, the key agency overseeing police work in Bangkok, has never seen such a massive transfer of senior officers as in the recent reshuffle which saw a shake-up of metropolitan police units at virtually all levels.
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Governor faces challenging two years
News, Published on 10/08/2015
» The remaining two years in office for Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra will be fraught with difficulties unless he opens up and tells his supporters what he has been doing.
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Thaksin faces army libel suit
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/08/2015
» The Criminal Court yesterday agreed to hear a defamation suit filed by the army against ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra over his interview accusing members of the Privy Council of backing the coup that ousted the government of his sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, on May 22 last year.
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BMA graft claims expose rift with Democrats
News, Published on 21/10/2015
» Former Democrat Party MP's allegation of misconduct against a deputy Bangkok governor has underlined the conflict between the party and city governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra.
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Double standards
News, Editorial, Published on 24/09/2016
» The alleged forest encroachment case in Trat involving one of the richest families in Thailand has raised a few questions about possible double standards.
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Revenge of the kamnan
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 22/01/2017
» It had been 975 days since the military regime did anything to justify the coup d'etat that was needed specifically to bring happiness back to the people by national reconciliation. So the general prime minister named a 98-man, three tier committee of otherwise unemployed two-, three- and four-starred green shirts to draw daily allowances and proceed to bring about unity.
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Colouring politics with musical tradition
News, Published on 27/06/2017
» In the world of Thai traditional music, there is a highly esteemed competition, known as prachan, in which groups of musicians battle each other to produce the best pieces. The practice resembles a political fight in many ways.
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