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  • ADVANCED NEWS

    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.

  • OPINION

    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.

  • THAILAND

    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.

  • THAILAND

    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.

  • THAILAND

    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.

  • THAILAND

    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.

  • THAILAND

    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.

  • OPINION

    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.

  • THAILAND

    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.

  • OPINION

    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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