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  • THAILAND

    Bar owner in soup for selling magic mushroom drinks

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/01/2018

    » SURAT THANI: Authorities on Monday raided a bar for allegedly selling a concoction blended with hallucinogenic mushrooms, as well as nitrous oxide -- commonly known as laughing gas -- to New Year revellers.

  • THAILAND

    Zero interference 'a pipe dream'

    News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/01/2018

    » A police reform proposal to have investigators work without the interference of powerful bosses has been met with criticism that such a plan is not practicable.

  • OPINION

    Stop press intimidation

    News, Editorial, Published on 02/01/2018

    » The Thai Journalists Association wound up the year by issuing a depressing statement. It rated 2017 as yet another year where the free press was regulated and intimidated by the military government. The TJA said the regime hinders the media by restricting freedom of expression. And it says this causes public harm by not allowing examination and by barring criticism of the junta, collectively and individually.

  • THAILAND

    Thailand prepares to show Asean leadership

    News, Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 02/01/2018

    » As Thailand climbs back onto the world stage its foreign policy is likely to take on a more prominent role this year, when the kingdom celebrates 200 years of ties with the United States and Bangkok prepares to take over the chair of Asean in 2019.

  • THAILAND

    Army regions warn against canvassing

    News, Published on 02/01/2018

    » Regional army commanders have warned politicians against canvassing for support during the festive period while revealing soldiers have been deployed to shadow certain targets.

  • THAILAND

    270,000 researchers to drive innovation, industry

    News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/01/2018

    » Thailand is marching toward innovation as it prepares to hire a raft of new researchers over the next two decades, according to plans announced Monday.

  • OPINION

    Words of wisdom

    News, Postbag, Published on 02/01/2018

    » Re: "Regime's gifts must be of true value", (Editorial, Dec 31).

  • OPINION

    Lessons from Thai votes on Jerusalem

    News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 02/01/2018

    » Thailand made a historic decision on 21 Dec to join 127 other United Nations member states in rejecting the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. In the past, when push came to shove in a major diplomatic decision, Bangkok would normally duck the issue by practising "fence-sitting" to protect its perceived national interests.

  • THAILAND

    Land tax bill set to face impact hearings

    News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/01/2018

    » The land and buildings tax bill is unlikely to be scrapped but public hearings on possible negative impacts are required before the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) moves ahead with its deliberation, NLA deputy chairman Surachai Liangboonlertchai has said.

  • LIFE

    A classical holiday feast for all

    Life, Michael Proudfoot, Published on 02/01/2018

    » Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler were two of the greatest conductors of classical music of the last century. Their approaches to performance were quite different. Toscanini believed in faithful adherence to the score, reproducing scrupulously the original tempi, the composer's written markings, the time signatures and so on. Furtwängler, on the other hand, was more spontaneous, responding to the particular circumstances of a concert: the concert hall's acoustics, the orchestra, the responses of the audience, while always, at the same time, keeping the overall architecture of the piece in mind. No two Furtwängler performances of the same work were alike.

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