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Bahtist meditation
News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2022
» Re: "Temple graft shows need for reform", (Opinion, April 11).
Vaccine no panacea
News, Postbag, Published on 24/11/2020
» In "Will vaccines end our economic slump?" Chartchai Parasuk reveals a sobering economist's view of Thailand's future prospects (Opinion, Nov 19).
Democratic justice
News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2019
» I wish to thank the 12 diplomats and their respective democratic countries for finally supporting the Thai people. Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai's comment, "It's an intervention in our justice system" is a joke. Without a truly democratically elected government there is no justice.
A taxing argument
News, Postbag, Published on 24/03/2019
» A reader in his March 23 letter makes a fair comment on two-tiered pricing for foreigners. But he then goes on to quantify the government's policy of a two-tiered charging system by saying that some farang do not pay taxes. I would dispute this. I am assuming by "some farang" he means tourists, as all foreigners living and working here pay tax in one form or another.
PM's tricky position
News, Postbag, Published on 30/03/2019
» Re: "Poll uncertainty lingers as count nears finish line", (Commentary, March 29).
Come to the party, PM
News, Postbag, Published on 08/03/2018
» Many of the 40 plus new political parties want Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to continue as PM, post-election. But some newbies want the post-election inter-party negotiations to be deadlocked to the point where the junta-selected and elected MPs can join to choose Gen Prayut as an "outsider" PM.
Undoing of the web
News, Postbag, Published on 17/02/2018
» Re: "Watch-scandal shenanigans sully decent debate", (Opinion, Feb 15, 2018).
PM needs 'good' pals
News, Postbag, Published on 15/12/2017
» Re: "PM must put friendship aside in graft fight," (Opinion, Dec 14).
Soldiers, not servants
News, Postbag, Published on 02/11/2017
» Re: "Servant soldiers 'consent' to chores", (BP, Oct 30).
Pledging not evil
News, Postbag, Published on 29/08/2017
» Re: "How awful was rice pledging, really?", (BP, Aug 25)