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Mixing monks with money corrupts clergy
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 20/06/2018
» Fear and fury is gripping the clergy. Following the arrest and defrocking of high-profile monks for temple corruption, temples nationwide are fearful of financial inspections while monks are up in arms against the idea of prohibiting them from receiving money from the laity.
PM must calm public fears
News, Editorial, Published on 28/03/2018
» The capricious responses by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha about the general election, now expected next February, have sown confusion and caused consternation among the public.
Romance novellas by women challenge tradition
News, Associated Press, Published on 19/08/2016
» Nestled among vegetables, plastic kettles and hand-dyed fabric in market stalls are the signs of a feminist revolution: Piles of poorly printed books by women that advocate forcefully against conservative Muslim traditions such as child marriage and quick divorce.
Our state of indefinite transition
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 27/02/2016
» We feel like Tom Hanks in The Terminal, a man stuck in a long transit, and not just any long transit but a perpetual transit in a storm-whipped airport, our boarding pass torn to shreds and our destination — is this destiny? — marked with the sign “indefinite delay”.
Our moral guardians need some lessons
News, Published on 12/04/2015
» There is no excuse for sexual harassment. Unfortunately, the chief of our moral authorities has wrongly stated that the choice of women's attire can invite sexual harassment. Moral Promotion Centre director Sin Suesuan said that the sexual assault of women can be partly attributed to their choice in attire.
Cannes report: Festival favourites
Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/01/2015
» After 11 days of hits and misses, of expectations fulfilled and dashed, the 66th Cannes Film Festival will announce the Palme d'Or winner on Sunday.
Cannes report: 'A Touch of Sin' an early favourite
Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/01/2015
» Good year? Bad year? Average year? The question is common, extraneous, and yet on everyone’s lips after three days into the 66th Cannes Film Festival.
Do you hate the elite?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 04/05/2014
» It has become such an ugly word: "Elite". People say the word as if it were a curse or a sin, hating on a class of people who have always and will always rule human society.
A lick of sense
News, Published on 08/07/2013
» I love the picture of the smiling ''ice cream gang'' which appeared in every Thai newspaper on Saturday. A gang of any type that can find the time to get together to enjoy ice cream is my kind of gang.