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Regime sparks #DelayMyAss Twitter storm
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/01/2019
» It looks like another election delay will not benefit anyone, least of all Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, who comes across as a most ineffectual leader, even among high-school students.
The high life underscores regime's lows
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/02/2017
» A lucrative drugs gang suspected of laundering money through purchases of Lamborghinis and big bikes with the help of hi-so types and celebrities; alleged corruption scandals at several state enterprises; forcing political reconciliation via the signing of a memorandum of understanding: The government's list of challenges seems to grow day by day and become ever more daunting.
The biggest ally of graft is a lack of will
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 31/01/2017
» So, death for corrupt people. This most severe of punishments for bribery under Thai law should go to show how we hate corruption here and how much we want to weed it out of our society.
Paving a new path
Life, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/11/2013
» When Venerable Dr Anil Sakya left his home in Nepal as a novice at the age of 14, he thought he was in for an adventure involving the then-unknown thrill of a plane ride to join a training programme in Thailand.
Succeed together or fail
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 14/08/2012
» The point is not the geekiness of announcing that procreation is the national agenda on National Day. The point is the solemnity with which Singaporean policy makers and public servants received the message.