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Stranger things happening in our strange land
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/04/2022
» Strange things are happening in Thailand. Who would believe we would be experiencing a bout of cold and rain in April? But here we are, wrapping ourselves up in thick clothes at the height of summer just a week before Songkran.
Time running out for govt before next poll
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/02/2022
» The government may be alive, but it might as well be considered dead if we take into consideration all the buzz about its prospects in the next election.
Objections to Section 112 can't be ignored
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/11/2021
» One favourite argument among people who believe that nothing should be done to the controversial lese majeste law is that any attempt to change it will lead to conflicts.
Govt's 'speak up' against graft push ill-timed
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 24/08/2021
» Had the campaign "Speak up to end corruption" emerged ten years ago, it might have had some effect.
Economy needs expertise, not inexperience
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 30/06/2020
» The backlash against Narumon Pinyosinwat, the government spokeswoman recently promoted to head the ruling Palang Pracharath Party's economic team, reflects just the tail end of the administration's failures.
Moguls mustn't have monopoly on exit strategy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/04/2020
» Ask me. Ask salary earners who have seen their monthly incomes slashed to save their companies. Ask restaurant owners and SMEs whose business virtually disappeared overnight while expenses have continued to mount. Ask workers who were made jobless and penniless as soon as the lockdown began.
Bureaucratic mess lays bare govt inefficiency
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 14/04/2020
» A future of less mobility? An accelerated pace of AI and robot applications? An economic slump greater than the Great Depression?
Will the Empire strike back at the Skywalkers?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/12/2019
» The dark spectre of street politics has returned to a deeply polarised society, as the ruling conservatives try to hold on to their unstable coalition over a feast of shark fin soup.
Can plastic waste be contained?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 30/09/2019
» For Covestro (Thailand), plastic waste is a serious challenge globally. That is why it joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste as a co-founder.
PM's 'levitation' wrong trick to cure hypocrisy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/08/2019
» The reunion is so long overdue it may seem superfluous. Still, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon's move to join the Palang Pracharath Party as chief strategist should make his role, and responsibility, in the ruling party official.