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Postbag: On the wrong track
News, Published on 13/04/2014
» Re: “Board axes SRT rail link boss contract”, (BP, April 11).
Where have all the real Ja Choeys gone?
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 03/02/2014
» Actions speak much louder than a YouTube series, and police top brass should be aware of this. The police force is using "Ja Choey", a police dummy, to improve its increasingly bad image after becoming a target of protesters' criticism within their campaign to oust caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Suthep's patriotic vision stuck in an imaginary past
News, Philip J Cunningham, Published on 05/12/2013
» Anticipating His Majesty the King's birthday today, both sides of the political divide have stepped back from the brink, exchanging flowers and hugs on the battle-torn front lines instead of rubber bullets and tear gas.
Law enforcement takes priority over gratitude
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/07/2013
» "I have today because my brother gave it to me." This controversial inscription is on a photograph hanging in the office of Pol Lt-Gen Khamronwit Thoopkrachang. It shows fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra pinning a police rank insignia on the new Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner’s shoulder in Hong Kong last year.
The nation versus the tribe
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/06/2013
» On the surface, we Thais may champion democratic ideals, the concepts of justice, human rights and rule of law. But when those ideals clash with the goals of the tribal family – as they often might – what then would we choose?
Five roads for Thaksin's jail-free return
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/06/2013
» Thai politics has never been known as a showcase of minimalism. Not when we have such an interesting group involved: a short-tempered army chief who was once part of a group of coup-makers; a vengeful former prime minister who was ousted from power in a putsch seven years ago but who is never out of mind for long thanks to a Skype account that allows him to connect with his politicians anytime and anywhere; a photogenic female prime minister who likes to smile and says she has yet to receive information on any issue; and not one but two deputy prime ministers providing distractions by taking on the role of loud-mouthed clowns.
It's what you deserve
News, Published on 29/05/2013
» In politics, life and horse racing, what occurs in the past usually repeats itself in the future.
Police needs lessons from Georgia
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 01/02/2013
» The news barely made the papers - investigating officers in Kaeng Krachan district of Phetchaburi had decided to drop charges against a police officer for illegal poaching in a national park, a small story for the back pages that probably would have gone unnoticed had some outraged readers not posted it on social media.
Think you know what's happening in the world around you?
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 06/08/2012
» Well, Guru doesn't and we need your help! See if you can answer these amazingly difficult questions and win yourself the joy of being right!