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Attack on Buddhism
News, Postbag, Published on 24/06/2019
» Re: "Southeast Asian authorities accused of 'trading' dissidents", (BP, June 22). It is indeed an unholy alliance if true as alleged that Thailand is cooperating with governments in Asean to suppress the practice of the wise teachings of the Buddha.
Think of the tourists
News, Postbag, Published on 09/02/2019
» Surasak Glahan in his Feb 7 commentary, "Justice system still shackled by politics", hit the nail on the head. Thailand as we all know has a bad human rights record. I can only blame the people who are handling this case, which I am sorry to say will harm Thailand in the long run, with a loss in the number of tourists. I would like to know the number of Bahraini tourists versus Australian tourists coming to Thailand. I would dare say there are more Australians.
Money badly spent
News, Postbag, Published on 21/01/2019
» According to local media reports, the Royal Thai Army is spending 2.3 billion baht to buy 14 more Chinese tanks to join last year's lot of 39.
Arresting calendars
News, Postbag, Published on 09/11/2018
» Re: "Authorities question Thaksin-Yingluck calendar owner", (BP, Nov 5).
Bring home the bacon
News, Postbag, Published on 02/08/2018
» Re: "Government exploits Wild Boars", (Opinion, July 30).
The father of modern Thailand
News, Postbag, Published on 27/05/2018
» Thai culture is ancient and one can see evidence of its beautiful bronze-age civilisation in Ban Chiang, near Udon Thani.
Being legal doesn't mean it's just
News, Postbag, Published on 29/04/2018
» Re: "Regime must forget 'face' and do right thing".
Beggaring belief
News, Postbag, Published on 21/04/2018
» Re: "Graft gobbling up our dream of democracy", (Opinion, April 20).
Prayut's stacked deck
News, Postbag, Published on 04/04/2018
» Re: "Abhisit shuns Prayut supporters", (BP, April 2).
Pigs at the trough
News, Postbag, Published on 17/03/2018
» Re: "Hollow promises", (PostBag, March 15). I share Burin Kantabutra's frustration over the lack of progress in dealing with entrenched graft and corruption in Thailand.