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Pursue the drug dealers
News, Published on 23/01/2012
» Saturday's huge drug bust just outside Bangkok is proof, if any were needed, that the government in Myanmar has a long way to go on its self-proclaimed movement towards legitimacy. So, for that matter, have authorities in this country. Police said they found drugs worth more than one billion baht in their raid. Officers turned up millions of speed tablets and dozens of kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine in a house in Thanyaburi district of Pathum Thani province. Police have leads on the suspected drug dealers, but the real problem lies far from the Thai border in northern Myanmar.
Statehood takes a back seat to bogeyman
News, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 22/01/2012
» Thailand's recognition of the right to an independent Palestine is a great step forward, but unfortunately it has been overshadowed by the arrest of an Arab man and the surrounding anti-Islam hysteria
They still should have consulted us first
News, Published on 21/01/2012
» Re: ''Importance of travel alerts'' (BP, Editorial, Jan 17).
Cabinet in for a rough ride
News, Published on 20/01/2012
» Even with a newly beefed up cabinet, the Yingluck Shinawatra administration cannot expect to sail easily through the political storms ahead, given the rising political temperature, looming flood threats and weakened international confidence.
Keeping quiet about a threat is truly scary
News, Kultida Samabuddhi, Published on 20/01/2012
» If we kept a record of the most frequently applied rationale the government has employed to justify its action or non-action, then "negative impact on tourism" should top the list.
Importance of travel alerts
News, Published on 17/01/2012
» Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul was "disappointed" that foreign embassies did not consult him before issuing last weekend's terrorist alert. He should not be.
Democracy in Thailand stalled since 1932
News, Published on 17/01/2012
» Re: ''Heavyweights battle over lese majeste law'' (BP, Opinion, Jan 16).
Heavyweights battle over lese majeste law
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/01/2012
» The battle of wits over whether the lese majeste law or Section 112 of the Criminal Code should be amended or left untouched has intensified in academic circles now that all political parties, including the Democrats and Pheu Thai, have reached a consensus that they will leave the law as it is.
Joss stick would be fine in UK
News, Published on 15/01/2012
» Thankfully Thailand does have a few really good journalists, among them Voranai Vanijaka. He always offers a reasoned and fair appraisal of his subject, as in his column last Sunday, ''Witch hunt for red Joss Stick''. The behaviour outlined in the article illustrates to an unnerving degree the medieval bigotry that still exists in this country, not from ordinary people but from those with influence.
Give our kids a better deal
News, Published on 13/01/2012
» If children are the country's future, what lies ahead could indeed be grim when one child in every three comes from vulnerable and high-risk groups. We are talking about five million children under 15 years of age across the country. If this is not a cause for concern when the country observes Children's Day tomorrow, what is?