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Petty drug users should not be pariahs
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 17/03/2017
» After losing her final court battle on Wednesday, former model Chachchaya "Yuyee" Cuesta Ramos will spend the next 15 years in a cell for possessing and smuggling 251 milligrammes of cocaine into the country -- a charge she has denied.
Old transport laws taking us for a ride
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 08/03/2017
» No sooner did Chiang Mai residents and visitors think they had better taxi options than authorities and those giving "worse choices" try to tear these services away from them.
'Heroes' must stick to their principles
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 22/02/2017
» At a time when "people from the same camp" broke a principle he said he once believed in, Wanchai Sornsiri, a member of the National Reform Steering Assembly, seems to believe that silence is golden.
We can't all be starry eyed in busting graft
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 27/01/2017
» Afriend of mine recently posted a message on Facebook asking why a contractor, which had made the lives of Bangkok commuters miserable for years as it repeatedly missed many deadlines in a road tunnel project, had been chosen by the government for another lucrative road construction deal. My answer? We don't know.
Let's bite the bullet and end conscription
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 21/11/2016
» Former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva last Friday made another safe escape after dodging military conscription. More than 100,000 men drafted every year are not so lucky. Thailand has retained its conscription law against growing opposition, and has ruled out the possibility of replacing it with voluntary recruitment.
Politicising rice can be a worthy cause
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 10/11/2016
» The regime's responses to plummeting rice prices have been both disappointing and disastrous to it and farmers.
Does Yingluck punishment fit the crime?
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 16/09/2016
» Both are the first female national leaders similarly alleged to have committed fiscal crimes of responsibility. They, however, faced the music of a different tune.
Regime risks Mae Wong backlash
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 06/09/2016
» First it was speculation. Then, it became more real. The Mae Wong dam saga is probably making a comeback.And it may put an end to the marriage between the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and the regime's staunch supporters who staged a campaign against the project during the previous government.
Silencing regime critics is pointless
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 29/08/2016
» Mockery and satire have always made dull and dry politics look more interesting. That could be a reason why a defunct Facebook page that parodied the prime minister entitled "We Love Gen Prayut" attracted as many as 70,000 likes in less than a year.
Consult public before passing laws
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 18/08/2016
» There have been signs of relief and calls for healing from some quarters of society in the aftermath of the constitutional referendum. Now that the charter, which proposes a "half-baked democracy" that Thailand had 40 years ago, has sailed through, it seems like many of us can't wait for a new beginning.