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Thanks for nothing
News, Published on 09/02/2012
» Having lived in Thailand since the early 1980s, I very rarely comment on any of the government's actions. However, organising a party to honour the work of the Flood Relief Operations Command is just too much for me to understand.
Minivans and safety
News, Published on 07/02/2012
» Re: ''Safety push for public minivans'' (BP, Feb 6).
A fair (traffic) cop
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/02/2012
» One of the more encouraging news items of the week was the report that policewomen are now back on the streets of the Big Mango with the unenviable task of handling traffic duty. Eighteen ladies who used to provide security for VIPs and were known as the Sweet Troop will be taking their saccharine charms to the streets.
Without debate there is no democracy
News, Published on 04/02/2012
» Re: ''Nitirat ban splits student body'' (BP, Feb 3).
Liuzhou scare brings to mind local tragedy
News, Kultida Samabuddhi, Published on 03/02/2012
» Liuzhou and Mae Tao are over a thousand kilometres apart, but the two communities have come up against the same awful threat _ cadmium poisoning.
Just whose land is Thailand?
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 03/02/2012
» The Nitirat campaign to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code, commonly known as the lese majeste law, has generated a political tempest.
Why capital is flowing to rich nations
News, Published on 02/02/2012
» At first it seems difficult to grasp: global capital is flowing from poor to rich countries. Emerging-market countries run current-account surpluses, while advanced economies have deficits. One would expect fast-growing, capital-scarce (and young) developing countries to be importing capital from the rest of world to finance consumption and investment. So, why are they sending capital to richer countries, instead?
Ties of necessity, not dependence
News, Published on 31/01/2012
» One after another, Western dignitaries are travelling to Myanmar. A standard interpretation of the change in attitude is that Myanmar is finally demonstrating the courage and means to break away from China. But was Myanmar in the Chinese "geopolitical grip" in the first place?
Screwing tight the bolts of connectivity
News, Stephen S Roach, Published on 31/01/2012
» Long the most fragmented nation on earth, China is being brought together like never before by a new connectivity. Its internet community is expanding at hyper speed, with profound implications for the Chinese economy, to say nothing of the country's social norms and political system. This genie cannot be stuffed back in the bottle. Once connected, there is no turning back.
Tweet smell of rebellion
News, Published on 30/01/2012
» The announcement last week by Twitter that it can control its users country-by-country is certain to cause the company much grief. For a company founded on the ideal of free speech, Twitter now will have to bear the burden of deciding just how free it should be. The company is less than six years old, but Twitter and its "tweets" have gained a worldwide foothold. Far beyond its use as a social link, the micro-blogging service has been credited with serving government, opposition and anti-establishment groups alike, including rebellions like the Arab Spring. Now Twitter has unleashed a powerful new force which it may not be able to control.