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All roads lead to entrenched military rule
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/06/2015
» Whether the new elections are held in August 2016, 2017 or 2020, the polls are losing their game-changing power as the military regime turns all roads to its advantage.
Reform starts at the top, with Prayut
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/10/2014
» Twelve crates of world-class Petrus wine sounds like a great present. After all, the wine could cost some 100,000 baht a bottle, if it is available for purchase at all.
Pro-peace PM in full combat mode
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/08/2014
» Another step towards a return to conservatism was completed yesterday with army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha receiving royal endorsement as the 29th prime minister of Thailand.
Marathon mad
Muse, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/08/2014
» Imagine covering a distance of 112.5km — on foot. Imagine running for 19 hours along hilly, winding roads and all through the night with only a small headlamp to guide the way. Imagine the fatigue, the fear, the crippling pain.
Chula oath row portends our future
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/07/2014
» A graduation ceremony is not supposed to be an event full of suspense. Yet many people are eagerly awaiting the one being held by Chulalongkorn University on Thursday.
NBTC faces its moment of cyber-truth
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/06/2014
» It’s an unusual apology, perplexing and seemingly loaded more with what it omitted than what it let on about.
Prayuth must ignore urge to suppress
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/06/2014
» If Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha reads or watches The Hunger Games, he would know that what triggered the “revolution” is not the three-finger salute. It’s the public execution of an old man who first responded to the sign.
No such thing as a ‘clean’ witch-hunt
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/04/2014
» Are we to believe that a legal limbo or administrative void will simply happen and a new beginning will be born?
Missing jet jibes hit far below the belt
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/03/2014
» A famous news anchor put this short message on his Facebook page yesterday, as the search for the missing Malaysian airline flight MH370 continued, and hope began to dim and hearts to break: "I wish it was you who disappeared instead of the Malaysian plane."
Academic warns of 'state of paralysis'
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/02/2014
» A man uploaded onto YouTube a video of himself shooting handguns at what appears to be a deserted range while attesting that he will go to vote on Sunday and no-one should try to stop him.