Showing 12,421 - 12,430 of 12,620
Goose that lays the golden egg killed
Life, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 23/02/2012
» It's incredible how the prospect of making money from tourists can bring out the entrepreneurial spirit.
In the end, Yingluckwill have to explain
News, Published on 23/02/2012
» Re: ''PM urged to clarify hotel meet'' (BP, Feb 22). It seems the people in the Pheu Thai Party are overreacting to queries pertaining to PM Yingluck's activities on Feb 8.
Bangkok Today Columnistphya Mai
News, Published on 23/02/2012
» The Yingluck government has admitted it will be impossible to prevent flooding this year if the country is again hit by several tropical storms. But it can lessen the severity by storing excess floodwater in 2 million rai of lowlying land to be bought from farmers and house owners in the Central Plains and outer areas of Bangkok.
Capitalist gains of a hardline regime
News, Published on 22/02/2012
» When US President Richard Nixon embarked on his historic trip to China 40 years ago, he could not have imagined what his gamble would unleash. The immediate diplomatic impact, of course, was to reshape Eurasia's geopolitical balance and put the Soviet Union on the defensive. But the long-term outcome of America's rapprochement with China became visible only recently, with the economic integration of the People's Republic into the world economy.
Civil service in a rush to prepare for AEC
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 22/02/2012
» Civil servants are not immune to the ambitious plan of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to turn the region into a free-trade community in 2015.
Thai Rath Comment
News, Published on 22/02/2012
» International terrorists are using third countries as their theatre of violence, posing a new security threat to neutral countries like Thailand. The Valentine's Day bomb explosions in Bangkok should be a wake-up call for the Thai government that it must take this matter seriously.
Hardliners sulk as Suu Kyi shines
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 22/02/2012
» Much is riding on the outcome of the forthcoming polls in Myanmar, and more particularly the way in which these by-elections are conducted.
Laundry list to catch up with
News, Published on 21/02/2012
» The "name and shame" tactic of the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF) certainly worked as intended against Thailand. The Paris-based inter-governmental group placed Thailand on a shortlist of countries generally identified as havens for money laundering. The FATF listed Thailand along with the likes of Nigeria, Myanmar and Bolivia as a friendly, welcoming nation for drug traffickers, white-collar criminals, terrorists and other outlaws. Few people would recognise Thailand as such a country _ because there is much less to this disturbing report than meets the eye.
Bring shadow cabinet out of the shade
News, Manop Thip-Osod, Published on 21/02/2012
» The Democrat Party has its own obstacles to overcome as it attempts to build up its political popularity so as to be ready for the next election.
The importance of a mother tongue
News, Published on 21/02/2012
» Eight-year-old Soifah Jetsadakraisii was failing second grade. The Chiang Rai native grew up speaking Bisu, one of the hundreds of ethnic minority languages scattered over the mountainous heart of Southeast Asia. The language spoken by the teachers was Thai; to Soifah, a foreign tongue.