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Gaga, Suu Kyi: icons of the fighting spirit
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 28/05/2012
» First it was Lady Gaga; next is "The Lady". Thais no doubt will be able to draw a lesson or ten from two world-famous "Ladies" from vastly differing backgrounds, but who share a common virtue: never give up.
111 should do a fade
News, Published on 27/05/2012
» I don't understand why the return to politics of some of the banned 111 Thai Rak Thai party executives should have been so hyped by the Thai media.
Gaga trumps 'The Lady'
News, Published on 26/05/2012
» Re: ''Lady Gaga hits cabaret amid Rolex tweet fury'' (BP, May 25).
How can Thailand escape the populist policies trap?
News, Published on 26/05/2012
» Anyone who watches the TV news knows that Thai politicians seeking to gain or retain power like to be seen as bestowing money on the people.
Pheu Thai MPs at each other's throats in local polls
Published on 22/05/2012
» The Pheu Thai Party appears to have no real foes to fight with and is instead warring on its own MPs in local government elections for seats on provincial and tambon administrative organisations and municipal councils. The fight has not always been clean, one MP was physically assaulted last week in an attack he says was politically motivated.
Eurozone shambles will force Asia to adapt to survive
News, Published on 22/05/2012
» The eurozone has a scent of political revolution in the air. France's presidential election saw Nicolas Sarkozy rejected and the Socialist contender Francois Hollande replace him.
Thaksin gets it right
News, Published on 22/05/2012
» Re: ''Red shirts' affair with Thaksin cools'' (BP, May 21).
Capability or just expediency?
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 21/05/2012
» 'Mr Jatuporn is a capable person." Thais closely watching politics, and foreigners who have lived here for a long time, will neither get excited nor feel depressed upon hearing this statement from Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
The clueless returnees
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/05/2012
» Several former executives of the defunct Thai Rak Thai Party appear to be in a cheerful mood and are ready to return to active politics when their five-year political ban imposed by the Constitution Court expires at the end of this month.
Laws cannot bring unity
News, Published on 21/05/2012
» Events of the last few weeks, climaxing in duelling demonstrations in downtown Bangkok, make it clear that strong and important divisions remain. But Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra stays aloof and even detached from the disagreements. It was just a year ago that Ms Yingluck was promising that her election would promote reconciliation. That hasn't happened. In important ways, the political rifts have widened.