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Foreign hypocrisy
News, Postbag, Published on 25/02/2020
» Why would other countries cry foul about the Constitutional Court's decision to dissolve the Future Forward Party (FFP) and ban its executives from politics for 10 years over the loan saga?
Time to get tough
News, Postbag, Published on 13/02/2020
» I agree wholeheartedly with the Feb 11 Editorial, "Army security needs review", about abuse of power between the higher echelons and their subordinates.
For the people
News, Postbag, Published on 04/01/2020
» It must be acknowledged by foreign "guests" that Thai politics, taken as a whole, is quite incomprehensible. For example, does a military-run democracy mean that the military has declared war against the people? Or is the government actually weak and hiding behind "threats" to remain in power?
Setting bad examples
News, Postbag, Published on 03/01/2020
» In response to the justice minister's reckless reaction to the call for harsher punishments for rape -- a popular and understandable knee-jerk reaction, given what Thais have been under for so many years -- the Post covers the relevant points well in "A barbaric misstep" (Editorial, Jan 1). If rape could be easily eradicated by implementing draconian legal measures or violent punishments, it would have been solved long ago.
Time to listen to the nation
News, Postbag, Published on 22/12/2019
» Re: "Is return of political violence inevitable?", (Opinion, Dec 21).
Silencing the youth
News, Postbag, Published on 14/12/2019
» Well, let's see. This week we learned that the permafrost in the Arctic is thawing much faster than was anticipated which is going to lead to a faster rise of sea levels than we had anticipated.
Perversion of justice
News, Postbag, Published on 12/10/2019
» Re: "Stop cyber law abuses", (Editorial, Oct 11).
Govt spending askew
News, Postbag, Published on 29/09/2019
» I should feel buoyant and full of pride as a Thai citizen to learn that Thailand has been ranked 6th among countries with laudable universal health coverage (BP, Sept 25).
Oblivious army
News, Postbag, Published on 27/09/2019
» According to the latest UN report on rising sea levels, Bangkok is one of the cities that will be experiencing yearly floods 30 years from now. If the military was really serious about protecting the country, they would be using their budget to move their more vulnerable installations to higher ground and buying equipment to combat floods instead of the attack helicopters, missiles and rockets that army commander Gen Apirat Kongsompong wants.
Land of intrigues
News, Postbag, Published on 24/09/2019
» Under PM Prayut Chan-o-cha's leadership since 2014, there have been mysterious incidents that have led political junkies to rack their brains trying to solve them.