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If we can trust the bureaucracy, pigs might fly
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/01/2022
» Soaring pork prices are another indicator of a sinking bureaucracy, a system that's both inefficient and increasingly becoming untrustworthy.
Visualising the infodemic
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/11/2021
» The government needs to be faster and be more precise in dealing with fake news, especially fake news concerning Covid-19, said the Minister for Digital Economy and Society, Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn.
Will the Empire strike back at the Skywalkers?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/12/2019
» The dark spectre of street politics has returned to a deeply polarised society, as the ruling conservatives try to hold on to their unstable coalition over a feast of shark fin soup.
Grand plans mean little to the poor
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/11/2017
» If the government is not suffering from irrational exuberance, then something must have gone amiss. For it's bothersome to see Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak declare there will be no poor people in Thailand next year, only to be met with the scathing response: "Of course, all the poor will have died by then."
Regime builds one-way road to disunity
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/08/2017
» Whether what we are witnessing falls along the lines of Great Expectations, The Great Escape or The Great Dictator is probably still up for interpretation.
NCPO props up 'wall' that divides Thais
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/11/2016
» The scandal regarding motivational speaker Orapim "Best" Raksapon may be just another small brick but it could go a long way in reinforcing the wall of divisiveness that continues to rise in Thai society.
Yingluck fine hurts public investment
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/09/2016
» Make no mistake, the rice-pledging scheme run by former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was a public policy disaster. It was ill-conceived and recklessly implemented. Still, to force Ms Yingluck to pay for losses allegedly incurred by her government's policy seems unfair.
All this poll talk makes for a vexed PM
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/02/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha recently reminded people he is a man of substance, not a nobody, or moo, maa, ka, kai in Thai lingo.
Regime adds fuel to park scandal fire
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/12/2015
» Will the Rajabhakti Park corruption allegations disappear if Deputy Defence Minister Udomdej Sitabutr resigns?
Our politics sets young a bad example
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/03/2014
» Since the stage is set for a long, hot summer of political discontent, with little else on the agenda but dreary repetition, I read a car review for a change over the weekend.