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Invite the cambodians to return
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 22/06/2014
» Myanmar, Lao and Cambodian workers — legal or illegal — we need them back. Their fears are understandable, having come from countries that were torn apart by civil wars, countries that have brutal histories of military regimes.
Thailand needs 'organised' corruption
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 19/06/2014
» Investors, local and foreign, understand corruption. It’s a natural extension of the economy. It can’t be avoided. But it can be dealt with.
Mai pen rai no longer
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 01/06/2014
» There is opportunity in crisis, the old adage tells us. Looking in the long term, something potentially wonderful may well come out of this decade-long political quagmire.
Thaksin's real war
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 18/05/2014
» Suthep Thaugsuban could give up, move back to Surat Thani and become a rubber farmer. He could tell his supporters to go home and let there be a general election come the month of June. There could be peace by tomorrow.
Do you hate the elite?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 04/05/2014
» It has become such an ugly word: "Elite". People say the word as if it were a curse or a sin, hating on a class of people who have always and will always rule human society.
Crime and punishment of Somyot
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 01/05/2014
» I don’t much care for Somyot Prueksakasemsuk's politics, although his strong conviction to them is admirable. I respect his idealism, but his allegiance leaves much to be desired.
Is Thailand a failed state?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 27/04/2014
» One morning last week I drove out of my soi onto Witthayu Road. Making a U-turn in front of Lumpini park I was stopped by a People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) guard on a motorbike. Other guards on motorbikes stopped traffic on all sides.
A Love-Hate relationship
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/04/2014
» The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) is appealing to the world community, citing the values of freedom, human rights and democracy. This is good PR, and good PR will get you some good loving in this world.
Clock ticking on Yingluck
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/04/2014
» Yingluck Shinawatra sits in a similar chair as Abhisit Vejjajiva. By accident and by design, through others’ manipulation and through their own follies, both have become too divisive. Neither can be prime minister without political and social upheaval.