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Easy come, easy go
News, Postbag, Published on 17/08/2018
» Re: "Look beyond Chinese", (PostBag, Aug 14).
Hun Sen plays global politics with election
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 31/07/2018
» The international community, through the United Nations, helped Cambodia to organise its first and only "free and fair" elections in 1993. It was a wonderful moment for a country emerging from civil war, which has confidently moved forward ever since. Cambodia has been very much on its own, with up and down political contours. This past Sunday, Cambodia held its sixth election, with the Cambodian People's Party winning the majority of seats.
South pupils 'lack literacy' in Thai language
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 25/06/2018
» Pattani: Many students of private religious schools in the far South cannot read, speak or write Thai, a problem compounded by alleged misuse of state education subsidies, the Pattani special task force says.
Graft taints success of Thai students
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 25/06/2018
» The effort to root out corruption problems inside the Ministry of Education is making headway despite facing headwinds, says Lt Gen Kosol Prathumchart, an adviser to Education Minister who is now dealing with more than 50 graft cases in the ministry.
Melania Trump in the limelight -- briefly
AFP, Published on 08/05/2018
» WASHINGTON - Melania Trump, until now seemingly more comfortable outside the media glare, briefly stepped into the spotlight Monday to unveil the focus of her work as first lady -- an awareness campaign aimed at helping children.
War from a woman's perspective
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/01/2018
» Simple, direct, articulate, Christina Lamb spoke with lucidity about war, conflict and hope. In Bangkok last week as guest of BangkokEdge Festival, where she gave a talk about her books, including I Am Malala, the respected British journalist shared her first-hand view about trouble in the world and also women's place in war.
Empowering burka-clad women
Life, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 12/10/2017
» Aaron Haroon Rashid may no longer plan to produce the fifth season of Burka Avenger, a children's TV show featuring a burka-clad female superhero, but his goal has never wavered -- to empower young girls in Pakistan and provide them with a role model.
Grim realities
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/09/2017
» Hajee Ismail has hardly slept since receiving news late last month from his family in Buthidaung township that the Myanmar military had begun a brutal crackdown of Rohingya villages in Rakhine state. Ismail's community where he once played as a young boy had been burnt down.
Emerging crimes, developing responses
News, Kittipong Kittayarak, Published on 14/08/2017
» When it comes to crime and justice in today's fast-changing, technologically advanced, globalised world, we need to be aware that our growing interconnectedness, while being a boon, also brings with it complex, intertwined social systems. This is changing the way society functions, the problems associated with it and the ways in which we respond to it.
Learning from the late King Bhumibol
News, Published on 03/06/2017
» The passing on Oct 13 last year of the late monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, made 2016 a sad year for Thailand. The country lost a great monarch and the Thai people lost a guiding light.