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More holiday ‘dates’
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/11/2010
» A Taiwanese lawmaker has an idea how to increase the number of marriage and the number of births in the country.
New priorities set
Database, Published on 20/10/2010
» The new ICT permanent secretary will push for a resolution of the smart identity card issue within the next three weeks and pointed out that a budget of 1.9 million baht has been allocated to uplift the Government Information Network and strengthen Internet security.
Patronage politics in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/09/2010
» Bangkok Post columnist Suranand Vejjajiva describes how patronage works in Thai politics in his Friday column.
Reds protest peacefully
Published on 20/09/2010
» Red shirt rallies in Bangkok and up-country to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sept 19, 2006 coup yesterday were large and peaceful.
Reds protest peacefully
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/09/2010
» Red shirt rallies in Bangkok and up-country to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sept 19, 2006 coup yesterday were large and peaceful.
Soon to be 77
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/09/2010
» Instant lesson is a complete lesson, ready for use with your class. Hopefully, it will give you ideas on things you can do with the stories published each day in the Bangkok Post.
Compassionate thinking contributes to corruption
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 30/06/2010
» So, the new ICT Minister wants to reopen the case file on the not-so-smart ID cards. Good luck. He will need it as the way government works means that most moderate people would probably agree with things.
Massive coincidence
Database, Published on 30/06/2010
» Who ever would have predicted that a million Thais would not be able to get ID cards because of a spat between the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry of Internet Censorship of Thailand (MICT)? Well, actually, lots of people predicted that, as far back as 2002 when the "smart card" was just a gleam in the eye of certain grasping politicians, just as it is today; the MICT has approved the million-unit shipment of the cards with chips, but the MOI says they are flawed; Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the MICT should get with the suppliers of the cards and tell them to shape up, and the MICT people told the prime minister they would speed up the process and try to get back to him in a month or so; you should be ashamed of yourself for what you're thinking about the public-service officials and politicians who run the ministries, and are simply tragic victims of a serious problem involving the nation's security.