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Soldiers, not servants
News, Postbag, Published on 02/11/2017
» Re: "Servant soldiers 'consent' to chores", (BP, Oct 30).
Democracy puts limits on protests
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 24/09/2017
» Just over a decade ago, friends knew they had to go to either Sanam Luang or Siam Square to find me after work. I was not there selling goods on the pavements, but instead I was being the typical democratic-minded youth looking for fairness from the government that I had not voted for.
Pledging not evil
News, Postbag, Published on 29/08/2017
» Re: "How awful was rice pledging, really?", (BP, Aug 25)
PAD wants probe into Yingluck 'help'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/08/2017
» The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) is demanding that the government investigate the escape of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and severely punish any state officials who helped her flee the country.
Twisting media's arm will backfire
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 20/08/2017
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government is back in the eye of the storm for all for the wrong reasons. This time all eyes are on the mobile cabinet meeting set to take place tomorrow and Tuesday in Nakhon Ratchasima after government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd openly admitted that he had "requested" television stations to do "scoops" focusing on ministers attending the meeting.
State hand in Thaicom's next satellite
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 15/08/2017
» For the first time, the government will take partial control of the management and operation of a new satellite of Thaicom Plc in an effort to channel the benefits of the space economy to the general public.
The Pheu Thai circus
News, Postbag, Published on 05/08/2017
» How many times have Pheu Thai politicians shot themselves in the foot. I've lost count. This time they just shot themselves in the mouth, blaming the government for the floods in the Northeast (BP, July 31). Have they forgotten what they did in 2011?
A kerbside view of Thai politics
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 16/07/2017
» On the day the doors of Phitsanulok Mansion were opened for Chalerm Changthongmadan, he felt his existence was recognised for the first time in his life.
A tale of two bombs -- in Manchester and Bangkok
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 26/05/2017
» There were two bombs on Monday. The one in Britain killed at least 22 people and injured 120 as they came out of a concert at Manchester Arena. It was carried out by a suicide bomber named Salman Abedi and claimed by the Islamic State (IS). The other was in Thailand, and injured 22 people at a military-linked hospital in Bangkok; nobody has claimed responsibility yet. But what happened afterwards was very different.
Going potty over luck at Govt House
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 10/05/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha likes to remind us he is not a politician -- a statement that in a way reflects his perceived superiority. Basically, he wants it known he is in a different league.