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China tank deal opens old wounds for wary
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 19/10/2017
» Even though the first batch of 28 VT-4 Chinese tanks, which arrived this month, are being hailed as the Thai army's most modern model, their durability and maintenance costs are still being questioned.
Dress the Tak Bai wound
News, Editorial, Published on 16/10/2017
» The 13th anniversary of the Tak Bai "incident" is coming next week. Authorities in the South claim to be worried that insurgents might mark that shameful event with terrorist attacks. That is a clear and present danger, but the people who should be most worried have so far stayed silent and perhaps oblivious. The military government and the army have the power to take away the resentment and motive for violence, but once again have chosen not to act.
NOB transfer harms govt anti-graft drive
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/09/2017
» Pol Lt Col Pongporn Pramsaneh has been widely recognised as an honest and straightforward officer in the Department of Special Investigation – a rare breed in the police force. It explains why he was ordered shifted from the DSI's head of the Tax Litigation Office to lead the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) on Feb 25 by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to do an unenviable mission. His task was to clean up the mess concerning the misappropriation of government funds for the renovation of temples and for schools on temple grounds.
Deaths sully army image
News, Editorial, Published on 26/08/2017
» Another young conscript has died in mysterious circumstances. This time the incident took place at a military base in Surat Thani.
Giving farmers food for thought
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 31/07/2017
» The rice farming season has begun. In the next few months, when harvest period kicks off, we can expect to hear from Thai farmers complaining about the falling price of their produce.
Patrols watch porous border
News, Editorial, Published on 07/06/2017
» The move by the 15th Infantry Division to step up patrols along the Malaysian border is well taken. The army began the new security steps more than three weeks ago. The patrols were a direct response to an upsurge in arms smuggling. Both Malaysian and Thai authorities have recently apprehended a number of men carrying weapons across the border. Since the trade almost certainly is linked to the insurgency in the deep South, serious steps are necessary to try to stop it.
Searching for sanity
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 28/05/2017
» It now is pretty much confirmed by all available sources that the world is nuts. Last week was just more proof piling up.
Explosions jangle nerves of city residents
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 28/05/2017
» Is Bangkok still safe? The question came to my mind shortly after an explosion inside the army-owned Phramongkutklao Hospital that left 25 people injured last Monday, the day that marked the third anniversary of the 2014 coup. It was the third explosion to take place in Thailand's capital in two months.
Big C blast reignites South bloodshed fears
News, Published on 21/05/2017
» The May 9 car bomb that went off at the Big C Supercenter in Pattani's Muang district renewed fear among residents about their future safety in the deep South region. The explosion, which wounded 61 people, has caught people's attention globally and nationally.
Police chief owes us an explanation
News, Editorial, Published on 14/05/2017
» While anyone who launched the bomb blasts targeting civilians at a Big C Supercenter in Pattani province that resulted in at least 61 injuries last Tuesday must be condemned, security officers have to be held responsible over what seemed to be their lax operations.