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The dark side of tablet PCs and new media
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/03/2012
» If things go as planned, almost a million tablet computers will be distributed to young first graders across the country before the new semester starts on May 15.
Mum on matters of (vital) interest
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 28/02/2012
» During his opening remarks at the 2012 Post Forum, Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said the question he has been asked most often these past several months has been: Will there be floods this year? From most of the ordinary people out there, however, the question I have heard most often has been: Where is the floodway?
Nation on road to recovery after floods
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 24/02/2012
» Deputy Transport Minister Chadchart Sittiphan admits he has no excuse for last year's catastrophic flooding but says the government will do its best to make sure it will not happen again.
Happiness as a choice in life
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/02/2012
» The dark side of Facebook is not only its celebration of triviality _ it causes us to have to wait for friends to post photos of our food before we can eat it, for example _ but the social networking tool sometimes also brings to us unexpected news, that a friend from a long time ago has passed away ... long while ago without our knowing it.
Maintaining a 'historical compromise'
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 14/02/2012
» Following the controversial proposal by the Nitirat group for reform of Thailand's monarchy, a few academics have come out and demanded that the King come under the constitution.
From good to bad in search of better
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/02/2012
» If the current debate on whether or not the lese majeste law should be amended escalates into confrontation and violence, it would not be because people involved subscribe to extremely different viewpoints, but because people in power respond to progressive needs with authoritarian answers.
Nalinee says US blacklist won't affect her portfolio
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/01/2012
» A newly appointed cabinet member blacklisted by the United States Department of the Treasury for alleged business dealings with Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe insists the US ruling is "inconsequential" to her role in the Yingluck Shinawatra government.
Upgraded roads, people downtrodden
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/01/2012
» Do you know how many zeroes there are in 2 trillion? I don't. Intellectually, I can't immediately grasp how large such an amount of money is, being an ordinary citizen who subsists on some 50-baht meals most days.
The law and the prophesy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/01/2012
» If every single person who spread false rumours and prophesies in this country was to be prosecuted _ by being either jailed or fined _ then Thailand could become either a prison-land or filthy rich.