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Powerful propaganda: Vietnam journalists' role in war
AFP, Published on 22/04/2015
» HO CHI MINH CITY - Many US soldiers who fought in Vietnam will remember Hanoi Hannah, the silky-voiced communist radio correspondent who urged young American GIs to stop fighting and go home.
You win some, you lose some
Business, Published on 29/12/2014
» While business and economics are not necessarily zero-sum games, there is no doubt that 2014 has seen several clear winners and losers.Here the Bangkok Post takes a look at which sectors and businesses prospered, and which languished, over the past 12 months.
Hong Kong has chance for a middle way
News, Published on 25/10/2014
» As the leaders of the umbrella movement sit down to negotiate with Hong Kong authorities after weeks of street protests, the big question is whether the two sides can find a compromise that meets both Beijing's concerns about stable and efficient governance on the one hand, and citizens' concerns about genuine, instead of sham, democracy on the other.
Hidden message in Xi’s graft war
News, Published on 03/08/2014
» A purge has particularly ominous overtones in the context of Chinese politics. Previous generations will be hard pressed to forget the case of Liu Shaoqi, one of Mao Zedong’s companions on the Long March, a president and briefly Mao’s chosen successor.
Thai coup elicits mixed global reaction
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 01/08/2014
» As Thailand’s armed forces fan out across its body politic and economy, the country’s international standing is increasingly challenged.
Abe unveils economic revival plans
AFP, Published on 24/06/2014
» Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled a fresh round of reforms Tuesday, in the latest bid to cement a fragile recovery, his second attempt to fire the "third arrow" of his economic action plan.
Serious reform: A seven-point proposal
News, Published on 05/05/2014
» For the past seven years, since the coup of 2006, Thailand has seen governments come and go with increasing frequency and the divisiveness in the country has deteriorated to the point of political paralysis.
Suthep, Luang Pu lead 5th-day march
Online Reporters, Published on 28/03/2014
» Suthep Thaugsuban, secretary-general of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), and Luang Pu Buddha Isara, core leader at the Chaeng Wattana rally site, led supporters in a march to Yaowarat on Friday morning.
Is America ready to be number two?
Asia focus, Published on 10/02/2014
» In 2019, barely five years away, the world will pass one of its most significant historical milestones. For the first time in 200 years, a non-Western power, China, will become the number one economy in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. The United States will become number two.
Every society has its piety, every nation its fascination
News, Published on 01/02/2014
» Thailand is suffering from electoral dysfunction syndrome; it's a hard problem, and it's hard to talk about. There's no cure-all pill for it either; the only dependable cure is the restoration of health of the whole body politic.