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Does govt fear 'fake news', or the truth?
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 12/06/2021
» Fake news is the virus of the internet. It grabs your attention and you tend to share it among your circle of friends, and some of your friends will do the same. Before long, it goes viral.
Dark clouds hover as political heat rises
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 06/03/2021
» Three members of the cabinet and several others were given jail sentences last week for their roles in toppling the Yingluck Shinawatra government.
Double standards with TRC ban bid
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 16/02/2019
» The twin hammers that pummelled Thai Raksa Chart Party (TRC) and Voice TV have left the Thaksin Shinawatra camp reeling. Could it be a fatal blow for the Pheu Thai-led coalition? That’s what many are waiting to see with bated breath.
Mae Wong dam, cable car debates rear their ugly heads
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 04/03/2016
» Why am I not surprised that someone has proposed that two development projects be revived, again?
Stifling public discourse will only provoke dissent
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/11/2014
» The key phrase, in Thai, is eud ad. It means frustrated, ill at ease, feeling discomfort, cramped, suffocated or stifled.
We must not let this divisive election start a civil war
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 31/01/2014
» It now appears that voting will take place this Sunday as scheduled, amid widespread fears of violence. Yingluck Shinawatra, the caretaker prime minister, has rejected a suggestion by the Election Commission to reschedule the poll to avoid violent confrontations and wasting the nearly 4-billion-baht budget needed to organise an election that everyone agrees will not result in a functioning government.
Polite rejection awaits Pmove protesters
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 10/05/2013
» Before leaving for Bangkok, farmer Wai Pongphim, 60, told youngsters at home that his stay in the capital was likely to be a long one. Together with some 20 others from Ban Ta Mui in Ubon Ratchathani's Khong Chiam district, he was leaving to join other villagers from across the country in a rally at Government House.