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Police probing 'durian tribute' for senior officers in Si Sa Ket
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/06/2024
» The superintendent of Kantharalak police in Si Sa Ket yesterday denied media reports that he was behind an order to procure durians for senior police who are due to inspect the station next week.
Police probing 'durian tribute' for senior officers in Si Sa Ket
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/06/2024
» The superintendent of Kantharalak Police in Si Sa Ket on Sunday denied reports which claimed he was behind the order to procure durians for senior police officers who are due to inspect the station next week, saying an official is currently underway.
Abide by self-intro rules, Election Commission warns
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 02/06/2024
» The Election Commission (EC) is warning Senate candidates that they must strictly comply with the rules during the self-introduction stage, ahead of the first round of district-level elections on June 9.
The lasting legacy of Abenomics
Oped, Koichi Hamada, Published on 31/05/2024
» After the 1985 Plaza Accord pushed the yen's exchange rate sharply upwards, Japan's economy suffered a severe slowdown that proved mightily difficult to reverse. In fact, the only prime minister to oversee a period of consistent growth and high employment in the past three decades was Shinzo Abe, during his second term, which began in 2012.
The popular decimation of India's democracy
Oped, Pranab Bardhan, Published on 18/05/2024
» India's ongoing parliamentary election, in which nearly a billion people casting their votes over a six-week period, should represent an extraordinary exercise of democracy. The bleak reality, however, is that the election appears poised to consolidate a decade-long process of democratic decay, which has included the decimation of liberal institutions and practices and weakening of political competition. After all, the leader who has presided over this process -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- remains wildly popular.
Misplaced blame?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/05/2024
» Re: "Clean air comes before animal feed", (Editorial, May 12).
UN ‘rebuffed requests to help Uyghurs’ in Thailand
Published on 04/05/2024
» The United Nations’ refugee agency rebuffed unofficial requests from the Thai government to help 48 Uyghur asylum seekers from China who have been detained in Bangkok for a decade, partly out of concern about angering China, human rights activists say.
Decoding the past
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 02/05/2024
» Just as how hieroglyphics on pyramid walls indicate a pictorial writing system in ancient Egypt and how the cuneiform led to the evolution of languages in ancient Middle East, the Ram Khamhaeng Inscription underscores the development of the Thai alphabet during the Sukhothai period. At the National Museum Bangkok, visitors now have a chance to view and learn how to read it.
‘Empower, Inspire, Transform’
News, Published on 11/03/2024
» Marking International Women’s Day this month, 10 extraordinary women from a wide range of fields who have empowered, inspired and transformed change in their communities through their pursuit of excellence have been named the Bangkok Post’s Women of the Year 2024.
Move Forward Party dissolution case 'won't drag on'
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/03/2024
» The Election Commission (EC) assured on Monday that the dissolution case against the main opposition Move Forward Party (MFP) would not drag on. However, the time frame for the case has not been set.