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#BehindTheHashtags
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 06/03/2020
» Many student protests that were partly set off by the dissolution of Future Forward Party over the past two weeks has also ushered in new hashtags into the lexicon of Thai social media. At the time of writing, it has been reported that there are 28 hashtags associated with campus protests. Some are humourous while others carry strong political stances and sharp gibes. Whether you agree with these students who've chosen to make their voices heard, it's better to get used to their protest hashtags as more student flashmobs are on their way (but many speculate that the designation of Covid-19 as a dangerous communicable disease may be used as a tool to suppress them). Not to mention, an online campaign calling for people to wear black on Fridays as a symbol to oppose dictatorship began last Friday.
Preparing for the next tragedy
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 11/02/2020
» An operation to rescue staff and shoppers trapped inside Terminal 21 in Nakhon Ratchasima lasted 17 hours with a gunman on a wild shooting spree ended on Sunday. However, with 30 dead, including the gunman himself, and 57 others injured, this unfortunate incident offers many lessons for Thais to learn from.
Forum predicts break-up of Asean
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/12/2019
» A decentralised world order could disintegrate the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) into factions, with mainland countries gravitating to China, maritime states forging closer ties, and Thailand left hanging in the middle, a forum was told on Friday.
Same old faces playing the same old game
News, Published on 07/11/2019
» Despite having a democratically-elected government after five years of military rule, a political expert says progress is hard to spot in Thai politics, as the country remains bogged down by the power struggle between liberals and conservatives.
Scholar urges help for Thai student being detained in Cairo
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 30/09/2019
» An academic has urged the government to speed up help for a Thai student arrested in Egypt's capital city of Cairo for suspected involvement in the Islamic State (IS) group.
Oblivious army
News, Postbag, Published on 27/09/2019
» According to the latest UN report on rising sea levels, Bangkok is one of the cities that will be experiencing yearly floods 30 years from now. If the military was really serious about protecting the country, they would be using their budget to move their more vulnerable installations to higher ground and buying equipment to combat floods instead of the attack helicopters, missiles and rockets that army commander Gen Apirat Kongsompong wants.
Thailand's tale told via 'The Nation'
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 28/06/2019
» Nearly five decades ago, The Nation newspaper started out as a pro-democracy, anti-military news organisation. It was fiercely independent and invariably hard-hitting vis-à-vis the powers-that-be. An English-language newspaper owned by Thais from the outset, it prided itself for having neither fear nor favour. Its lamentable expiry as a print newspaper today -- an online version will continue -- provides multiple parallels for Thailand's contemporary political history, ongoing polarisation and the changing nature of the business of journalism worldwide.
SEC bides time on Bangkok Airways
Business, Published on 08/02/2019
» Billionaire Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to extend the deadline for his civil fine payment for manipulation of Bangkok Airways (BA) shares by seven days.
SEC punishes top BA shareholders
Business, Published on 19/01/2019
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has imposed fines totalling 500 million baht against three major shareholders of SET-listed Bangkok Airways Plc (BA), including billionaire Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, for share price manipulation.