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Division talk is a new low for Thailand
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/03/2014
» I thought the country hit a record low when four young children were killed in association with the political conflict last week. But like a bad company run by a dysfunctional group of people, Thailand seems infinitely capable of reaching a new low.
Fomenting a culture of absolute hate
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/02/2014
» Call me a multi-coloured salim, a term used to describe a person with no political standpoint. Call me a softy, an optimist. Call me a sissy if you like, but I will still admit to feeling extremely shocked and saddened by red-shirt supporters' celebrations over the killings of anti-government protesters in Trat last week.
Yingluck's speech a setback
Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/02/2014
» Leaders and politicians can be defined by words they probably wish they had never uttered.
Academic warns of 'state of paralysis'
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/02/2014
» A man uploaded onto YouTube a video of himself shooting handguns at what appears to be a deserted range while attesting that he will go to vote on Sunday and no-one should try to stop him.
Suthep, govt stuck at the crossroads
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 14/01/2014
» Ratchaprasong has always been a sticky, slow-moving, messy junction, traffic-wise. Politically, it's an infamous connection, the scene of deadly clashes between people who uphold different political values, a symbolic seat of unresolved discontent that is haunting Thailand to this day.
Online video postings lay bare country's political divisions
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 14/01/2014
» As political conflicts unfold on the streets of Bangkok, two short clips uploaded to YouTube yesterday illustrate the deep-seated divisions felt nationwide.
Please do the right thing, madam PM
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/12/2013
» Dear Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, I am not a big fan of your government, nor am I a follower of Suthep Thaugsuban's Muan Maha Prachachon, or the Greatest Mass Uprising.
Democracy lies with the people, not the court
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/11/2013
» I have no questions about the part of the Constitution Court's ruling last week which said that parliament went about amending the charter improperly, not according to the due process of the law that stipulates how this job should have been carried out.
'Big Brother' plays high odds in bill gambit
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/11/2013
» In a recent interview with Post Today newspaper, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that as a businessman, he understands give-and-take as part and parcel of negotiations.
Amnesty bill's timing is perfect for Thaksin
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/10/2013
» Some people are wondering why the Pheu Thai Party has chosen now as the time to push for a blanket amnesty bill to "burst through a dead-end alley".