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Thai PBS gives impetus to monarchy debate
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/03/2013
» Like it or not, the issue regarding the monarchy and lese majeste, which is considered "taboo" for public discussion in this country, has rocketed into the limelight along with all the fuss surrounding the controversial role of the Thai PBS television channel which decided to bring the issue out of the closet and into the open.
Wrong election forecasts a lesson for pollsters
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/03/2013
» To err is human. But to err on the scale of the wrong predictions made for the Bangkok governor’s election by all but one of the major pollsters is not just an embarrassment, it's a disaster for their credibility.
Government's competency being tested
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/02/2013
» The government is facing two serious problems with potential widespread economic and social impact that will test its wisdom and competency.
Insurgents have 'a deep pain' in their hearts
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/02/2013
» A two-minute video clip of the funeral of some of the 16 dead Islamist insurgents from the failed attack on a marine outpost in Narathiwat's Bacho district was posted on the YouTube social network last Friday _ just two days after the attack.
Charupong's comments upset PM
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/02/2013
» 'Silence is golden". So goes the timeless old adage. Unfortunately though, Charupong Ruangsuwan, the interior minister and de jure Pheu Thai Party leader, appeared to have forgotten this bit of wisdom when he recently talked to The New York Times correspondent in Bangkok, Thomas Fuller, for an article about Thai politics and the role of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the government of his sister, Ms Yingluck.
Behind bars, colour rivals become friends
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/01/2013
» Imagine the following scenario: a hard-core red shirt and an equally hard-core yellow shirt follower are put in the same prison cell together with a rabid dog.
Self-censorship a blight on the media
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/01/2013
» The controversy surrounding TV Channel 3's decision to pull the plug on a drama series without any clear explanation has unmasked an age-old blight that plagues the media, both print and broadcast - self-censorship despite constitutional recognition that censorship is not permissable.
Supreme Court judged by people's court
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/01/2013
» The Supreme Court is caught up in an unwitting dispute with the Fine Arts Department and all sorts of professional and amateur conservationists and Facebook followers over its questionable decision to demolish its 70-year old courthouse in order to build a new and more modern structure.
Gearing up for a 'yes' vote
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/12/2012
» Deposed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has given the government the go-ahead to proceed with the planned referendum to rewrite the 2007 constitution in its entirety, according to Noppadon Pattama, Thaksin's legal adviser and close aide.
Is scandal in the eye of the writer or reader?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/12/2012
» It has been a long-standing tradition for Thai newspapers to print a short message on the front pages of their Dec 5 editions expressing well wishes to His Majesty the King on the occasion of his birthday.