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Amnuay is right man for the job
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/08/2014
» If the National Council for Peace and Order wants to strictly enforce martial law and ban public gatherings of more than five people, then its choice of Pol Maj-Gen Amnuay Nimmano as the man in charge of security in Bangkok, especially around Government House, is indeed the right decision.
Learning from a long history of coups
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/06/2014
» As Thailand’s latest coup bears striking similarities and differences to its dozen precursors, it behooves the National Council for Peace and Order to learn from the past. The military’s seizure of power on May 22 is now accompanied by daunting challenges and pitfalls that are consequential for all who want to see Thailand regain its democratic traction and way forward.
Things that give Bangkokians anxiety
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 02/05/2014
» Thais are usually thought to be carefree people with a sabai-sabai attitude to everything in life. That’s why even a 56-year-old woman can have the worry-free skin of a nubile girl. However in the bedlam that is Bangkok, there are bound to be a few things that will cause anxiety. Here are 20 of them:
HBD BKK!
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 18/04/2014
» Bangkok turns 232 this year, marking the time when our beloved city was established as the capital of Thailand. To celebrate, the Ministry of Culture will organise three days of historical and cultural events at Sanam Luang this weekend (Apr 19-21). While that’s all fine and educational, we want to do our part to showcase the coolness that Krungthep has achieved in its 232 years of existence. However, since we were too lazy to come up with 232 reasons why Bangkok is awesome, here are 10 instead:
Rich people fight, poor people die
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/03/2014
» Two mornings in a row I drove out of my soi in the Lumpini area only to find ambulances parked in front of Lumpini Park, where more people had been shot or bombed.
Never forget, death is not an illusion
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/03/2014
» In our season of mass delusion, what is real? Life and death are real, but particularly death. Death by suicide or by murder, but particularly murder. Deaths of adults and of children, but particularly of children, at Ratchaprasong and in Trat, as well as in Narathiwat, where three siblings, the eldest 11, were killed on Feb 3, and which of course we’ve almost forgotten about because even in death there’s a hierarchy of public attention and allotment of air time. There was also the 14-year-old boy Kunakorn Srisuwan, shot dead by a military bullet (as the Criminal Court ruled) near Soi Mor Leng in the red-shirt riots of May 2010. That’s one death we've definitely forgotten. The only story that orphan boy ever had in his life is about his death.
PDRC Spring/Summer 2014
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 21/02/2014
» As the caretaker government and police finally get off their asses to try and clear rally sites around Bangkok, there may hopefully soon be an end to the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC)’s shutdown of the city. But when (or if) a conclusion is ever reached, there’s no telling what long-term effects will actually be achieved.
Democracy as we know it is being poisoned
News, Philip J Cunningham, Published on 28/11/2013
» Thai democracy is in crisis because it is producing undemocratic results and practices.
Pheu Thai on reckless, dangerous, path
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/11/2013
» The ruling Pheu Thai Party is in a hurry, as if there is no tomorrow. So the party released all the brakes and went into overdrive at full throttle or sud soi, a term used by its master, self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Postbag: Cloud has silver lining
News, Published on 16/11/2013
» Sometimes from the worst tragedies, great opportunities emerge.