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Heads may roll over temple saga
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 19/02/2017
» The past week saw Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha use the superpower of Section 44 for the 127th time since he seized power in May 2014. Its latest use declared the area of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and its vicinity as a "specially controlled zone" after authorities had tried in vain to summon Phra Dhammajayo, the elusive former abbot of the temple.
PM should learn to mind his manners
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 13/01/2017
» It was music to my ears when I heard Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday tell a group of nearly 800 students, who gathered to hear him speak ahead of the Children's Day, what future generations should do and how they should think.
Time for all Americans to come together
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 11/11/2016
» The historic outcome of the US presidential election has left the world in shock while at the same time it has generated a lot of questions for the global community to ponder.
Deporting Wong hurts Thai image
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 06/10/2016
» Time and again, Thailand makes global headlines for all the wrong reasons, the latest being a shameful show of force by authorities to detain and then deport a Hong Kong-based democracy activist.
Caught in a messy web of S44 orders
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 30/09/2016
» On Wednesday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha graciously decided he was going to come to the Bangkok Post Forum which until the last minute was looking a little dicey due to some hiccups at Government House at the start of the week.
JAS chief gets benefit of the doubt, again
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 23/09/2016
» Sit down with anyone investing in the stock market or who has some knowledge about the capital markets and one of the biggest questions that comes up is what's happening with Jasmine International Plc (JAS).
Standing up for Thailand
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 25/07/2016
» It was about a decade ago that Kowit Sanandang, then the editor of the Bangkok Post, asked me to think of something that would be transformational in the years to come and how the newspaper should cover it. My first thought was of Asia and how it was becoming the engine of growth for the world.
The dangers of daily life in the capital
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 15/07/2016
» The front-page picture in our paper yesterday showing how much damage a 20-minute fire, that started randomly at On Nut BTS station, could cause took many of us by surprise and I for one am not buying the statement that the construction quality of the station's elevator was "standard".
Did youthful apathy cause exit from EU?
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 01/07/2016
» As the Brexit news has dominated all kinds of media since last week, many of us might feel there's been enough and simply want to look beyond any news with this word in it. But please hold off on your yawning because there is something in the historic referendum on the other side of the world that has implications even in our country.
School brawls call for tough legislation
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 24/06/2016
» One of the news reports that went viral over the past weekend featured a brawl in which students from rival vocational schools fought each other in Chumphon. They were taken to the emergency room of a hospital which eventually became a battlefield as the rival students who were put in the same emergency room resumed the fight which injured many other patients and nurses at the hospital.