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News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/01/2021
» Practice makes perfect, they said. Unfortunately, the "second coming'' of the Covid-19 pandemic is proving the centre cannot hold.
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/05/2020
» Some people may wish the Covid-19 outbreak could unite us in fellowship and valour to fight against a formidable foe in a manner akin to The Lord of the Rings.
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/04/2020
» Ask me. Ask salary earners who have seen their monthly incomes slashed to save their companies. Ask restaurant owners and SMEs whose business virtually disappeared overnight while expenses have continued to mount. Ask workers who were made jobless and penniless as soon as the lockdown began.
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/12/2019
» The dark spectre of street politics has returned to a deeply polarised society, as the ruling conservatives try to hold on to their unstable coalition over a feast of shark fin soup.
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/12/2019
» Why can't people hate their own country?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/04/2019
» If a national unity government is not an option, will a minority one do? For how long?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/09/2018
» The death was barely noticeable. The news about it was brief, published almost two weeks after the event. The father of the man who plunged to his death from the 8th-floor window of the Criminal Court Building last month after hearing the lower court had dismissed the case involving the murder of his son died out of grief.
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 24/04/2018
» Ever wonder why Thailand can't do anything about its taxis? Or overpriced lotteries? Or illegal motorcycle racing? Why do cab drivers continue to reject customers, even dump them mid-way through a journey whenever they feel like it? Why can't the authorities tackle the problems?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/02/2018
» Because we are poor. Because we are in a rush. Because other people also cut corners. Because these people are our brothers and sisters, or friends.
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/12/2017
» Let's make some assumptions. Let's say the military regime definitely plans for a long stay in Thai politics. Let's say Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is positioning to come back for a second term. Let's say the rules of the game, both for the next election and post-poll political landscape have been set to favour this military-guided "democracy" scenario.