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What makes for a legitimate Thai government today?
News, Published on 02/12/2013
» A letter sent to the United States government by leaders of the Democrat Party raises the most important question now before the Thai people: What is the legitimacy of the current Pheu Thai government?
Postbag: NYT balanced on court
News, Published on 26/11/2013
» Robin Grant's quote from the New York Times article on the Constitution Court's ruling as ''bizarre'' (PostBag, Nov 24) is unfair to the NYT and the judges.
Court 'did its duty' over charter change
News, Published on 25/11/2013
» The Constitution Court has done its duty well for Thais in holding an act of the parliament subject to the constitution. In this decision the court has ruled that a majority in parliament may not exercise a willful and unaccountable power over Thai politics.
A new form of capitalism is on the way
News, Published on 08/10/2013
» A "new" capitalism is emerging around us. The "old" capitalism of laissez faire is dying away.
Plight of the dammed
News, Published on 05/10/2013
» The government's attempt to revive the Mae Wong dam project means the destruction of virgin forest that has evolved over millions of years _ and it has come back to haunt all nature loving people once again.
US chief justice has lessons to teach Thai charter court
News, Published on 04/10/2013
» Thailand's constitutional democracy will not be perfected until its courts have established an effective check on the majoritarian powers of parliament. This opportunity is now before Thailand's Constitution Court.
Buddhist principles offer us key to reform
News, Stephen Cross, Published on 20/08/2013
» The military crackdown in Egypt against a religious movement could be a preview of civil strife here if its political leaderships do not pull back from intransigent confrontations.
Asia goes APE for a girl just like XU
B Magazine, Published on 11/08/2013
» Dubbed the "Asian Dakota Fanning", 15-year-old Chinese actress Xu Jiao has no reason to be envious of her American counterpart. Having started her rise to fame in the critically acclaimed CJ7, Xu Jiao took her career to another level by crossing over the Yellow Sea to the Korean Peninsula. and starring in Mr Go, which opened internationally, including in Thailand, in early August. Promoting the movie on her first trip to Thailand, Xu Jiao was up before dawn, landing at 4am. She had a quick taste of the local culture (apparently pad thai) before facing an intense and stressful day before the cameras, flanked by journalists whose questions stay pretty much the same no matter the country.
A touch of Moonlight on a Sunday afternoon
Life, Published on 08/08/2013
» Young and promising pianist Thanat Vijitthanasarn returns to the stage in a concert to raise funds for the Gift of Life Foundation, at Sala Sudasiri Sobha on Aug 18.
Russia warns gays to 'obey law' in Sochi
AFP, Published on 01/08/2013
» Gay athletes are welcome to participate in Russia's 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi but must obey a new law banning "homosexual propaganda", the country's sports minister said Thursday.