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A divisive one-note tune
News, Editorial, Published on 20/02/2019
» The troubling response of the army commander to a rather benign political campaign promise has quickly escalated. Gen Apirat Kongsompong didn't just try to refute the call to cut both the military budget and the number of general officers. He retaliated by reviving the most hateful song in Thai political history, and promised to flood military bases and the airwaves with it. It is a move with an ironclad guarantee of major political and national division.
The right to assemble
News, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2017
» Both the security agencies and the government would be doing themselves and the country a service if they stopped obsessing over the Supreme Court sessions concerning ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Confidence gets a boost
News, Editorial, Published on 19/06/2017
» The government and security teams involved in last week's arrest of suspects in the PVC pipe-bomb attacks deserve much praise. Initial reports indicate that a man with an anti-military obsession was planting the devices around Bangkok for at least two years, and possibly 10. The accused bomber was tracked and found through patient detective work. It is gratifying to learn that security teams were able to find this needle in a haystack and, hopefully, make the capital safer.
Watana has a point
News, Editorial, Published on 16/04/2016
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)'s summoning of former Pheu Thai MP Watana Muangsook for criticising the draft charter does not augur well for the credibility of the charter referendum.
NCPO needs thicker skin
News, Editorial, Published on 05/03/2016
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is treading an increasingly fine line with its continued use of summonses and "attitude adjustment" sessions when dealing with people who voice opposition.