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'Toon' runs but health woes can't hide
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/10/2017
» Few expected a charity run by Artiwara Kongmalai, also known as "Toon" of the rock band Bodyslam, would improve Thailand's overburdened public health system. In all likelihood, he wouldn't even scratch the surface of the problem if he ran all the way to Pluto.
High-profile flights turn up heat on justice
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/09/2017
» If you want to mark the calendar, the date is Sept 3, and the year 2027.
No strangers to the politics of loathing
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/08/2017
» Are we here in Thailand paying attention?
Flood blame game no help to normal folk
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/08/2017
» These are trying times for the tough-talking regime. What went around seems to have come around and bitten the mighty military on its backside.
Yingluck rice ruling to open old wounds
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/07/2017
» Will former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra go to jail for alleged malfeasance in administering the rice-pledging scheme?
Post-coup vision of Thai politics bleak
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/07/2017
» Will there be an election? Will Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha return to the top seat under an outsider quota? Will a love-all, serve-all ticket win Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul a chance? Or will the country see a second female PM in veteran politician Sudarat Keyuraphan?
Tower views little solace to Thais below
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/07/2017
» Viewed from 459 metres above the ground in the soon-to-be-built 4.6-billion-baht Bangkok Observation Tower, Bangkok is sure to offer a postcard-perfect image of modern skylines set against the sluggish flow of the Chao Phraya River.
Legacy of regime not looking good
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/06/2017
» A lack of respectability and legitimacy in leadership will be tough challenges for any future conservative or liberal government to overcome as and when they come into power.
Biggest threat to regime is its own thick skin
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 02/05/2017
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) may have been hit hard by the multiple blowback from the pickup truck rule debacle, the secretive submarine deal and the repressive media bill, but what could do the regime in is its political insensitivity.
A small piece of history, but a big fallout
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/04/2017
» Who owns the 1932 Revolution memorial plaque? The question posed by deputy national police chief Pol Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul is indeed intriguing. Is it another way of asking: Who owns national history? Or who gets to dictate what a nation will remember?