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Hitting all the wrong notes in shooting briefing
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/02/2020
» He could have shown regret. It was the morning after one of the most shocking crimes to have occurred in the country. He could have offered his condolence to the families of those who were killed and injured. He should have made it heartfelt.
Virus response highlights govt incompetence
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/02/2020
» Is it possible that the seeming inability of Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to put a face mask on properly on a few occasions is a sign that the government is crumbling against the coronavirus outbreak?
PM's blunders are a laughing matter no more
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 14/01/2020
» The tap water tastes salty? Boil it, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha advised the nation.
Prayut's pride will spell doom for the regime
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/01/2020
» A no confidence motion? The second and third reading of the crucial 2020 Budget Bill? Bring them on. Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha wasn't kidding when he confidently declared: "Don't be bored with me yet, as I will be around for quite a while."
Will the Empire strike back at the Skywalkers?
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.
Elite hide behind phoney shield of 'patriotism'
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/12/2019
» Why can't people hate their own country?
The 'face of govt' is now turning into a liability
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/11/2019
» The government must have thought they possessed a lethal weapon in firebrand MP Pareena Kraikupt. After all, she is fierce, fearless and also appeared morally as well as intellectually flexible enough to mount attacks with logic, or a total lack thereof, as long as it served her purpose of riling her opponents.
Time to swim against the 'yoo pen' cultural tide
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/11/2019
» Whether to go with the flow or go against it -- to Yoo pen or to Yoo mai pen -- is the political dilemma of the day, but it is essentially a question of character, individual as well as collective.
Time ripe to nip mob mentality of Thais in bud
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/10/2019
» What do we see in the "hot-headed bespectacled man" video clips that went viral last week?
Judge's shot across bows of judiciary
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/10/2019
» Was the bullet fake? Was the self-shooting staged? Is he part of an opposition plan to discredit the military and government? Since he survived, he must have manipulated the shooting to avoid damage to major organs, just like in the movie John Wick.