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Toward zero waste
Life, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/02/2020
» 'Could you make sure that the punching bag will be seen?" Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa requested while posing for a photo shoot.
Sanctuary for one's soul
Life, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 14/02/2020
» 'That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet," Emily Dickinson wrote in a poem more than a century ago. The line has since become well-loved, reminding people to treasure the time they still have.
In 'proxy crisis' land, it's all got so absurd
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 24/12/2019
» Army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong said last week that the nation is facing a "proxy crisis" where the instigators cannot face the government directly so they have created agents to do so.
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?
Healthcare both bother and boon for fickle Prayut
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/10/2019
» Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's defence of his position on the universal healthcare scheme during the budget debate last week was a relatively short, less colourful one by his fiery standards. Yet, it was a speech that deserves our attention.
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.
Searching for the truth about our 'Google PM'
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/10/2019
» Because I have aspirations to be one of the "executives", I spent some time googling what's going on in Thailand.