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Regime must prove its stance on graft
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 23/09/2016
» Being the younger brother of the junta leader and prime minister may not be the best thing in Thailand right now.
Might-is-right mentality hard to dislodge
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 16/09/2016
» The mug throwing incident at a Korat school was just a small example of the authoritarian attitude and might-is-right mentality which plague our schools and society at large.
Safer streets ... but at what cost?
Asia focus, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 05/09/2016
» Businessman Melvin Odicta Sr, accompanied by his wife Meriam and their lawyers, showed up at the office of Interior Secretary Ismael Sueño on Aug 25 to deny accusations of his involvement in illegal drug trade.
Duterte should learn from Thai drug policy
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 02/09/2016
» At the invitation of Japan's Dokkyo University, I was in Manila earlier this week to attend a media forum where I rubbed shoulders with journalists from Southeast Asia and Japan.
Can Prem-style govt achieve 'Thailand 4.0?'
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 25/08/2016
» Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is due today to lead his cabinet ministers and chiefs of the armed forces and police to wish Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda a happy 96th birthday, which actually falls tomorrow.
Thai expert new No.2 at US embassy
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 11/08/2016
» Peter Haymond, a career diplomat with a long personal relationship with Thailand, has returned to Bangkok as the deputy chief of mission at the US embassy.
Vote puts regime rivals in Catch-22
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 04/08/2016
» Opponents of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) are in a "damned if I do, damned if I don't" situation when they cast their vote in Sunday's referendum on the draft charter.
Can dictatorial means justify the ends?
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 28/07/2016
» On May 22, 2014 then army commander-in-chief Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha led a group of patriotic generals to oust the democratically-elected but allegedly-corrupt government of prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, tearing up the previous junta-commissioned 2007 constitution.
Regime's war on graft mustn't discriminate
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 14/07/2016
» A day after Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited Samut Sakhon to meet with thousands of her compatriots in the country's western fishery province amid a chaotic reception, National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) chief and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha signed an order to transfer the provincial governor and three other senior provincial officials to inactive positions with immediate effect.
Regime must give public facts,not fiction
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 26/05/2016
» Refreshed after a long-weekend break, General Prawit Wongsuwon, the "Big Brother" of the ruling National Council for Peace and Order, could not keep the "good news" to himself on Monday.