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Tangmo probe circus deepens public distrust
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 15/03/2022
» In the circus that is the investigation into the cause of death of actress Nida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong, one thing that people can detect is the crumbling of virtually every profession and social construct relevant to the case.
Anchilee did more than break old stereotypes
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 14/12/2021
» Thailand's Miss Universe candidate Anchilee Scott-Kemmis may not have attained the crown but her message #RealSizeBeauty, encouraging people to discard traditional beauty standards for more diversified realities, remains a winning one.
Thai path to modernity likely long and fraught
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/11/2021
» If the current regime of constitutional monarchy began with a grand compromise between a burgeoning democracy and traditional absolute monarchy back in 1932, the question before us now could be where to strike a balance between these partly contradictory concepts in 2021, as this legacy-laden bundle threatens to unravel at the seams?
Govt living in fear of its own frightful errors
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/08/2021
» If members of the government were to uphold the same ethical standards they often preach to the people, they would have hung their heads in shame after the Civil Court's injunction last week.
Thamanat 'dirt' splatters all over govt
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/05/2021
» The Constitutional Court's ruling has cleared the way for Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow but cast enormous doubts over his boss Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Section 112 and Covid shots are not a good mix
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/01/2021
» Is Section 112 or the lese majeste law a kill or cure for the government when it comes to its Covid-19 vaccination plan?
The architects of this ruinous mess must go
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/11/2020
» Is it time to accept that we are witnessing an unbridgeable divide, a fissure so wide and deep no force no matter how mighty can narrow it let alone the mere band-aid solution of a reconciliation committee?
Twitter exposes army's feeble IO strategies
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 13/10/2020
» Has word reached the Digital Economy and Society Ministry that the earth is not flat? That the "world" is a big round planet of which our country is a tiny little part, physically and figuratively?
Is justice coming back to bite the Prayut regime?
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/09/2020
» The Prayut government is good at claiming the legal high ground.
Govt risks being the next casualty of Covid-19
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/03/2020
» The daily tally of coronavirus victims misses one casualty: the Prayut Chan-o-cha government.