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Bangkok Trumpsters
News, Postbag, Published on 17/08/2016
» In the book Trump and Me by Mark Singer, Donald "Believe Me" Trump is variously described as a braggart, bully, swaggering buffoon, megalomaniac, narcissist and unpredictable demagogue with a need for total recognition.
PM must act on lawsuits
News, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2016
» Authorities moved ahead on lawsuits last week that never should have been accepted. Three of the country's leading human and civil rights defenders have been charged with criminally defaming the armed forces, specifically the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc). Coincidentally, a similar case saw the formal arrest of a determined young woman protesting against the brutal killing of her uncle during army training.
Army defends libel suit against three rights activists
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/06/2016
» The 4th Army Region's criminal defamation lawsuit against three human rights defenders is meant to protect its image and integrity, a military spokesman said yesterday.
The politics and poetry of private jokes
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/05/2016
» Let's compare scores. In Thailand, a python had a wrestling match with a penis. In Myanmar, a dissenting poet was punished for a poem allegedly written on his penis. In the Philippines, the newly-elected president, aged 71, announced last month that he didn't want to "hang" his penis, and that "when I take Viagra, it stands up".
Same story with Tibet
News, Postbag, Published on 26/02/2016
» Re: "China not in the wrong", (PostBag, Feb 25).
This carefully plotted soap opera called life
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 10/12/2015
» During the last three-day weekend, many of us were stuck at home while half the country was out travelling. At least it wasn't too boring. We had Father's Day on Saturday and political corruption and TV dramas to occupy ourselves with during the brief no-work period.
CJR admits 'errors', fabrications
Pichai Chuensuksawadi, Published on 22/04/2015
» Following objections raised by the Bangkok Post to an article in the Columbia Journalism Review, the editor of the CJR has since added the following note to its original article:
Jail, bail, Facebook feature in busy day of lese majeste prosecutions
Published on 18/11/2014
» A Thai radio show host has been sentenced to five years in prison for royal defamation, his lawyer said Tuesday, one of the first sentences passed by a military court for breaching the lese majeste law since May’s military coup.
Chai hears PM's charges
Published on 25/06/2013
» Thai Rath cartoonist Chai Rachawat reported to Metropolitan Police Division 1 yesterday to hear defamation charges filed against him by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Chalerm vs Somjit
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/11/2012
» Channel 7’s Somjit Nawakruasunthorn, second left, is not someone who backs away from a quarrel, even when it involves a government heavyweight like Chalerm Yubamrung, a man who seems to enjoy a good verbal fight himself.