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Two hats not good
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 07/10/2018
» When Bangkok got too noisy because of all the criticism about cabinet ministers taking advantage by openly playing politics unfairly, the general prime minister escaped to the North on another scrupulously non-political trip to give away money and be photographed with every local personality and housewife within 20 kilometres.
HM King honours, posthumously promotes ex-Seal Saman
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/07/2018
» His Majesty the King has posthumously promoted former Navy Seal Saman Gunan, who died during the Tham Luang cave rescue mission, to the rank of lieutenant commander -- an unprecedented rise of seven ranks.
Suvarnabhumi greed harms AOT's goals
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 04/03/2018
» Traveling through airports is always fun when one is loaded with money; the Hermes, the Louis Vuittons or the various restaurants offer great place to spend one's time and possibly get a place to sit.
Nok Air eyes old terminal
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 30/11/2017
» Nok Air and NokScoot want to relocate their base operations to the derelict domestic terminal at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport.
Phuket airport renovates wing
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 25/11/2017
» The chaos at Phuket airport's domestic terminal may start to subside this coming Tuesday, when the first-phase upgrade opens for service.
Democracy puts limits on protests
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 24/09/2017
» Just over a decade ago, friends knew they had to go to either Sanam Luang or Siam Square to find me after work. I was not there selling goods on the pavements, but instead I was being the typical democratic-minded youth looking for fairness from the government that I had not voted for.
PAD may seek donations to pay damages
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 23/09/2017
» Core members of the now-defunct People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) are hopeful they will not have to hand over the full 552 million baht they have been court-ordered to pay for the group's protests in 2008 that led to the shutting down of the capital's two main airports.
Scorned She-Devil takes a back seat
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/08/2017
» The phone number was not one I knew, but still I took the call. "This is immigration police … we'd like to make a time to see you." Would such a phone call initially have given you a chill down your spine as it did with me? I may live a life as chaste as Mother Teresa but I still feel a sudden surge of guilt.
Discarding TM6 no solution to airport queue woes
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 15/08/2017
» Authorities are wrong to suggest that their revised immigration cards and the plan to exempt Thai nationals from filling them in will address the long queues at overcrowded Thai airports, say industry experts.
Turkish starts Istanbul-Phuket flights, seeks better slots
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 19/07/2017
» Phuket: Turkish Airlines is keen to ramp up its new Istanbul-Phuket flights to a daily basis from four flights a week.