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Taxing my patience
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 04/03/2013
» It's that time of year again, and there's nothing humorous or light-hearted I can think of in relation to this topic.
Animism and the Chinese New Year
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/02/2013
» The Chinese New Year has been one of my favourite holiday seasons. If I were in Bangkok, I would have purchased a red shirt printed with a little snake, the zodiac sign and mascot for this year, and attended a ritual of worship at any of the Chinese shrines you see in Yaowarat and other Chinese communities in the city.
New obstacles for Banharn
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 24/01/2013
» Had it not been for the political ban which has prevented former prime minister Banharn Silpa-archa and former executives of the Chartthaipattana Party from holding public office, he would face no difficulty in deciding who will succeed his late brother Chumpol Silpa-archa as Minister of Tourism and Sports.
Police serving in the South
News, Published on 31/12/2012
» Events in Thailand's far South have effectively have come full circle. With a Royal Thai Police decision to hold a lottery and assign losers to the deep South, the situation in important ways returns to the 1970s. That was when police and other civil servants were sent to the South unwillingly. The result was incompetence and poor job performance, followed by resentment by southerners for becoming Bangkok's "dumping ground", followed by violence and terrorism _ a situation pretty much repeated today.
Missionaries' mixed fruits
News, Published on 30/12/2012
» Andrew Biggs posed a pertinent question in last Sunday's Brunch when he asked exactly why Christian missionaries are in Thailand. I used to be a teacher at an allegedly Christian school where lots of students were the children of missionaries.
Postbag: Stop krathong rubbish
News, Published on 23/11/2012
» Loy Krathong is almost here once again. I would like to put forward a suggestion regarding this important holiday. If you want to say sorry to the water then don't cut down millions of banana trees to make krathongs or even worse use styrofoam and then throw it into the nearest water source.
Welcoming Myanmar out of the darkness
News, Published on 20/10/2012
» At present, for Thailand and its Asean counterparts, there is much to be happy about. The countries have managed to buck the economic woes from the West.
Place your bets... now
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 15/10/2012
» There have been several efforts over the years to introduce new forms of legalised gambling, otherwise known as the lottery. Officially we have the government lottery and the Government Savings Bank lottery.
Think you know what's happening in the world around you?
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 20/04/2012
» Well, Guru doesn't and we need your help! See if you can answer these amazingly difficult questions and win yourself the joy of being right!