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Ending our colour-coded area divides
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 02/06/2014
» A recent change that occurred on a road in Chun district in Phayao gives a good indicator of the tough trail ahead for reconciliation being constructed by Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha.
SRT going off the rails as aged route rots
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 22/07/2013
» The train accident in Phrae province last Wednesday is a stark reminder for the State Railway of Thailand and the Transport Ministry of what should be their priority.
Beneath the gimmicks, substance
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 28/01/2013
» Nobody punches Judy. Nobody _ at least not now. That's why Pongsapat "Judy" Pongcharoen is leading the latest Abac poll. And why not?
SRT cannot afford to freeze third-class fares
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 10/12/2012
» Playing with fire is safer than playing with train fares. That's why the issue of train fares is largely left untouched by transport ministers and railway chiefs.
Capability or just expediency?
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 21/05/2012
» 'Mr Jatuporn is a capable person." Thais closely watching politics, and foreigners who have lived here for a long time, will neither get excited nor feel depressed upon hearing this statement from Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Home: It's so close, and yet so far away
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 02/04/2012
» When Michael Buble, Alan Chang and Amy Foster-Gillies co-wrote Home (of which the lyrics above are rewritten to give a local flavour), there was no way they could have known it would echo so resoundingly with Thaksin Shinawatra. The tune was a breakthrough hit for Canadian singer Buble in 2005, one year before Thaksin was bumped from office by the coup.
Kwanchai, Sanan spring surprises
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 26/03/2012
» Thumbs up for Kwanchai Praipana. Thumbs down for Sanan Kachornprasart. The one thing that makes Mr Kwanchai stand out from the rest of the red shirt brigade is that he puts the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship in an awkward position from time to time. The latest incident was last Monday.