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Mum's murder reveals dark side of family values
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 12/04/2022
» What do people do when they are 14, or 16?
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.
If we can trust the bureaucracy, pigs might fly
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/01/2022
» Soaring pork prices are another indicator of a sinking bureaucracy, a system that's both inefficient and increasingly becoming untrustworthy.
'Squid Game' rings true in our new reality
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 12/10/2021
» The warning does come across like a sick joke. Following the popularity of Netflix’s series Squid Game, deputy police spokesman Pol Col Kissana Phathanacharoen told parents to beware of violence seen in the show.
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.
Legal system is a hoax on the public
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/09/2018
» The death was barely noticeable. The news about it was brief, published almost two weeks after the event. The father of the man who plunged to his death from the 8th-floor window of the Criminal Court Building last month after hearing the lower court had dismissed the case involving the murder of his son died out of grief.
Media turn murder into one big circus
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 06/06/2017
» There is extreme hatred and unchecked condemnation, horror and loathing. Emotions definitely run high as the karaoke girl murder case keeps unfolding while questions about the standard of the police's work, their treatment of murder suspects and the country's criminal justice process in general explode.
The living with generals survival guide
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/02/2017
» There are still many disagreements in politics but a consensus may be reached that the future, as far as we can see it, belongs to the military and its conservative backers.
Chuvit's next move
Life, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/01/2017
» Chuvit Kamolvisit walked into the top floor suite in his hotel on Sukhumvit and suddenly with no words of greeting or introduction launched into a rapid-fire monologue as if he were hosting a talk show.
Losing hope in dysfunctional, broken society
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/01/2017
» As the military regime dreams about a 20-year strategic plan for Thailand, people on the street seem to be composing an unofficial guideline on how to stay alive and out of jail in this increasingly dysfunctional country.