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Rule of law
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 25/03/2018
» When your main tool is a hammer, the cliche notes well, then after a while, every problem looks like a nail. The general prime minister has wielded a totally personal, custom-made, gold-plated hammer for the past four years, and even has given it a cute nickname.
Too connected to fail?
Alan Dawson, Published on 11/02/2018
» Sia Prem and three friends went out hunting for a new, black leopard throw rug and all we got was this disgusting news story.
Tip of the iceberg
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 14/01/2018
» Myanmar's government and entirely out-of-touch military soiled themselves again, over the Rohingya issue of course.
Vale of Tiers
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 23/07/2017
» It was a great trial. But rather than prime the pumps for a lift out of the basement, it actually illustrates why Thailand is stuck at that Tier 2 (Watch List) level on the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) list that obsesses the general prime minister and millions more including the media.
Double tap confounded
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 14/05/2017
» The images haunt. A mother, with a wounded face, clutches her daughter and hunkers down beside the detergent shelves. A blackened battery and two wheels, all that is left of the stolen pickup crammed with cooking gas cans. Social media simply taking over the corporate Facebook pages of Big C to post thousands of photos, videos and messages.
The Big Issue: A torture culture
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 05/03/2017
» Ravina Shamdasani, a human rights officer for the United Nations Human Rights Council, says Thailand has a torture culture.
Mr X's gang unravels
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 12/02/2017
» Sayobphairee Operation 60/1, the biggest trafficking takedown since the army chased Khun Sa back to Myanmar, began with the largest drug bust outside a nightclub urine test-centre.
The Big Issue: Cleansing the deep South
Alan Dawson, Published on 13/04/2014
» The week before Songkran was no holiday for Yala. The provincial capital was hit by coordinated bomb attacks on Sunday, and more on Monday. The large, destructive bombs killed one person and wounded 28. Clearly, the attacks had goals other than murder.