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Students held back
News, Published on 23/05/2012
» Re: ''Ministry orders school to enrol pupils, launches bribe inquiry'' (BP, May 22)
To make it popular, ban it
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 20/05/2012
» One would have thought that by now the authorities would have realised that if you ban something it will become popular, or at least more widely known. That will probably be the case of the film Shakespeare Must Die, a Thai adaptation of Macbeth. It was originally banned in April and an appeal by the film-makers was rejected last week. The authorities seem to think that the Thai public is incapable of making up its own mind whether a film is any good. Of course, the publicity created by the ban means that the news has gone around the world _ not exactly what the moral guardians responsible for the ban had in mind.
Nothing to fear but traffic police
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 26/04/2012
» The death toll during the Songkran holidays this year was 320, with 3,320 reported injuries. I've seen these numbers for decades, but it wasn't until this year that I had a close encounter with an accident that put an eye-opening spin on these statistics. They are not just numbers. They are people with faces. In fact, I have seen two of those 3,320 unfortunate people.
Dream of nonproliferation
News, Published on 22/04/2012
» It is important to remember that the original purpose of the NPT was to compel nuclear weapons states to "pursue nuclear disarmament aimed at the ultimate elimination of their nuclear arsenals."
West open to self-examination
News, Published on 22/04/2012
» This is a letter in reaction to the ''Soul Searching'' column of Imtiaz Muqbil of April 15.
Keep your shirt on, please
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/04/2012
» Our thanks to Sgt Nop and the eagle-eyed boys in Ayutthaya's police force for livening up what had been a boring week by pouncing on a topless transvestite at the Songkran celebrations. Well, OK, they didn't exactly pounce, or even swoop.
MEAT MEDLEY
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 13/04/2012
» KPN kitchen Kagonoya debuts with mixed notes
We can have our fruit, and eat it, too
News, Somporn Thapanachai, Published on 11/04/2012
» I spent the holidays visiting a friend growing fruit in Chanthaburi and I was amazed when he told me that he had just sold mangosteen at his orchard for 100 baht a kilogramme, a high price for consumers to spend on the so-called queen of fruit.
With great blotting comes great responsibility
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 06/04/2012
» While the sun continues its raging party over Bangkok, inviting no-good friends such as smog, humidity and pollution to further get things out of control, those of us who didn't RSVP to the grimy gathering are struggling to find ways to cope before we melt into a puddle of fleshy goo.
Daily News Comment
News, Published on 30/03/2012
» The acquittal of Bhumjaithai Party deputy leader Boonjong Wongtrairat of vote-buying charges has boosted the confidence of the country's third-largest party.