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Double standards with TRC ban bid
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 16/02/2019
» The twin hammers that pummelled Thai Raksa Chart Party (TRC) and Voice TV have left the Thaksin Shinawatra camp reeling. Could it be a fatal blow for the Pheu Thai-led coalition? That’s what many are waiting to see with bated breath.
Plaque mystery spirals into realm of absurd
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/04/2017
» Matters that might at first seem simple sometimes turn out to be bewilderingly perplexing.
Promenade spat spoils riverside mood
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 16/09/2016
» An episode in the saga known as the Chao Phraya riverside promenade development just ended when its consultants decide to scrap their design of the plan's central landmark.
Thais should become less pragmatic
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 12/08/2016
» So the circus-like referendum came and went. And the vote came down decidedly on the side of the junta government.The constitution drafters and supporters are understandably ecstatic. Their work in drafting the country's supreme law will not go to waste, and, with the public mandate on its side, the junta can now carry on with its national reform agenda and returning the country to a democratic path.
Time to stop poisoning our precious land, resources
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 06/05/2016
» All that glitters is not gold. This old saying can aptly apply to Thailand's gold mining industry or, for that matter, the mining industry in general.
Govt adds fuel to fire as resentment builds
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 10/07/2015
» What's all the fuss about the arrest of 14 so-called students who broke the law? Many in social media have expressed their bewilderment.
Govt, business alliances silence locals' voices
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 31/01/2015
» The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same. Except, this time, it is even more of the same than before. Let me elaborate.
Stifling public discourse will only provoke dissent
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/11/2014
» The key phrase, in Thai, is eud ad. It means frustrated, ill at ease, feeling discomfort, cramped, suffocated or stifled.
History will not be a kind judge of Yingluck
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 05/07/2013
» The biggest surprise in the latest cabinet reshuffle, the fourth in as little as two years, must be the appointment of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra as the defence minister.