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Divisive Thaksin tactics
News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2016
» Re: "Poll 'charade', says Thaksin", (BP, Feb 22).
Struggle for power in the temple
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/02/2016
» The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) -- the red-shirt movement -- has until recently been keeping a safe distance from the controversies surrounding Phra Dhammachayo, the abbot of Wat Dhammakaya, who is under intense pressure by groups known to oppose former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to be defrocked.
Just an early morning bit of arm-twisting
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 05/02/2016
» Being an avid follower of news from all sorts of sources, on Wednesday I was surprised to see my dosage of morning television news being interrupted by a short break soon after the national anthem was played.
Human rights body needs an overhaul
News, Editorial, Published on 31/01/2016
» Last week the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had its status downgraded, which came as no surprise to anyone following the travails of the watchdog over the past year. The International Coordinating Committee (ICC) on National Human Rights Institutions officially bumped the NHRC from "A" down to "B" after repeated warnings to get its house in order.
Down the drain
News, Postbag, Published on 25/01/2016
» As a long-time resident of Bangkok who has for years begged the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to install adequate drainage to alleviate flooding in Soi Piphat, Silom whenever it rains, I would appreciate learning how the BMA has the funds to send the governor on an “official” trip to Portugal and spend 39 million baht on temporary illuminations in front of City Hall, while insisting it has no money to install proper drains where I live.
Oppression can't triumph over dissent
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 07/01/2016
» Less than two weeks after the May 22, 2014 coup, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) handed out leaflets to Bangkokians explaining why then army commander-in-chief Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha had to topple the caretaker civilian government of Yingluck Shinawatra.
The surreal world we live in
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/12/2015
» As the festive time draws near, with Christmas and the New Year, it's not only a time for celebrating and looking ahead, but looking at where we have been and where we are right now. But while the future is all imagination -- all your New Year's resolutions are possibly delusional and bogus -- what's real and inarguable is the past and the now, as we breathe and try to get through the day. Let's not get personal about this as there are plenty of other occasions to talk about your plans to do yoga more regularly, cut down on cigarettes or be nicer to other people.
US envoy talks his way into trouble
News, Boonrak Boonyaketmala, Published on 08/12/2015
» The fact that Thailand's heavily polarised politics has deeply split the country into several colours, affecting even the daily interactions of couples at the household level, has become all too familiar for Thais over the past decade or so. The ongoing conflicts can also put some foreigners in an awkward, if not difficult, position.
The big issue: Blood brothers
Alan Dawson, Published on 06/12/2015
» In 1983, Vietnamese occupation troops in Cambodia crossed into Thailand and sparked fighting that was heavy at times. A battalion from the 2nd Infantry Division under a Thai colonel thought to have high potential for leadership became bogged down, and a second Thai colonel brought up his battalion to relieve the pressure.