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Agricultural policy fails to address land grab
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 03/10/2012
» Afew years back, foreign investors scouting for large swaths of land to plant rice and eucalyptus trees backed off after encountering strong local opposition. Anecdotal reports indicate that they have not given up altogether but may be working through Thai fronts to achieve the same end. With warm weather year round, fertile soil, and ample supplies of water, Thailand remains a target for foreigners interested not only in securing industrial raw materials and food supplies but also in obtaining a higher rate of return on their investment.
Return Alpine land
News, Published on 01/10/2012
» It is fitting that former deputy prime minister and interior minister Yongyuth Wichaidit resigned from the cabinet, albeit only when there appeared to be no way out, because according to the National Anti-Corruption Committee he acted unlawfully in his handling of the Alpine case, approving the illegal sale of monastic land, while deputy permanent secretary for the interior and acting permanent secretary in 2002.
The wonderful world of hyphenated monikers
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/08/2012
» Something that became apparent at the recent Olympics was the increasing number of competitors with double-barrelled names, especially amongst the Jamaican female sprinters. Gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce even has a double double-barrel.
Secret southern handbook
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 16/08/2012
» Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha always gets upset every time he hears two statements about the southern violence. "The army is reluctant to cure the problem because it enjoys the budget allocated to fight insurgents" is the first one. The other is: "The army is still left in the dark about who is its enemy".
Korkaew's parallel world
News, Published on 14/07/2012
» Re: ''Korkaew comes under fire'' (BP, July 13).
Climbing the rungs of the world trade ladder
News, Published on 05/06/2012
» China's foreign trade is stepping into a period of both opportunities and challenges, with the former always outstripping the latter, after 11 years in the World Trade Organisation.
Short-term relief
News, Published on 23/05/2012
» There have been complaints of rising prices in the past weeks. The most obvious examples are in the fresh markets and food stalls. Many vegetables have gone up in price.
The price of ignorance can be high
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 07/05/2012
» No other government agency can match the Commerce Ministry when it comes to "creativity". It's quite amazing to see how the ministry and Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom have come up with extraordinarily detailed information about something like rice with omelette, fried rice with pork and basil, rice with chicken curry and Chinese fried noodles with egg.
Boat people deserve better
News, Published on 04/05/2012
» It has become a pattern. Whenever the ethnic Muslim Rohingya boat people from Myanmar reach Thai shores, the authorities arrest them as a matter of course, then provide them with water and food before pushing them out to sea again so they can go to their intended destination.
Kom Chad Luek Editorial
News, Published on 22/03/2012
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has demanded to know why the prices of cooked food have gone up well beyond those of raw meat, vegetables and other raw materials.