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Regime just delaying the inevitable
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 25/02/2018
» The junta shocked the nation this past week when its puppets in the national assembly shot down all seven election commissioner candidates who were supposedly handpicked by the regime.
Language lesson for Thailand
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 10/09/2017
» The past week saw my firm take a bunch of investors to Myanmar in order to see for themselves what opportunities are available in the so-called frontier economy, and there is no doubt that one can call it the emerging tiger of Asean.
PM should learn to mind his manners
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 13/01/2017
» It was music to my ears when I heard Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday tell a group of nearly 800 students, who gathered to hear him speak ahead of the Children's Day, what future generations should do and how they should think.
A tourism hub mustn't make life so difficult
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 25/11/2016
» Over the past few days, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government has taken some interesting steps. And a lot of them are new measures aimed at possibly boosting Thailand's status as a tourism hub, be it for health care, long-term stays or even general tourists.
Hazing laws call for strong enforcement
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 15/09/2016
» Over the past week there have been a couple of stories that have attracted a lot of public attention. The first was the alleged hazing incident at one of the top universities in the country. The second was an incident which led to a 17-year-old student suffering from facial nerve damage after a teacher allegedly threw a ceramic mug at her.
School brawls call for tough legislation
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 24/06/2016
» One of the news reports that went viral over the past weekend featured a brawl in which students from rival vocational schools fought each other in Chumphon. They were taken to the emergency room of a hospital which eventually became a battlefield as the rival students who were put in the same emergency room resumed the fight which injured many other patients and nurses at the hospital.
Make reform of education a reality - fast
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 12/02/2016
» When the military took power from the civilian government and seized control of the country in 2014, it made a lot of promises to bring about reconciliation and reform. After nearly two years, we have come to realise that the Prayut Chan-o-cha administration has achieved very little in fulfilling those promises.
Teen rapists should face adult charges
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 15/01/2016
» Reading the news over the past few days I was surprised to see how five teens in New York City were being tried as adults in what is set to become a landmark case for the US, one of the countries with the highest number of rape cases in the world.
Value for money in education
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 04/05/2015
» Most people in Thailand and across the region believe that sending their children to an international school is one of the best ways to prepare them for the future.
Digital economy is more than a slogan
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 27/10/2014
» Thailand continues to struggle on many fronts, both domestically and internationally, although certain "opinion" polls suggest the public remains deliriously happy with the military regime when asked.