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Painting a picture
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 11/03/2012
» Plainclothes police are staking out the hideout, snipers lock on to their targets from the tops of surrounding buildings and a truckload of Swat team members are hiding nearby _ it's the quiet before the storm. Suspects all accounted for in the hideout, check. Certain evidence confirmed in the hideout, check. Communication lines secured, neighbourhood cleared, weapons locked and loaded, full metal jackets in place, check, check and check.
Cross-cultural romances raise tensions in South
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 09/03/2012
» It not just violence that is fuelling the instability in Thailand’s deep South. Cross-cultural romances between Thai soldiers and Muslim women are also a factor. AFP photo
Equality still eludes women
News, Published on 09/03/2012
» Thailand yesterday observed International Women's Day with little welcome news for the majority of its female population. True, the glass ceiling in national politics was finally broken when Thailand elected a woman as prime minister for the first time last July. Thailand also boasts one of the highest participation rates in the world for women in senior management (39%), well above the global average of 21% and just 19% for Asia-Pacific companies, according to a survey released yesterday by Grant Thornton consultancy firm.
Asia needs more of the 'fair sex' on political front
News, Ajay Chhibber, Published on 07/03/2012
» As we honour International Women's Day tomorrow, we are reminded why the political empowerment of women is so important. Globally, women perform two-thirds of the world's work, but earn just 10% of the income. South Asia alone is home to 844 million people who live in extreme poverty, and well over half of them are women.
Shame on who?
Life, Published on 06/03/2012
» Hot actor du jour Michael Fassbender bares all in his new movie, Shame, which is now attracting a horde of curious viewers at Lido.
Spices that won't be confined to the kitchen
Life, Su-Mei Yu, Published on 06/03/2012
» She asked if I would appear on a television show, as I had done the previous year. That appearance was broadcast on Valentine's Day and I had brought along dishes that I made for my restaurant, with ingredients known for their aphrodisiacal qualities. My publicist thought it was a clever marketing idea to showcase my passion-inspiring creations. It was she who got me the booking with the TV company. I put on an impressive spread. The producer loved it.
Thai Rath Editorial
News, Published on 06/03/2012
» Rural poverty is one of the root causes of the flourishing sex industry in our country, which generates huge revenues for the influential people behind it.
Haze is poor man's revenge
News, Published on 04/03/2012
» The fires which are causing bad air quality in the North are in effect a poor man's revenge on us all. Poor farmers burn their fields since they can't afford any other method of weeding. Hill tribe people burn the common forest because it generates mushrooms after the first rains, which apparently earn them 2,000 baht a day at markets.
'Consensual' Rape
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 04/03/2012
» A 16-year-old girl was used as a sex object and filmed. The question of whether she gave her consent to a soldier with a uniform and a gun in a war zone is absurd
Ignorance 'the main enemy in abortion debate'
Spectrum, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 04/03/2012
» In Thailand, a woman can't just walk into a hospital and ask for an abortion, according to Nattaya Boonpakdee, coordinator at the Women's Health Advocacy Foundation. "You have to know somebody," she said, adding that this somebody may then lead you to a proper clinic, or to an abandoned house or shady back-street operation where the procedure will be performed, although not necessarily by a doctor.