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  A nation of millions can't hold them back

  News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 29/10/2018

  » Rhymes and misdemeanours. Yo, yo. Rappers are threatened to be thrown in a slammer.

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  The kids are all right

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 28/10/2018

  » <i>Prathet Ku Mee</i> is no slapped-together concert song. It wasn't made, so much as crafted. The accusatory lyrics are set against the shameful, hovering background of the 1976 dictators' massacre at Thammasat University. The rap song's finale brings the background image of the hanged, beaten student to the front of the picture, before fading out to the hopeful message, "All people unite".

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  Sweat it out for good health

  Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 05/09/2022

  » In two years' time, baby boomers born in 1964 will turn 60. I happen to be one of the last born in the boomer years counting down to retirement in the Year of the Rabbit.

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  Time is on our side

  Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 15/08/2022

  » Win or lose, a protest is a process of trial and error. To put it simply, it is disruption, innovation, or something in between, just the way the now-defunct but shape-shifting Future Forward Party was in 2019 because it is born out of a spirit, not a person or a party. If the student-led demonstration goes down in history for demanding the boldest political reform, including the role of the monarchy, its resurrection last week proves that the pro-democracy movement is coming of age.

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  #BehindTheHashtags

  Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 06/03/2020

  » Many student protests that were partly set off by the dissolution of Future Forward Party over the past two weeks has also ushered in new hashtags into the lexicon of Thai social media. At the time of writing, it has been reported that there are 28 hashtags associated with campus protests. Some are humourous while others carry strong political stances and sharp gibes. Whether you agree with these students who've chosen to make their voices heard, it's better to get used to their protest hashtags as more student flashmobs are on their way (but many speculate that the designation of Covid-19 as a dangerous communicable disease may be used as a tool to suppress them). Not to mention, an online campaign calling for people to wear black on Fridays as a symbol to oppose dictatorship began last Friday.

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  Asean media under attack

  News, Editorial, Published on 22/01/2018

  » A free press is the key test of whether a nation has true freedom of speech. Across the region, every country is failing the test. In communist Vietnam and all the way to the resurgent army controllers in Myanmar, governments are arresting, imprisoning and strongly intimidating the media.

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  City commuters stuck in spider's web of delays

  News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 05/04/2019

  » How many cards must a Bangkokian carry with them just so they can make their way through the ever-so busy and bustling capital? No, I'm not talking about credit, debit, or loyalty reward cards. I'm talking about the cards that a commuter must carry just so that can move from Point A to B.

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  Scum of the Earth

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 24/02/2019

  » At the Bangkok Post Forum on Feb 7, Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit said it would be splendid if Thailand had green shirts with four stars who favour democracy. He called for a review (English translation: cancellation) of the recent, 2.3 billion-baht purchase of 14 more Chinese main battle tanks. Oh, and Thailand should halt conscription.

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  Sucking the wind out of the elections

  News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 05/05/2018

  » The verb of the week is "to dood".

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  Darkest-day song nothing to be proud of

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/02/2019

  » Army commander-in-chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong's decision to order the army-run radio stations to "resurrect" the old ultra-nationalist song Nak Phandin ("Burden on the Land") in an apparent response to the Pheu Thai Party's prime ministerial candidate Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan's threat to cut military spending and Future Forward Party's pledge to scrap mandatory conscription is totally uncalled for.

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