• THAILAND

  Real cut-ups

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 04/06/2017

  » Killing someone in cold blood takes a special kind of mindset, where by "special" we mean brutally disordered. Choking and then battering the victim, then saying "Now hand me the saw" is well beyond special.

• OPINION

  Data security a foreign concept

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 22/04/2018

  » You'd think that just about the worst thing that could happen in today's charged smartphone-internet intersection is the theft of many thousands of the most important identification documents and personal details of mobile phone owners. But you'd be wrong.

• THAILAND

  You had one job

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 09/07/2017

  » Today's media control tip is when the Royal Thai Navy can't get the job done, send in the army and the Ministry of Interior. (More on the navy in a moment.)

• NEWS

  Rough road ahead

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 21/01/2018

  » The general prime minister, aka the politician who used to be a soldier, is strolling into a battleground and exhibits no sign he is aware of it.

• THAILAND

  The war bringer

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 12/03/2017

  » The southern rebellion against the government begins its 58th year tomorrow. It will be the first time the anniversary is marked without any of the original 1960 instigators but in particular it will go on without its primary leader, better called the godfather of the southern conflict.

• OPINION

  Watching the vote

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 11/11/2018

  » Foreign and Thai groups want official accreditation to monitor the next general election, whenever it occurs. And the government has instantly invited all such groups to kick rocks.

• OPINION

  Digital Tu

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 21/10/2018

  » In the week the general prime minister saw Trump's Twitter bet and raised him by 400%, he did something even more political. He stopped the march to enactment of the Cybersecurity Act in its tracks.

• THAILAND

  Rule of law

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 25/03/2018

  » When your main tool is a hammer, the cliche notes well, then after a while, every problem looks like a nail. The general prime minister has wielded a totally personal, custom-made, gold-plated hammer for the past four years, and even has given it a cute nickname.

• THAILAND

  Too connected to fail?

  Alan Dawson, Published on 11/02/2018

  » Sia Prem and three friends went out hunting for a new, black leopard throw rug and all we got was this disgusting news story.

• THAILAND

  The Big Issue: Shot fired, man down

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 26/03/2017

  » Artist and activist Chaiyapoom Pasae, a Lahu, was shot and killed by a soldier at a drug checkpoint. That is the complete set of facts everyone agrees on.

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