• OPINION

  Suvarnabhumi greed harms AOT's goals

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 04/03/2018

  » Traveling through airports is always fun when one is loaded with money; the Hermes, the Louis Vuittons or the various restaurants offer great place to spend one's time and possibly get a place to sit.

• OPINION

  The dangers of daily life in the capital

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 15/07/2016

  » The front-page picture in our paper yesterday showing how much damage a 20-minute fire, that started randomly at On Nut BTS station, could cause took many of us by surprise and I for one am not buying the statement that the construction quality of the station's elevator was "standard".

• BUSINESS

  Lifetime achiever

  Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 20/04/2015

  » 'It came as a surprise to me that I got this award. It was the second this year and one of only two that I've accepted," says Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz.

• OPINION

  Mahathir starts off with a bang

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 13/05/2018

  » Mahathir bin Mohamad, the 92-year old and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia has gotten down to work on the very first day of assuming office with orders to ban overseas travel of the former protege turned nemesis Najib Razak, setting up an investigation team to look into the corruption allegations against the Najib government and was also looking for an early pardon to the jailed protege turned nemesis turned protege -- Anwar Ibrahim.

• OPINION

  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.

• BUSINESS

  Riches beyond resources

  Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 15/01/2018

  » 'Come, come, grab a seat. We've each been taking turns talking about what we've seen in Thailand over the past week, the lessons we've learned and how we can apply them in life or business."

• OPINION

  More fantasy from lord of the rings

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 07/01/2018

  » Once again the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) left us disappointed as its much-awaited media briefing on "The Lord of the Rings" -- Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon -- left us without answers.

• OPINION

  Regime is destroying rule of law

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 08/10/2017

  » Bending the law and going back on words seems to have become the norm ever since the coup that ousted the elected government in 2014. Over the past week the supporters of the coup must have had a field day as their idol managed to have an audience with the head of state of a country that until recently was considered to be the beacon of democracy.

• OPINION

  Airship loss produces much hot air

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 17/09/2017

  » "Personally, I would agree if there is a call for a malfeasance probe. This would ward off criticism which emerged without proper information," Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda was reported to have said on Friday when the issue of the waste of 340 million baht on an airship was raised by the media.

• OPINION

  Clampdown on migrants an own goal

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 09/07/2017

  » The government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seem to be back in the limelight once again but all for the wrong reasons as businesses and households brace for the impact of a decision that came as a bolt from the blue.

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