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Lift decree and look into torture allegations
News, Published on 29/02/2012
» Re: "Army orders probe into torture claims" (BP, Feb 28). It is good that Lt Gen Udomchai Dhammasaroraj, commander of Army Region 4 overseeing the deep South, has ordered an investigation into torture allegations lodged by insurgent suspect Sukeflee Seeka, for Lt Gen Udomchai should know that torture is not only illegal but often counter-productive to seeking reconciliation and peace.
Blase about tax laws
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/09/2012
» It's an old saying _ nothing is certain except death and taxes. Alas, it seems that Thailand may very well be an exception, at least so far as taxes go.
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies
News, Arglit Boonyai, Published on 22/09/2012
» This week The People seem to be very upset with parliament president Somsak Kiatsuranont. I say this week, because Thailand's scandals change like clockwork, rotating on a seven-day schedule. Actually, come to think about it, I think Mr Somsak already had his turn back in July when audio clips emerged suggesting that he had allowed parliament to become the tool of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Will this be a Happy or Sorry 2013?
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 03/01/2013
» In his New Year broadcast from Siriraj Hospital at 8am on Tuesday Jan 1, His Majesty the King expressed the wish that Thais show compassion and affinity towards one another.
Obstacles to coming clean
News, Published on 06/01/2013
» I want to raise what I think is an important question: If Abhisit Vejjajiva, whom we all have considered squeaky clean in the past, now has so many charges laid against him, how then can we be expected to trust other politicians that we already believe to be tainted?
Thailand, Myanmar share common destiny
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 17/05/2013
» One of the exaggerated nuggets of official Thai history focuses on Siamese independence in December 1767 after its capital Ayutthaya had been sacked by converging Burmese armies seven months earlier.
Myanmar uses prisoners as pawns
News, Published on 05/06/2013
» During his visit to the White House on May 20, Myanmar President Thein Sein talked about the release of political prisoners who remain incarcerated in the country's jails despite the air of reforms sweeping over it.
Why does the name Burma linger?
News, Published on 14/06/2013
» The three-day long 22nd World Economic Forum for East Asia concluded on June 7 in Nay Pyi Taw.
Pyongyang low on options amid triangle of cooperation
News, Published on 20/06/2013
» The planned North-South Korea meeting at Panmunjon on June 9 offered the remote hope that Pyongyang, after a third nuclear test, a new round of UN sanctions, and the spring season of hyperventilating belligerent rhetoric, could be coming to understand that it is, in fact, in an unprecedentedly bad place _ even for North Korea.
PM must face facts
News, Published on 06/08/2013
» Re: ''Al-Qaeda clip is fake'' (BP, Aug 4). Kong Rithdee is to be commended on his articulate summation of the happenings at Tak Bai and putting the spotlight on the injustice meted out by the courts.