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'The Protester' won't go away in 2012
News, Published on 01/01/2012
» All in all it looks to be another interesting and possibly chaotic year as nations around the globe try to adjust to new economic realities. At the core of these adjustments should be policies aimed at spreading around wealth and opportunity rather than concentrating it in the hands of a few
Already over-charged
News, Published on 03/01/2012
» We have all read in the news lately that the electricity generating authority is committing itself to buy even more electricity from the proposed new dams at Xayaburi and Koh Kang even though recent articles state that we have excess capacity now. And with that commitment comes higher charges for consumers who cannot use it. What the electric company needs to do is drastically improve on its current service.
From the year of fury to the year of doom?
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 05/01/2012
» With a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hitting Japan in March, causing vast destruction and leaving nearly 20,000 people killed or missing, 2011 should register as one of the years that the four elements _ earth, air, fire and water _ had unleashed its most destructive fury.
UK-Asean relations for the 21st century
News, Published on 06/01/2012
» Today the idea of a developed West and developing rest is all but irrelevant. Put simply, the world has changed and Britain must too, if we are to prevent our role and influence in international affairs from declining.
UK's patronising tone
News, Published on 07/01/2012
» I found the article ''UK-Asean relations for the 21st century'' (BP, Opinion, Jan 6) fascinating _ which is to say, very patronising. I am trying to understand the British foreign minister's statement that ''...we have a shared interest in maintaining security in a region which has some of the world's most important shipping routes... tackling common threats such as... nuclear proliferation, cyber-crime, and climate change''.
Washington shifts focus
News, Published on 09/01/2012
» The United States announced last week that it was cutting the size of its military. President Barack Obama and other senior officials also announced many important new changes. Many will affect Thailand and East Asia, directly and indirectly.
All you really need to know about primaries
News, Robert W Fitts, Published on 10/01/2012
» The US presidential primaries form a lengthy contest to determine the presidential candidates for the Democratic and Republican parties. The events stretch a full six months from Jan 3 in Iowa to June 26 in Utah. Though the news media will do their best to portray the primaries as a multi-faceted horse race worthy of close attention, the results are almost certain.
All eyes on a chance for change in Kim's closed North
News, Published on 11/01/2012
» The announcement of Kim Jong-un as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army is one more step in the process of Pyongyang's efforts to consolidate power as quickly as possible after the sudden death of Kim Jong-il.
Getting ready for 'free flow' of opportunities in AEC
News, Prasarn Trairatvorakul, Published on 12/01/2012
» Global citizenship is linked to the relationship between an individual and the state. Since we now live in a virtual world connected by technology, today's global relationship should perhaps be better defined as an association with economic opportunities available to an individual, irrespective of physical presence.
Koran silent on hijab
News, Published on 16/01/2012
» Re: ''A covering that bares one's faith'' (Oped Jan 14):