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    GLO not transparent

    News, Published on 18/05/2015

    » The May 14 editorial, “Lotto ‘tigers’ just a tale”, correctly points out for the first time the GLO Foundation is the official recipient of the largest share of tickets — a fact I was unable to discover despite interviews with senior GLO officials.

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    Danger in media laws

    News, Published on 01/06/2015

    » In the draft constitution, a mass media owner must be a Thai national, who cannot own several mass media businesses simultaneously, for example: newspaper, radio, television, and telecommunications.

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    #VivaMotherhood

    Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 07/08/2015

    » Next week, Thailand will celebrate Mother's Day, which has somehow become the day when we are compelled to buy a jasmine brooch, a gift and a meal for our mothers, then upload said treats to Facebook to prove we did it.

  • News & article

    Colonialism thriving

    News, Postbag, Published on 18/08/2015

    » Re: “Thinglish spotting!”, (PostBag, Aug 15)

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    Media relations in disarray

    News, Postbag, Published on 20/09/2015

    » Re: “Cops blame media after probe stalls” (BP, Sept 18).

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    #DigitalEconomy

    Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 16/10/2015

    » I've heard about the "digital economy" for a while, and like the term "AEC", I don't really know what it means. But if it means we're going to go fully digital -- or at least planning to -- we have a lot of work ahead of us.

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    Web grinds to a halt

    News, Postbag, Published on 24/10/2015

    » Just recently all foreign websites have become incredibly slow in Rayong. It is not possible any more to watch a news video on the website of my European newspaper and streaming coverage of the stock exchange is also lagging. Is the internet not workable any more for foreigners? How can a foreign company work here?

  • News & article

    #KeepOnFearing

    Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 30/10/2015

    » We all had a lot of silly fears as a kid -- clowns, dogs, vegetables, certain relatives and even our own toys. As we grew up, most of those childish fears melted away, replaced by new, equally silly ones. Somehow, at age 30, we end up the same big scaredy cat we were as a five-year-old.

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    The Big Issue: An unwelcome visitor

    Alan Dawson, Published on 21/02/2016

    » Just before Christmas 2014, a United States Embassy attache in Bangkok received a phone call. The caller told him that an American man who was known to have sexually abused a 14-year-old boy in Pattaya had contacted the youth via Facebook to try to score another sexual date six months ahead.

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    Thailand bureaucratic bother

    News, Postbag, Published on 24/04/2016

    » What a great way for the Immigration Bureau to turn off tourists as well as long-time expats and residents, many of whom have worked here for many years and contributed to the Thai economy, with the tedious 90-day reporting requirement.

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