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A guide to self-healing
Life, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/08/2023
» 'Know thyself" -- the most well-known of three maxims said to be inscribed upon the Temple of Apollo in Delphi -- is believed to be the beginning of all wisdom.
Visualising the infodemic
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/11/2021
» The government needs to be faster and be more precise in dealing with fake news, especially fake news concerning Covid-19, said the Minister for Digital Economy and Society, Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn.
Prayut needs no praise given vaccine setback
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/04/2021
» There is no way to explain the deep devotion the public have shown for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha despite his repeated failings, except perhaps Stockholm syndrome.
Elite hide behind phoney shield of 'patriotism'
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/12/2019
» Why can't people hate their own country?
FFP 'Illuminati' charge based on unjustified fear
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 06/08/2019
» At 87 years old, Thailand's constitutional monarchy is not among the world's oldest nor has it been the most robust. Still, it has beaten the odds and remained our system of governance.
Regime builds one-way road to disunity
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/08/2017
» Whether what we are witnessing falls along the lines of Great Expectations, The Great Escape or The Great Dictator is probably still up for interpretation.
Post-coup vision of Thai politics bleak
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/07/2017
» Will there be an election? Will Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha return to the top seat under an outsider quota? Will a love-all, serve-all ticket win Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul a chance? Or will the country see a second female PM in veteran politician Sudarat Keyuraphan?
Justice fails test in temple stand-off
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 31/05/2016
» No matter how it turns out, the stand-off between the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and Wat Phra Dhammakaya has underscored a combination of extreme conviction and weak enforcement of the justice system that has underpinned Thailand's many crises.
Going round in circles with social myths
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/10/2015
» The latest SEA Write awardee Veeraporn Nitiprapha said one striking thing in an interview: how large parts of our lives, and more specifically the prolonged political conflict, have been shaped by social myths.
Law well past sell-by date in beer scandal
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 13/10/2015
» Former prime minister Anand Panyarachun once said that for Thailand to become a full democracy, one condition is that the country will have to establish rule of law, not rule by law, because Thai laws are very backward. The controversy over "selfies with alcohol" seems to illustrate this point.