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    TJA falls down on job

    News, Editorial, Published on 01/02/2018

    » The results of the Thai Journalists Association (TJA) probe into a sexual harassment case involving a media personality has invited more questions than it has given answers.

  • OPINION

    Draft seeks to erode checks and balances

    News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/02/2016

    » Less than a week after the unveiling of the revised draft charter, written by the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) under Meechai Ruchupan, it has drawn a chorus of criticism. There are explicit and justified reasons for several groups of people not to agree with the new version.

  • OPINION

    Thai Education 4.0

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 23/09/2016

    » Pictures of Thai university students dressing up as Adolf Hitler and China's Red Guards were circulated online earlier this week. Apparently, they mimicked these historical figures lightheartedly while doing a Nazi salute during their faculty's activity.

  • OPINION

    Prosecutor disappears in dubious Phuketwan trial

    News, Kingsley Abbott, Published on 04/08/2015

    » The trial of two Thailand-based journalists from the online news outlet, Phuketwan, accused of criminally defaming the Royal Thai Navy, appeared to be a very sabai sabai affair as I monitored the trial for the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) between July 14-16 in Phuket.

  • OPINION

    Ethnic parties give wake-up call to NLD

    News, Larry Jagan, Published on 06/11/2018

    » Analysts are poring over the results of Myanmar's by-elections which took place on Saturday, vainly trying to read the tea leaves, and perhaps reading too much into them. But it was certainly a wake-up call for both major parties -- the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) and the previous governing party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) -- but the lessons that can be drawn for the future are limited.

  • OPINION

    France finds it tough to rid itself of political corruption

    News, John Lloyd, Published on 09/03/2017

    » Political corruption in France is common, and usually -- if the politician is at or near the top of the political game -- unpunished by law. Yet the 2017 presidential election may mark something of a revolt against a semi-aristocratic disdain for the public whose tax euros have long been plundered for private or party use.

  • OPINION

    Parnpree to diplomats: 'Don't give up'

    Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 28/11/2023

    » 'Do not take no for an answer" could be the new hashtag for all Thai diplomats from now on. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahidha-Nukara instructed his lieutenants not to give up or allow themselves to be turned down too easily when they are pursuing a "proactive economic policy".

  • OPINION

    Riots' deja vu raises the stakes

    News, Published on 04/07/2023

    » A teenager killed by police in a Paris suburb. A wave of anger that morphs into widespread rioting and opportunistic looting. A tough law-and-order response followed by an appeal for unity and calm -- and a political call for action that fades over time.

  • OPINION

    Coup panel a good step

    News, Editorial, Published on 07/02/2020

    » At long last, a concrete effort to prevent future coups has been proposed in the Lower House by eight Future Forward Party MPs. It is a much-needed first step for lawmakers to show the public that they are serious about putting an end to the vicious cycle of coups.

  • OPINION

    Sunken 'ghost ship' could haunt Gulf fish

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 16/01/2022

    » The week began promisingly with the discovery of a mystery "ghost ship" drifting in the Gulf of Thailand with no crew, cargo or documents aboard -- not even any defiant rodents. First spotted by Chevron oil-rig workers, the dilapidated Fin Shui Yuan 2, appeared to be a freighter of Chinese origin. Unfortunately, the vessel sunk in rough seas off the Nakhon Sri Thammarat coast while being towed towards land by the Thai Navy.

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