• OPINION

  The kids are all right

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 28/10/2018

  » <i>Prathet Ku Mee</i> is no slapped-together concert song. It wasn't made, so much as crafted. The accusatory lyrics are set against the shameful, hovering background of the 1976 dictators' massacre at Thammasat University. The rap song's finale brings the background image of the hanged, beaten student to the front of the picture, before fading out to the hopeful message, "All people unite".

• OPINION

  Data security a foreign concept

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 22/04/2018

  » You'd think that just about the worst thing that could happen in today's charged smartphone-internet intersection is the theft of many thousands of the most important identification documents and personal details of mobile phone owners. But you'd be wrong.

• OPINION

  No, really, Big Brother is watching

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 25/06/2017

  » The Big Three of International Computing have convinced tens of millions of customers to spy on themselves. Considering this, what's the big deal when the government listens in too -- well, apart from the going-to-jail part -- at least?

• OPINION

  Military firepower

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 06/01/2019

  » There are certain people who have stayed quiet for four-plus years who now are emerging with little bravado.

• OPINION

  Go to Plan B

  Alan Dawson, Published on 13/01/2019

  » Normally notable for his silence, the Minister of Interior and inflatable blimp expert Gen Anupong Paojinda released the cat from his bag. His drones and workers, who had already begun setting up election facilities and security barriers, downed tools.

• OPINION

  The mugging of Narudee

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 18/09/2016

  » On the hot afternoon of Aug 8 just outside Korat, 58-year-old physical education teacher Paithoon Klaengkratok was mightily exasperated at those snippy young girls in his outdoor class at Chokchai Samakkee School. They would not sit down in the sunlight to hear his wisdom, and were even standing up to try to get some shade.

• OPINION

  The big issue: The terrorists who didn’t

  Alan Dawson, Published on 27/03/2016

  » The suicide bombs at Belgium brought heightened alert to Bangkok’s airports and embassies, while police on overtime patrolled tourist-friendly areas of the country, just in case.

• OPINION

  The big issue: We must 'do something'

  Alan Dawson, Published on 10/01/2016

  » A police constable summed up the situation perfectly after tough enforcement failed to stem the New Year’s holiday road slaughter. “People are absolutely not getting the message,” the constable told reporters from a TV news station. In Toronto.

• OPINION

  The big issue: The goats of August

  Alan Dawson, Published on 26/07/2015

  » Army officers approached Sama-ae Thanam in his Yala prison cell last month, according to the former Pulo terrorist. He quickly agreed to their proposal to support government-sponsored peace moves in exchange for breathing the free air of the deep South — not because they were extra persuasive, but rather because he had been thinking over his support of violence for a long time.

• OPINION

  The big issue: If the samples don't fit...

  Alan Dawson, Published on 02/11/2014

  » The Koh Tao murder drama took unexpected turns a few days ago, with the main spotlight on the country's two top security men suddenly plunging into a sideshow that supposedly proved who did not kill the two young English tourists on Sept 15.

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