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Faceless casualties in far South
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/03/2012
» Patrolling on foot or in vehicles, as troops do every day, is a dangerous duty in the restive deep South, but this seems to be little appreciated by human rights groups - and when a soldier or a ranger is killed or maimed there's only a deathly silence from these people.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/03/2012
» Southern insurgents stepped up their attacks on the security forces this week, killing six soldiers and wounding 13; in Japan, Prime Minister Yingluck assured Japanese investors that last year's devastating flood will not be repeated and their factories are now safe; and the government has started the process to compensate victims of political violence.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/03/2012
» The stage is set for the government to ram its reconciliation plan through the parliament this session, using its clear majority, despite protests from the opposition and others. The same force of numbers was used in the push for a charter rewrite, when the House panel on constitutional amendments forced a reversal of an earlier decision.
A senseless attack and a mother's grief
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/04/2012
» Nong Hall is 16 years-old and was looking forward starting in Mathayom 5 in the next couple of months, but he may not make it. On Songkran Day members of a motorcycle gang took objection after he made eye contact with one of them - so they attacked him and beat him mercilessly. He remains in a coma.
Ah Kong's legacy is to inspire a wider debate
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/05/2012
» It should come as no surprise that the government does not want to touch the lese majeste law _ Section 112 of the Criminal Code _ following the sudden death by liver cancer of convicted lese majeste offender Ampon (Ah Kong) Tangnoppakul, alias Uncle SMS, in Bangkok Prison Hospital on May 8.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/05/2012
» Tomorrow, May 19, is the second anniversary of the violent culmination of the political protests in Bangkok in April and May 2010 during which 89 people died in the capital - red-shirt supporters, soldiers, police, journalists and medical volunteers and other innocent people caught up in the turmoil.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/08/2012
» Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwannatat appears to have resolved his conflict in his ministry with his abrupt transfer of three generals. But Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi is caught in a three-way war of words with the City Hall and a group of water experts on the flood prevent plan. In the deep South, militants went on bomb-planting spree to mark their national day.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2012
» Led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the 23 new cabinet appointees were sworn in before His Majesty the King at Siriraj Hospital on Thursday and a special meeting of the cabinet scheduled for today, Friday.
Slim chance for solution to medical pay dispute
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/04/2013
» They're "losing their minds!" is the phrase used by former public health minister Mongkol na Songkhla to describe the dispute between the Ministry of Public Health and the Rural Doctors Society (RDS) over the pay-for-performance (P4P) scheme.
Chiang Mai reds' strange concept of democracy
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/05/2013
» Chiang Mai’s red-shirts, known as Rak Chiang Mai 51, may not join their fellow reds at a rally planned by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) at Ratchaprasong intersection on Sunday to mark the third anniversary of the May 19, 2010 dispersal of protesters by the military.