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Don't make Thailand a laughing stock
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/05/2014
» The Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (Capo) seems under the delusion it is a super special governmental agency which is not bound by the Constitutional Court’s decisions, unlike all other governmental agencies, the parliament and the cabinet.
Last orders at 6am for New Year
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/12/2023
» The Interior Ministry has agreed to allow entertainment venues to remain open until 6am on Jan 1 for New Year celebrations, it was announced yesterday.
Vox regimen
News, Postbag, Published on 14/05/2019
» Re: "Majority disagree with EC endorsement of party MPs: Suan Dusit poll", (BP, May 12). A popular Latin maxim goes, "Vox populi, vox Dei," or "The voice of the people is the voice of God" and this is why countries hold elections.
Deadly indifference
News, Postbag, Published on 20/12/2019
» Re: "Penal system gets it wrong", (Editorial, Dec 19).
New legal bid to stop Hopewell payout
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 28/10/2019
» The Transport Ministry is confident the evidence it submitted which highlighted 20 irregularities in a railway project that was scrapped two decades ago will spare it from having to pay the hefty compensation to Hopewell as ordered by the Supreme Court.
Turkey is swiftly heading towards a regime of terror
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 12/11/2016
» 'In Turkey, we are progressively putting behind bars all people who take the liberty of voicing even the slightest criticism of the government," wrote author Orhan Pamuk, Turkey's first Nobel Prize winner. "Freedom of thought no longer exists. We are distancing ourselves at high speed from a state of law and heading towards a regime of terror" that is driven by "the most ferocious hatred".
Tied to a Sino past
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 04/05/2015
» The unavoidable and never-failing icebreaker -- do you have any Chinese blood? -- will always have its place in Thai society. Yet it's also something of an empty question, believes Singaporean author Jeffery Sng: "By the time Phibunsongkhram changed the country's name to Thailand, the Thais were already so mixed that it was hard to find anyone 100% Thai."
Conflict avoided: Charter amendment bill delayed
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/06/2012
» Parliament President Somsak Kiatsuranont has decided to delay the third reading of the charter amendment bill in a move to avoid a stand-off with the Constitution Court.
Call me by her name
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 13/07/2018
» While the interest and market for gay-themed stories continue to grow -- on online channels, on television series and in cinemas -- the sub-genre of lesbian movies has still got some catching up to do, especially in Thailand. Once in a blue moon, a lesbian film would drop on our cinema or TV screens, and the ones that had an actual cultural impact can be counted on one hand. At last week's LGBT Film Festival, which saw an enthusiastic turnout, there was then just one lesbian film among a dozen gay-themed international titles. All of this seems to signify that truly fair representation of gender and sexuality in the media still has quite a way to go.
Queen Elizabeth's 3D Christmas message
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/12/2012
» For Queen's diamond jubilee cutting-edge 3D technology used to offer praise to the athletes of this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games.