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Happiness as a choice in life
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/02/2012
» The dark side of Facebook is not only its celebration of triviality _ it causes us to have to wait for friends to post photos of our food before we can eat it, for example _ but the social networking tool sometimes also brings to us unexpected news, that a friend from a long time ago has passed away ... long while ago without our knowing it.
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Sympathy for Ampon has many roots
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/05/2012
» The passing of lese majeste convict Ampon "Uncle SMS" Tangnoppakul who died in jail while waiting to apply for a royal pardon has stirred up strong emotions among people who have sympathy for him.
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Bare your breasts before Kate's
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/09/2012
» On the subject of the publication of the topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge, on the fine, often moving line between freedom of information and the right to privacy - or human dignity for that matter - I can't say it better than Helen Lewis of the New Statesman.
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Japanese distraction wins at poll
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/02/2014
» And the winner of the most contentious Thai election ever is ... Daijiro Enami, a young Japanese TV reporter whose six-foot frame and clean good looks have lifted him past all key local personalities to dominate social media since the election on Sunday.
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Marathon mad
Muse, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/08/2014
» Imagine covering a distance of 112.5km — on foot. Imagine running for 19 hours along hilly, winding roads and all through the night with only a small headlamp to guide the way. Imagine the fatigue, the fear, the crippling pain.
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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.
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Governor in the dark on public opinion
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/01/2016
» For politicians, being subject to public ridicule is the worst form of attack or criticism.
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Bigwigs get their flowers as parks wilt
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/02/2016
» A 1.8-million-baht amount may not be massive. It's no big deal even when placed in the context of government spending worth billions of baht a year.
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Failed putsch in Turkey vexes NCPO
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/07/2016
» The record speaks for itself: more than a dozen successful coups in 84 years of Thailand's democracy. That is one for about every six years. Apparently, it does not look like the Thai army will go cold Turkey on the business of coup-making any time soon.
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Murky pond incident casts doubts on KU
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 13/09/2016
» As the 19-year-old first-year student from Kasetsart University lies in a coma, questions about the incident from college administrators and the public seem to focus on whether the pond in which he was told to swim was filled with wastewater or natural rainwater.
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