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  • OPINION

    Prayut, junta need to take careful steps

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 22/04/2018

    » The public relations campaign of coup leader Prayut Chan-o-cha seems to be running at full speed and last week the country saw a glimpse of moves being undertaken by people around him to boost the popularity of the military leader.

  • OPINION

    Bangkok's flood crisis needs action

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 15/10/2017

    » Waking up Saturday, I had hoped it would be the usual routine of getting changed at my condo and heading back to my house for breakfast with the family. Expecting it to be the usual 10-15-minute drive it takes on weekends to reach home, I set out on a journey that would take more than an hour because many parts of the road leading up to my house were inundated from the heavy downpour overnight.

  • OPINION

    Shutting down BRT a poor decision

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 09/02/2017

    » For the nearly 24,000 commuters of Bangkok who rely on the Bangkok Rapid Transit (BRT) system to go to work and back, the news is bad. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), citing a big financial loss, has decided to terminate the BRT service as early as April.

  • OPINION

    Yes-men lay 'Prem model' trap for PM

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 01/09/2016

    » Over the past week we have been reading a lot about how the so-called "Prem model" is a possible option for coup leader and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as he contemplates his future after the next election.

  • OPINION

    Slowdown is hitting across the board

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 22/01/2016

    » The economic slowdown that has spread across the world is having a tremendous impact on the lives of most of us in Thailand. It has to a certain extent undermined our efforts to revive the economy.

  • OPINION

    PM squanders an opportunity

    Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 23/03/2015

    » I had no intention to bash Dear Leader this week, but the laughter I heard after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha attended a meeting of some of the world's top business thinkers compels me to comment; I would be remiss as a journalist if I didn't.

  • OPINION

    Digital economy is more than a slogan

    Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 27/10/2014

    » Thailand continues to struggle on many fronts, both domestically and internationally, although certain "opinion" polls suggest the public remains deliriously happy with the military regime when asked.

  • OPINION

    Don’t blame Cambodia for Asean bust-up

    Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 23/07/2012

    » There is no bigger news in Asean these days than the collapse of efforts to produce a joint communique after the recent 45th ministerial meeting in Phnom Penh. Much of the blame has been laid at the feet of host Cambodia but that misses the larger point.

  • OPINION

    Poor Cambodia not looking so 'poor' anymore

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 06/04/2012

    » Your Excellency Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, thank you for being such a good host during the Asean Summit in Phnom Penh on Tuesday and Wednesday. This visit to Cambodia changed my entire perception of your "poor" nation. Your country has always been labelled as one that still needs to close the gap with the better-developed nations in the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).

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