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Billionaire activist holds out hope of new era
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 05/03/2018
» Canada has 46-year-old Justin Trudeau as prime minister. France has Emmanuel Macron, 40. New Zealand has Jacinda Ardern, 37. What kind of a national leader will Thailand have after the election next year?
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Old transport laws taking us for a ride
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 08/03/2017
» No sooner did Chiang Mai residents and visitors think they had better taxi options than authorities and those giving "worse choices" try to tear these services away from them.
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Virus crisis reveals skeletons in our closet
Oped, Surasak Glahan, Published on 16/04/2020
» It was a desperate call for help. About 100 people gathered at the Finance Ministry on Tuesday and demanded the minister tell them why they were denied the 5,000-baht cash handout the government has granted to informal workers.
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Thai-style rule by law lands new blow
Oped, Surasak Glahan, Published on 12/03/2020
» With the Election Commission (EC)’s decision on Tuesday to pursue criminal charges against Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit over a much-disputed media share transfer case, many observers may have stopped questioning how Thailand’s law-enforcement system could have come this far, and started wondering whether the worst of things is yet to come.
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Tackling Asean's corporate cronyism
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 03/10/2019
» Many Southeast Asian countries, particularly Thailand and Malaysia, have been breeding grounds for unchecked and unregulated relations between government and big conglomerates, which have kept a handful of crazy rich Asians increasingly wealthy and widened the income gap between them and the rest of the population.
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Another poll, another missed opportunity
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 28/03/2019
» With over a decade of political turmoil and almost five years under a military dictatorship, it comes as no surprise that Thailand is no longer the front-running economic powerhouse in Southeast Asia. The country's economic growth has been much lower than that of Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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Kids not taught about horrific history
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 31/01/2019
» The 19-year-old BNK48 singer, Pichayapa "Namsai" Natha, could not have been the only one who was unintentionally insensitive to the World War II holocaust when she wore a T-shirt featuring a Nazi flag with a swastika during a rehearsal last Friday.
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Bad air days are no laughing matter
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 24/01/2019
» We shouldn't fool ourselves. In the coming weeks, whenever the air quality standard in Bangkok and other cities is declared safe and healthy, it can still be unsafe and deadly.
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PM lacking confidence despite loaded deck
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 17/12/2018
» In the upcoming Feb 24 general election, one retired general does not need a big win if he wants to become prime minister. Under the current constitution, he just needs a small share of votes, 126 out of the 500 MP seats up for grabs. Yet, there have been an endless series of (presumably dirty) tricks and (shrewdly planted) traps to emerge over the past month which have been seen as efforts to help him gain this small win. Why?
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The faux democracy that Prayut may build
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 19/09/2018
» When building a house, hiring a contractor whose credentials are more about demolishing structures than building new ones could turn into a nightmare. You could hardly blame such an inexperienced contractor if your house collapsed.
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