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Chalerm in charge
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/02/2014
» Chalerm Yubamrung represents many undesirable things about Thai society, but he does get things done. Whether the things he gets done are desirable or not is, however, a matter of perspective.
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Crime and punishment of Somyot
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 01/05/2014
» I don’t much care for Somyot Prueksakasemsuk's politics, although his strong conviction to them is admirable. I respect his idealism, but his allegiance leaves much to be desired.
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The mysterious men in black
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 11/04/2013
» When analysing politics we should connect the dots as far as the dots (or our intellect) go, rather than stop at whichever dot satisfies our moral righteousness and ignore the rest. And we should be mindful of imaginary dots
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Mai pen rai no longer
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 01/06/2014
» There is opportunity in crisis, the old adage tells us. Looking in the long term, something potentially wonderful may well come out of this decade-long political quagmire.
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Is Thailand a failed state?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 27/04/2014
» One morning last week I drove out of my soi onto Witthayu Road. Making a U-turn in front of Lumpini park I was stopped by a People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) guard on a motorbike. Other guards on motorbikes stopped traffic on all sides.
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Thaksin's real war
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 18/05/2014
» Suthep Thaugsuban could give up, move back to Surat Thani and become a rubber farmer. He could tell his supporters to go home and let there be a general election come the month of June. There could be peace by tomorrow.
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Well played general
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 22/05/2014
» Some may call it a coup d'etat. Some may say it’s about time. Some may realise that it’s the only realistic solution to the political impasse.
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The success of Thaksin
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 06/04/2014
» Four Reigns by the late MR Kukrit Pramoj is a beloved masterpiece of Thai literature that has been adapted into several TV series.
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On reforming lese majeste
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 24/04/2014
» In Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union, brothers informing on brothers, families ratting out each other to state authorities, was encouraged. Then, off to the gulag with you.
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The United Fiefdoms of Siam
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 06/03/2014
» I went away for one week, and came back to find that Bangkok is no longer "shutdown", just Lumpini Park, and that there's apparently more than one secession movement in Thailand now, not just the southern separatists.
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