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Mutiny over amnesty hard to believe
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/10/2013
» My first reaction was disbelief when I saw this headline, "Thaksin stares down mutiny over amnesty" on page 3 of the <i>Bangkok Post</i> newspaper on Friday.
MFP's 'straightforward' image in doubt
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/10/2023
» 'You can't have your cake and eat it." So goes the popular English proverb that warns that one cannot have two incompatible things at the same time.
Foreigners get TRC case all wrong
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/03/2019
» It comes as little surprise that most foreign media and human rights advocacy organisations, Amnesty International in particular, oppose the dissolution of the Thai Raksa Chart (TRC) Party, and regard the Constitutional Court's order to disband the party as yet another bid by the military junta to exploit an allegedly biased judicial system to bully their political opponents and suppress freedom of expression.
The soul of the Mekong is in serious trouble
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/02/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha last week asked reporters why non-governmental organisations (NGOs), environmental activists and academics continue to protest against the planned blasting of rapids in the Mekong River.
South is one tough nut for NCPO to crack
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/07/2014
» Ramadan is supposed to be the holy month for all Muslims throughout the world, a month when they are to refrain from food, drink and other physical needs from sunrise to sunset, to practice self-restraint in order to cleanse the body and soul of impurities and to focus on God.
Stormy post-Lent period awaits in parliament
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/07/2013
» Come Khao Pansa, or Buddhist Lent, Bangkok and most of the country will be bracing for the full force of the rainy season which will provide us with great relief from the hot weather.
PM's speech revealed feelings previously hidden
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/04/2013
» Although the speech delivered by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the Community of Democracy (CD) conference in Mongolia Monday was scripted, the message it conveyed, especially about democracy in Thailand, presumably reflects her actual political thinking -- a side buried deeply and troubling her soul for many years.
Jatuporn lets his disappointment leak out
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/10/2012
» If in any way red-shirt firebrand Jatuporn Promphan is lucky in love, he is certainly not lucky in politics. For the third time in a row, he has been left out in the cold after his name did not appear in the latest cabinet lineup, unlike his red shirt partner, Nattawut Saikuar, whose political path seems to be littered with rose petals.
Is Sorayuth just a diversion?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/11/2012
» 'Flies will not swarm over other flies." So goes a popular old saying well known within the Thai media which literally means that members of the media will refrain from reporting on the dark sides of their colleagues.
Is the Alpine land cursed?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/06/2012
» The land in question is the 924 rai in Klong Luang district of Pathum Thani which was bequeathed to Wat Thammikaram by Mrs Nuem Chamnanchartsakda, but due to political connivance was sold to Alpine Real Estate Co and Alpine Golf & Sports Club. The land has since been developed as a big golf course and resort.