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  • OPINION

    Thai hopes for decentralisation fade

    News, Published on 23/05/2016

    » Thailand's current state of local administration does not bode well for democracy. The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), which took power two years ago, issued Order No. 22/2016 on May 4 that centralised power in the Ministry of the Interior.

  • LIFE

    A war on the wild side

    B Magazine, Dane Halpin, Published on 29/05/2016

    » War, what is it good for? If you're Ivan Carter, absolutely everything.

  • THAILAND

    'Extra question' rings alarm bells

    News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 27/04/2016

    » An appointed Senate with the power to select a prime minister will set a dangerous precedent enabling "extra-constitutional elements" to seize power without staging coups, academics have warned.

  • THAILAND

    New peace talks yield no result

    News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/04/2016

    » The latest informal peace talks on Wednesday between Thai military representatives and an alliance of insurgents made no progress as neither side could reach agreement, a separatist group representing insurgents said yesterday.

  • LIFE

    No rhyme, no reason

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/05/2016

    » There's a beautiful piece of prose in a Thai poem that reads: "Kavee rue lang laeng Siam" -- (Siam never runs out of poets). Composed over 120 years ago by Prince Paramanuchit Chinoros, the verse is part of Samuta Koj Kam Chan, and it describes the golden age of Thai literary culture, in which poetry was ingrained as part of people's speech. It was a time when rhyme and stanza were infused in normal dialogue. Men wrote poems, or sang them for courtship.

  • OPINION

    Lessons from history

    News, Postbag, Published on 16/04/2016

    » I have just finished reading the third novel in Robert Harris's brilliant trilogy based on the life of Cicero. It's about politicians who struggle to practise and defend democracy, but fail because of the corruptibility and greed of many of them. The politicians are divided, and some favour allowing the all-powerful general, Julius Caesar, to take control of the empire.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    PC Air faces threat

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/10/2012

    » The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) yesterday threatened to revoke the licence granted to PC Air if the carrier experiences a recurrence of the problems that left hundreds of Thai passengers stranded at South Korea's main airport.

  • OPINION

    Take a break, Sorayuth

    News, Editorial, Published on 02/03/2016

    » It was business as usual for TV news anchor Sorayuth Suthasanajinda and Channel 3 the morning after the Criminal Court on Monday found the former guilty of cheating the Mass Communications Organisation of Thailand (MCOT) out of 138.7 million baht in advertising revenue.

  • WORLD

    Yangon's real estate challenge

    Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 07/03/2016

    » Myanmar has experienced dramatic changes economically and politically over the past few years. As foreign investors rush to set up shop in the newly open market, office space in the country's commercial capital is among the most expensive in the world.

  • THAILAND

    Media chiefs 'must stay off airwaves'

    News, Nanat Suchiva, Published on 08/03/2016

    » The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) yesterday proposed that operators of media firms should be banned from hosting their own programmes for the sake of media ethics. 

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