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What Italy's power crash means for the EU: It's all bad
News, John Lloyd, Published on 07/03/2018
» Power has crashed down in Italy -- in two senses.
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Time is on your side … if the watch is fast
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/01/2018
» Recent debate about fancy timepieces had me thinking about my first ever watch, which my dad bought when I was a kid. He was a stickler for punctuality and hated being late for anything. When he gave me the watch it came with sage-like advice. He told me to always set it a few minutes fast so I wouldn't be late, and to this day it has proved wise counsel. Of course it didn't stop me being late, but at least I was two or three minutes earlier in my lateness than I would otherwise have been, if that makes sense.
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A comedy likely to end only in horror
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 03/02/2018
» The junta can read the stars and history and they must know this isn't going to end well. As frustration grows, as protests form, as their support ebbs even their idol Gen Prem Tinsulanonda flat-out said so they amp up censorship and tighten the squeeze, not with gusto but with desperation. With Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon looking increasingly like a plump Chinese deity on the verge of losing his worshippers, the regime reacts with force, gagging tactics and plain old bullying.
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Good sports, bad sports
News, Editorial, Published on 07/02/2018
» The Winter Olympic Games begin on Friday at Pyeongchang in eastern South Korea. There has been plenty of good news around this biennial, international gathering. Thailand will have four competitors in the skiing competition. That puts the emphasis on the Olympics as an event of peace and participation, as well as competition. Unexpectedly, North Korea decided at the last moment to join and to participate in the Pyeongchang Games.
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Somyot loans expose patronage roots
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 07/02/2018
» The admission of former national police chief Somyot Poompunmuang that he borrowed 300 million baht from a fugitive massage parlour tycoon reminds us how deeply the patronage system is entrenched in Thai society.
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Somyot in very hot water
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/02/2018
» Based on his media interviews, ex-national police chief Somyot Poompunmuang’s explanation about a 300-million-baht loan he claimed he received from the owner of Victoria’s Secret Massage parlour seems pretty shameless. And unfortunately, it has done little to provide legitimate reasons over why he decided to accept the money and form a close friendship with someone who runs such a shady business. Pol Gen Somyot said he started borrowing money from Kampol Wirathepsuporn, the fugitive owner recently accused of human trafficking and other illicit activities, in October 2014. As the then, newly appointed national top cop, Pol Gen Somyot should have distanced himself from such an ethically dubious loan.
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Elections, corruption and Thai democracy
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 16/02/2018
» People at home and abroad are calling for elections in Thailand on the premise of returning democracy to a country that has been under nearly four years of military government. But elections cannot bring genuine democracy if blatant corruption rears its head in open daylight with utter impunity. No doubt elections will be needed to get rid of the current set of military rulers but democracy in Thailand requires the strengthening of its democratic institutions that are so shoddy and woeful.
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A traditional fair that is fit for a queen
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/11/2017
» The Ploenchit Fair, to be held at Bangkok Patana School next Saturday, serves as an annual reminder that the year is drawing to a close. The fair always reminds me of Queen Victoria, or rather her statue, which graced the fair in the days when it was held at the British embassy.
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Nuclear codes 'the length of a tweet'
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 24/11/2017
» 'The president has absolute authority, unilateral power to order the use of nuclear weapons," said Bruce Blair. The nuclear codes are "the length of a tweet. It would take them one or two minutes to format and transmit that directly down the chain of command to the executing commanders of the underground launch centres, the submarines and the bombers".
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Time for regime to take a gamble on casinos
News, Taam Yingcharoen, Published on 07/12/2017
» One recent afternoon on a random strip of road, two men could be seen watching oncoming vehicles with great enthusiasm. They talked excitedly as the car they were eyeing approached at great speed, taking note of the final digit of its licence plate, which in this particular case happened to be an odd number. Then one of the men reached into his pocket to give the other a 20-baht note, and they waited for their next target to speed past.
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