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    How Thai Chinese are you?

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 16/02/2018

    » As the editor (and the Thai-Chinese token of this magazine), I would like to celebrate Chinese New Year with a fun test to gauge how Thai-Chinese you are. I mean, according to Theraphan Luangthomkun's Language, Nation And Development In Southeast Asia, it was estimated that there are about 26 million Thais of full or partial Chinese descent. So, Happy Chinese New Year to about 40% of the Thai population, I guess.

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    Lack of unity in drug sweep

    News, Editorial, Published on 28/02/2018

    » The government has launched yet another series of anti-drugs sweep aimed at taming the North. They are part of the decades-old campaign to wipe out trafficking in illicit drugs. Authorities came up with reports to the public that had a very tired look and feel. A one-month "massive" suppression campaign resulted in the arrests of 63 suspects, the seizure of many kilogrammes of drugs and the unsurprising discovery of some 241 million baht of "assets" -- cash, gold, cars and motorcycles, up-scale homes, land and condominiums.

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    Meaningful Music

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 20/05/2022

    » Hip-hop group Thaitanium made a "comeback" with a song called Por Mueng (I'm Your Dad) earlier this week. I put a quotation there because the song has been met with harsh backfire as its lyrics, which are both in Thai and English, contains explicit lines, which can be construed as misogynistic and condescending towards the younger generation of hip-hop artists.

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    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.

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    Crowe's soft power gift

    News, Editorial, Published on 18/10/2021

    » The tweeted pictures and messages about Thailand from Hollywood star Russell Crowe come at the right place and time.

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    Thailand's lack of internet freedom

    News, Published on 23/12/2016

    » Earlier this year, the Thai government announced its desire to create an economy of fresh new businesses through a 20-billion-baht ($555 million) fund.

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    Braving Bangkok Buses

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 19/08/2016

    » Salmon House's recent satirical video about Bangkok public buses reached viral status quickly with nearly one million views in less than two weeks. In it, a female bus conductor gives safety instructions -- à la flight attendant -- while mocking the common inconveniences bus passengers face with funny exaggeration.

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    China rice deal real, or illusion?

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/09/2013

    » It was no surprise when Democrat deputy party leader Korn Chatikavanich expressed his suspicions on his Facebook page on Monday about an announcement by Commerce Minister Niwatthamrong Bunsongphaisan that China would buy 1.2 million tonnes of stockpiled rice and 200,000 tonnes of rubber from Thailand this year.

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    Why do we even count down to the New Year?

    Oped, Published on 29/12/2021

    » Few people counted down to anything until the 1960s -- and yes, that included the new year. Celebrations and midnight kisses on Dec 31, of course. Countdowns, no. How, then, did the countdown go from almost non-existent to ubiquitous in the latter half of the 20th century? And why are we so drawn to them now, especially to mark one year's end and another's beginning?

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    Even a little is better than nothing at all

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/07/2013

    » The embattled Commerce Ministry seems to have finally, if grudgingly, accepted that "something is better than nothing at all" when it comes to offloading the huge and ageing 17 million tonne rice stockpile generated by the rice pledging scheme.

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