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Lethargic response to unpredictable weather
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 04/08/2018
» This year's season of deluges, mudslides and other weather-related disasters arrived innocently enough with 12 boys and their assistant football coach taking what they thought was to be a relaxing stroll in a cave after training.
Living in hope amid a cesspool of poll fibs
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 07/07/2018
» Some people just have no shame. They tell lies with a straight face. Perhaps they even believe those lies they tell.
Protest marks symbolic victory for activists
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 26/05/2018
» The show of force by the police on Tuesday makes me wonder: Between the junta and the demonstrators, who is afraid of whom?
Regime must forget 'face' and do right thing
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 28/04/2018
» 'Face" remains an aspect of Thai culture that often poses an obstacle to attempts to resolve various sticky problems.
Too many hurdles for the disabled to clear
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 17/03/2018
» Should the disabled have the right to access public transit? That's a silly question. Of course, they should. Everyone would agree, including the BTS boss, Anat Arbhabhirama, and the Bangkok governor, Pol Gen Asawin Kwanmuang.
It's crunch time for Rolex General, regime
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 03/02/2018
» By now most observers would agree that Gen Prawit Wongsuwon's fate is sealed. The Richard Mille General's days are numbered. The question is not whether he will go but when.
'Politician' PM muddies waters yet further
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 06/01/2018
» 'I do not consider or deal politically with anybody because I'm not a politician." -- Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, Nov 28, 2017.
Public increasingly weary of regime scandals
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 16/12/2017
» To say that the military regime is going through a slump would be an understatement. It's more like a free fall from a high cliff.
We must banish our national curse of graft
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 04/11/2017
» When the military junta took over the government, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha proclaimed to loud cheers an age of reform.
Nobody likes VAT, but the poor like it far less
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 07/10/2017
» There are times when a country needs to raise revenues to boost development. But the means towards the goal are often skewed against the more disadvantaged people in society.