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Public lose the airwaves
News, Editorial, Published on 13/03/2018
» The junta is poised to "reset" the regulatory body that makes all the key decisions about radio, TV and mobile phones. Secret meetings of selectors have narrowed a field of 86 applicants down to 14 short-list candidates. From that final list, the National Legislative Assembly will soon vote on which seven are best qualified to sit on the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC). There will be winners but more importantly, there will be so many losers.
Landless village volunteers risk missing out on plots
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/03/2018
» PHETCHABUN: Authorities are exploring legal channels to reclaim land plots allocated to landless "village volunteers" who helped the state fight the defunct Communist Party of Thailand in the mountainous areas of Khao Kho district in former times.
Tapping hemp's dreamy potential
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 10/03/2018
» With growing awareness about developing hemp, known in Thai as ganjong, for medical purposes in Thailand, research into the non-harmful side of the plant has gathered pace.
Live and kicking
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 11/03/2018
» They say Thailand is an ageing society. Thailand's getting older, they say. At one end, old farts and fartettes live longer, they point out, and at the other these young couples today, you know, they say a lot of them don't even want to have kids. All true, too.
Seksan was spot on
News, Postbag, Published on 11/03/2018
» Re "Seksan blasts divisive politics," BP, March 10.
Cabinet changes rules for airport operating licences
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/03/2018
» The cabinet has approved amending a draft ministerial regulation on the issuance of a licence to set up airports as proposed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT), Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith says.
NCPO to shadow Thanathorn event
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/03/2018
» The National Council for Peace and Order has warned Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and his group not to hold a planned press conference on Thursday morning, saying such an activity could break the regime's order.
Facebook critics want regulation, investigation after data misuse
Published on 18/03/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc faced new calls for regulation from within US Congress and was hit with questions about personal data safeguards on Saturday after reports a political consultant gained nappropriate access to 50 million users' data starting in 2014.
How Facebook helps to muddy up elections
Published on 19/03/2018
» MENLO PARK, California: Facebook has a problem it just can't kick: People keep exploiting it in ways that could sway elections, and in the worst cases even undermine democracy.
Eastern Europe shows perils of public media funding
News, Marius Dragomir, Published on 16/03/2018
» Hungary's state media corporation, MTVA, operated last year with a budget of roughly US$309 million, most of it coming from the government's coffers. That means that MTVA -- which runs television stations, a radio network, and a news agency -- had a daily budget of $846,000. For a country of just 10 million people, that is the definition of a spendthrift quango.