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Thailand is more than Soi Cowboy
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/10/2013
» Two-plus years have passed since Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra took office. Probation period is long over. It's time to step up on her leadership.
Populism has no place in agricultural policy
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/09/2013
» They are all queuing up one after another _ rice farmers, rubber growers, palm oil planters, tapioca farmers, corn growers, sugar cane planters, and many more _ to pressure the government to shore up prices of their produce.
Curb sprees of destruction
News, Published on 24/08/2013
» Governments often fall into the trap of believing that just because a particular policy worked well 10 or 15 years ago, it will have the same beneficial results if repeated today. Some do, but most fail the test of time.
Don't let the 'Thaksin ghost' haunt our reconciliation
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/08/2013
» The different amnesty bills, although they vary in detail, cause similarly large levels of public anxiety. The problem is not the legal loopholes in each version, but the fear that, given the highly polarised politics involved, the government's amnesty push could lead to a deadly collision.
Performing to expectations
News, Published on 30/06/2013
» Deputy Commerce Minister Nattawut Saikuar's song and dance on YouTube to promote mom and pop grocery stores clearly deserves public derision.
Rethink station rejig
News, Published on 29/06/2013
» Re: "Saphan Taksin takes a stroll into the future" (Opinion, June 21). The removal of the Saphan Taksin BTS station is not an optimal, or even a good, solution to the problem of the train traffic bottleneck at the river.
Ministering with a song and a dance
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 28/06/2013
» The music video produced by Deputy Commerce Minister Nattawut Saikuar in his bid to promote those fading "mom and pop" stores has become the talk of the town.
Pheu Thai seeks to restore voter confidence
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 20/06/2013
» The Pheu Thai Party insists that its defeat in the Don Muang by-election has not affected its popularity. But despite the brave front, everyone knows the pain of defeat cuts Pheu Thai very deep.
Sustainable rice prices are set by the market
News, Published on 19/06/2013
» Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom is under fire for his lack of transparency in disclosing information about the losses incurred by the rice-pledging scheme.
Lose the cloak of great stupidity
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 09/06/2013
» There's a familiar joke about how most people are stupid. I disagree. Most people aren't stupid, but we all are capable of great stupidity, as well as wonderful brilliance. Unfortunately, the temptation toward great stupidity seems so irresistible.