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Speed focus not making roads safer
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/05/2017
» During my recent trip back from Chiang Mai last week, I was suddenly stopped by police who issued me a speeding ticket.
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About politics
News, Published on 08/04/2017
» Will China deals secure Bangkok governor's future? v Myanmar rolls out red carpet to woo Thai investors v Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon floats proposal for local polls ahead of general election
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Asean lacks plan to halt violent extremism
News, Published on 11/02/2017
» 2016 was a year of rising terrorist activity for Southeast Asia. Arrests and deaths of terrorist suspects in Indonesia more than doubled to 170. Malaysia faced a steady stream of travel attempts of foreign terrorist fighters to Syria or Iraq and witnessed its first successful attack by Daesh (the Arabic acronym for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or IS), in June. And the Philippines suffered from an increase in bombings and hostage-takings conducted by Daesh-affiliated groups, including Abu Sayyaf. Less covered in the international media, Thailand's deep South experienced a dramatic upsurge in attacks to over 800, resulting in over 300 deaths and 600 injured.
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'Thainess' no excuse for bad driving
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 15/03/2017
» Call me a pessimist, but I am certain 2017 will be another bad year for road safety.
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Denials, blame game won't stop bombings
News, Suranand Vejjajiva, Published on 16/08/2016
» Some days after the Mother's Day blasts and arson attacks in the Upper South and Prachuap Khiri Khan, authorities still can't say with any certainty what happened at each incident, about 15 in all, who the culprits are -- though manhunts are on, and why. No group claimed responsibility or demanded any terms, making it easy for false rumours and conspiracy theories to spread, especially via social media.
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Wild West-style gun bazaar feels pinch as law 'n' order moves in
News, AFP, Published on 29/07/2016
» Gunfire echoes through a dusty northwest tribal town, the soundtrack to Pakistan's biggest arms black market, where Kalashnikovs welded from scrap metal are cheaper than smartphones and sold on an industrial scale.
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Islamic State tightens grip on women held as sex slaves
News, Associated Press, Published on 07/07/2016
» The posting in Arabic is chilling. A girl for sale: "Virgin. Beautiful. 12 years old.... Her price has reached $12,500 [440,000 baht] and she will be sold soon.''
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Thailand must 'break out' and become a trading nation
News, Boonwara Sumano, Published on 19/01/2016
» In 2012, Ruchir Sharma wrote in his famous book called Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles about the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, which had affected economies worldwide. In this book, he predicted that not many countries would be able to maintain economic growth at the desirable rate throughout this decade. He called these fortunate few countries, including Thailand, "breakout nations". These nations, he argued, were likely to continue growing and becoming the next economic miracles.
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The big issue: We must 'do something'
Alan Dawson, Published on 10/01/2016
» A police constable summed up the situation perfectly after tough enforcement failed to stem the New Year’s holiday road slaughter. “People are absolutely not getting the message,” the constable told reporters from a TV news station. In Toronto.
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Where history begins anew
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/01/2016
» When does history begin? We are at the start of 2016, when it's still not too late to say Happy New Year, and our perception of time and space has hit a refresh button. The year, new and old, is a necessary illusion that gives us a sense of order in this disorderly universe. What has happened has become "history", but history is not always in the past, not always dictated by the BC, AD, the Buddhist BE or the Islamic AH.
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