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The trial and the errors of the Abu Ghaith arrest
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 11/03/2013
» Since US President Barack Obama cranked up the drone programme, the United States has been like the unyielding Robocop film character: "I'm not going to arrest you any more."
Chalerm takes a gamble on Wadah faction
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 25/02/2013
» The Wadah group is back in the limelight, and that is good news for it, the government and the Pheu Thai Party. But it is not a move for the southern insurgents to necessarily despair about.
After poll, it's clear Democrats must up ante
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 07/03/2013
» Both the rival Democrats and Pheu Thai have broken party records by recording more than one million votes each in the Bangkok governor election. Both parties, however, should realise that they can no longer use the same old tricks in their politics.
Postbag: More to be done on roads
News, Published on 05/02/2013
» I see the police are mounting a long-awaited crackdown on rogue van drivers, which is very welcome, of course. But no crackdowns on dangerous driving, driving under the influence, tailgating, speeding, and so on?
Mighty Oscars offer grains of historical truth
News, Published on 23/02/2013
» General Pinochet falls. The French uprising falls. The Iranian mullahs fall. The Danish monarchy almost falls. Bin Laden, naturally, because this is Hollywood, falls. The Democrats, up against Lincoln savvy, fall. Constitutional slavery also falls.
Looming risk in the South
News, Published on 04/02/2013
» Last week's murderous attack on visiting farmers in Pattani puts the southern conflict at a crossroads. It gives the government clear notice that the country is facing mortal danger. The killing of men trying to help the southern region's economy can only be called a serious threat to the nation, and the government must face up to it or put the nation at risk.
Asean must take anti-WMD pact seriously
News, Published on 30/01/2013
» On Nov 18, 2012, during US President Barack Obama's visit to Thailand, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced that Thailand would join the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Thailand is the fifth of the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to join the PSI, after Singapore (2004), the Philippines (2005), Brunei Darussalam (2008), and Cambodia (2008); the non-participating countries are Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.
Too early for talks on South
News, Published on 14/01/2013
» Before he left for a visit to Malaysia, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung promised that when he returned he would have results that would improve the situation in the deep South. But it seems the most interesting news he made in the neighbouring country was to get drunk.
Police serving in the South
News, Published on 31/12/2012
» Events in Thailand's far South have effectively have come full circle. With a Royal Thai Police decision to hold a lottery and assign losers to the deep South, the situation in important ways returns to the 1970s. That was when police and other civil servants were sent to the South unwillingly. The result was incompetence and poor job performance, followed by resentment by southerners for becoming Bangkok's "dumping ground", followed by violence and terrorism _ a situation pretty much repeated today.
Things to do for New Year
News, Published on 02/01/2013
» The parties are over, the holiday is a memory, and it's a new year. A lot of people use that occasion to make resolutions. New Year's resolutions are a way of getting organised, bringing in small changes for the better and promising to use time better to focus on what is important. Did anyone notice the plans the government put out to improve its performance? Neither did we.