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  • OPINION

    Corporate tax changes hold out hope of cleaner society

    News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/06/2016

    » When the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) which took the power in 2014, it put some goals, including corruption eradication, and national reform, on its priority list. Such goals are enshrined in the draft charter written by the Constitutional Drafting Committee under Meechai Ruchupan which is up for the referendum on Aug 7.

  • OPINION

    The idiosyncratic appeal of the megalomaniacs

    News, Philip J Cunningham, Published on 30/05/2016

    » 'What do you think of Donald Trump? Is it really possible for him to be president?"

  • OPINION

    The politics and poetry of private jokes

    News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/05/2016

    » Let's compare scores. In Thailand, a python had a wrestling match with a penis. In Myanmar, a dissenting poet was punished for a poem allegedly written on his penis. In the Philippines, the newly-elected president, aged 71, announced last month that he didn't want to "hang" his penis, and that "when I take Viagra, it stands up".

  • OPINION

    Priorities say plenty

    News, Postbag, Published on 25/05/2016

    » So let me see if I can get this right ...

  • OPINION

    Thai hopes for decentralisation fade

    News, Published on 23/05/2016

    » Thailand's current state of local administration does not bode well for democracy. The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), which took power two years ago, issued Order No. 22/2016 on May 4 that centralised power in the Ministry of the Interior.

  • OPINION

    Military rule worsens divide

    News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 20/05/2016

    » After two years of hope and anticipation, it is clear now that Thailand is no closer to peace and reconciliation than it was in the run-up to its latest military coup. In addition to the colour-coded divisions among civilians that have beset Thai politics over the past decade, we now suffer from a recurrent chasm between military authorities and civilian forces that was last seen more than two decades ago. As junta rule extends into a third year and possibly beyond, it looks increasingly like a combustible recipe full of tensions and risks that can only be cleared with a return to a legitimate government under popular rule.

  • OPINION

    What are we hiding from?

    Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 02/05/2016

    » Over the past few weeks the leaders of this country have been talking a lot about how Thailand belongs to Thais and not foreigners, and there's no need for international observers to verify everything we are doing in this country.

  • OPINION

    Regime must clear air

    News, Published on 30/04/2016

    » Re: "Storm clouds gather over charter vote", (Opinion, April 27).

  • OPINION

    End the road carnage

    News, Postbag, Published on 25/04/2016

    » I have lived in Thailand for about a year, having visited dozens of times since my first trip here in 1987.

  • OPINION

    Thailand lags as Myanmar gains ground

    News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 22/04/2016

    » Few next-door neighbours have moved so far in an opposite political direction than Thailand and Myanmar, also known as Burma. After more than half a century of military dictatorship from 1962, Myanmar has returned to democratic rule with a free and fair election last November and now a civilian-led government under Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) party.

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