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Fixing social chaos a matter of culture
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 07/04/2017
» Strategically speaking, the military junta's attempt to enforce traffic laws through absolute power under Section 44 has been a total flop.
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Plaque mystery spirals into realm of absurd
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/04/2017
» Matters that might at first seem simple sometimes turn out to be bewilderingly perplexing.
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A fresh chance to boost renewable energy
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 24/02/2017
» Cheers went up at the protest site when it was announced that Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha had promised to "set zero" the coal-fired power plant project in Krabi.
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The bastardisation of Thai Buddhism
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 10/03/2017
» If you've been in Thailand long enough, you would have noticed that Thais are always looking for an opportunity to make merit in the hope of gaining favour from the gods.
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Pai's detention is threatening to backfire
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 10/02/2017
» When you put a lid on a pot of boiling water, you know what's going to happen. The steam will build up pressure inside the pot and pretty soon some steam will escape along a crack. Absent any crack, soon you'll see an explosion.
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Life can be trying when you live near a dump
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 09/12/2016
» Few people care what happens afterward to the leftovers from items they consume. Once they drop the rubbish in their hands into a bin or whatever, that's the end of it as far as they are concerned.
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The vision and illusion of Thailand 4.0
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 23/12/2016
» It seems like all of a sudden all we hear from everyone that counts in and out of government is "Thailand 4.0". Its economic model sounds so modern, so hip.
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Farms provide crucial economic safety net
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 11/11/2016
» The only qualifications I can claim as a rice expert is that I have been eating rice for more than six decades and I know a rice plant when I see one.
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Sweet tastes of freedom often short-lived
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 14/10/2016
» <i>Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose</i>. That French expression could well be a Thai political saying.
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Regime on shaky ground as 'Pai' rebels
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/08/2016
» I don't know Jatupat Boonpattararaksa personally. Like many people, I first got to know of him from news reports when he and a group of his friends joined a villagers' protest against gold mining in the northeastern province of Loei three years ago.
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