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Suu Kyi joins ruling circles
News, Published on 04/04/2012
» The victory of Aung San Suu Kyi and other democrats in Sunday's Myanmar elections must be congratulated. After 22 years, the Myanmar regime has finally given Mrs Suu Kyi and her supporters the election they won in 1990. The euphoria is understandable. A credible and admired figure has finally gained her legitimate foothold in the governance of the country. It is a huge step forward, almost unpredictable even a year ago, when the question was whether the military junta would even allow Mrs Suu Kyi to remain free.
Censors miss point
News, Published on 05/04/2012
» Re: ''Censors ban 'Shakespeare' film'' (BP, April 4).
Letting locals take charge
News, Published on 06/04/2012
» Allow the locals to take charge of their areas and to protect their way of life. This call for political decentralisation has resurfaced again as a solution to the violence in the three southernmost Muslim-dominated southern provinces, following the car bomb carnage in Yala and Hat Yai.
Who have emerged as the real by-election winners?
News, Aung Zaw, Published on 07/04/2012
» The victory of the main opposition National League for Democracy Party led by Aung San Suu Kyi should not come as a surprise despite some irregularities and the initial fear that the poll would not be free and fair.
Some things Thailand can really do without
News, Songkran Grachangnetara, Published on 07/04/2012
» I would like to start by apologising for my prolonged absence from the Bangkok Post because I needed that time off to care for a growing family.
Liberty and justice for who?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 08/04/2012
» So when it is a societal norm for one man to crawl to serve another, how can there be freedom and justice in such a society?
Let's face it, reconciliation isn't working
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/04/2012
» It's about time to admit that the current attempt to require people in the nation to "forgive" and "reconcile" with one another by law is doomed to fail.
A bitter tablet to swallow...
News, Published on 10/04/2012
» There is now barely a month to go before school begins, and there is still no signed contract to provide the promised tablet PCs for Prathom1 students.
Post Today Editorial
News, Published on 11/04/2012
» The new 300-baht daily minimum wage in seven provinces is causing much concern among business operators, who fear they will not be able to cope with the increased costs.
A positive change for people of Myanmar
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/04/2012
» Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's historic by-election win is also the "victory of the people". Among these citizens are the brave students and civilians that fled their country in the aftermath of the 1988 failed student uprising for democracy, which was brutally crushed by the military junta's iron-fisted rule. Numerous were killed and injured, while many became refugees in neighbouring Thailand.