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    The high life underscores regime's lows

    News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/02/2017

    » A lucrative drugs gang suspected of laundering money through purchases of Lamborghinis and big bikes with the help of hi-so types and celebrities; alleged corruption scandals at several state enterprises; forcing political reconciliation via the signing of a memorandum of understanding: The government's list of challenges seems to grow day by day and become ever more daunting.

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    All aboard the train to Thailand 4.0

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 05/02/2017

    » To the world's joy, the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has finally gone online for its booking and passenger seat selections -- a small step, one may think, but a giant stride for the antiquated bogies running around Thailand.

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    The soul of the Mekong is in serious trouble

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/02/2017

    » Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha last week asked reporters why non-governmental organisations (NGOs), environmental activists and academics continue to protest against the planned blasting of rapids in the Mekong River.

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    Remember Thailand's 'disappeared'

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/02/2017

    » As I browsed the photo exhibition, "For Those Who Died Trying", at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, one item stood out. It's the photo of the late Charoen Wat-akson, the environmentalist from Prachuap Khiri Khan. It must be a photo from his funeral, as it was also displayed at Bo Nok intersection on Phetkasem Road where he was gunned down on June 21, 2004.

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    Hemp plan won't work

    News, Editorial, Published on 02/01/2017

    » The effort to reform drug laws and bring them into the 21st century continues to sputter. No doubt the departure of Gen Paiboon Koomchaya from the Justice Ministry portfolio will make it even more difficult. Gen Paiboon, who now sits on the Privy Council, at least had a vision of how to turn the "war on drugs" into rational justice. The latest policy announced last week by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) seems, to the contrary, more of a shot in the dark than a logical plan.

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    A dream to live sufficiently

    Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 02/01/2017

    » From Oct 29 last year on, almost everyone who has paid respect to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace has received a photo of the royal urn and a small packet of rice grains as tokens of his memory. What is special about the rice is the label saying "sufficiency", specially designed from the King's handwriting. Most recipients keep the rice grains on altars at home in loving memory of King Rama IX. Many farmers keep them for their rice farming while some want to grow rice and follow his sufficiency-economy principles. As a frequent palace visitor, I keep one packet for myself and give the other to my housemaid to plant in her rice field in Si Sa Ket province.

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    Road safety is our right, not a privilege

    News, Ratanawadee Winther, Published on 05/01/2017

    » Have you ever wondered why after years of efforts, Thailand has barely made a dent in reducing road traffic fatalities and injuries?

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    Thailand's prospects for 2017 and beyond

    News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/01/2017

    » Thailand and the world at large are concurrently going through a rut that comes with the transitional end of any long era. For the world, this period is known as the postwar liberal order that was constructed and led by the United States in the aftermath of World War II. As constituent states in the international system have benefited immensely and risen to challenge and rival traditional US power and prestige, Washington appears intent on shirking its global leadership role. The unfolding result is a fluid and precarious global canvass, underpinned by tectonic power shifts and manoeuvres and geopolitical tensions and volatility -- a subject which warrants a separate analysis.

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    No hope for separatism

    News, Editorial, Published on 06/01/2017

    » The latest statistics and statements from the deep South paint a depressing portrait of that restive region. While the military regime places the low-intensity war among its top security problems, it has actually stacked more layers of stultifying bureaucracy on the debilitating violence, now in its 14th year. Nor was there even a shred of optimism from the army commander's message for the new year, saying he hopes to tame some of the violence within a few years.

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    Resolving to be genuinely materialistic

    News, Joey Tulyanond, Published on 04/01/2017

    » My son had just one wish this past Christmas; he wanted a maroon-coloured LEGO pterodactyl from Santa Claus, the same one his best friend from kindergarten brought to school for show and tell. Never mind the fact that we can barely fit all his toys into our small cluttered home. Western norms stipulate that every child is entitled to presents on Christmas Day. My son is only three and a half, yet he is well on his way to becoming a well-trained consumer.

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