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    Asean lame duck

    News, Postbag, Published on 07/12/2016

    » Re: "Speaking out on Myanmar", (Editorial, Dec 6).

  • News & article

    Laxity on big buses poses threat to lives

    News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 07/12/2016

    » 'One passenger was killed and dozens injured as double-decker bus overturns in Songkhla province."

  • News & article

    Plight of the stateless

    News, Editorial, Published on 07/12/2016

    » The United Nations is taking a meaningful step tonight. Its UN High Commission on Refugees is to launch a new project, "Every Child's Right to a Nationality". Recently, the UNHCR named Thailand as one of its few official "Friends of the Campaign to End Statelessness". That should not cloud us from acknowledging existing hurdles. It is true that there are legal changes to help stateless people becoming Thai citizens. For all that, much more effort is still needed.

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    Justice for ordinary folk? Fat chance

    News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/12/2016

    » Chiang Mai pub brawl victim Issarajnuwat Wankawisan has reportedly been discharged from hospital, but his case, as well as a few others that have been in the news, suggests that Thailand's justice system remains in intensive care.

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    PM should show courage in cabinet reshuffle

    Oped, Umesh Pandey, Published on 09/12/2016

    » Speculation about who will be in and who will be out of the next cabinet of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has begun again and its intensity will only increase in coming weeks.

  • News & article

    Risky Roads

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 09/12/2016

    » Recently, the Child Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center announced a campaign to ban children from riding motorcycles in order to save the lives of the youth of today. Mind you, it's illegal for anyone younger than 15 years old to ride a motorcycle in the first place, but we're talking Thailand -- The Land of Mai Pen Rai and Spotty Law Enforcement -- after all.

  • News & article

    Weed out dirty cops

    News, Postbag, Published on 10/12/2016

    » Quite often Thai police officers found to have committed illegal acts have been shunted instead of stripped of their ranks and tried in the court of law.

  • News & article

    Healthcare needs drastic reform

    News, Editorial, Published on 11/12/2016

    » The diagnosis is indisputable: Thailand's healthcare services must be reformed. The Finance Ministry's latest proposal to let insurance companies take over the government's role in providing healthcare coverage for state officials and their families seems like a bandage solution.

  • News & article

    Seoul offers timely lesson

    News, Editorial, Published on 12/12/2016

    » South Koreans by the hundreds of thousands have spent the weekend celebrating. With lit candles and cheering, they marked the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. The celebrations were as peaceful as the revelations and protests that brought Ms Park to her likely political end. Many Thais today will be noting that while Korea has a recent history of military dictatorships, the downfall of the president was both non-violent and without military interference.

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    Kaset Fair a stark contrast to organic life

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 12/12/2016

    » December, leading as it does into the New Year, is a time of festivals, fairs and joyous activities. Among them is the Kaset Fair, an annual event organised by Kasetsart University, the country's leading agricultural institute and cradle that produces manpower for agriculture-related agencies.

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