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Shed light on South policy
News, Published on 02/07/2014
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and its chief, Prayuth Chan-ocha, are still formulating their national strategy. Gen Prayuth has dropped tantalising clues about what we can expect over the next 15 months. The only thing that is crystal clear is radical change is coming in the political and economic spheres. That includes how to handle the country’s most serious and deadly security threat, the situation in the deep South.
Big fish that was overlooked
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/07/2014
» I couldn’t agree more with former senator Somchai Sawaengkarn who said on his Facebook page last week that the mainstream media has downplayed the Saraburi military court’s issuing of an arrest warrant for Lt Gen Manas Paorik, former deputy commander of the 3rd Army Region and a senior member of the Pheu Thai party.
Aunties in distress
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 01/07/2014
» I like reading about manus pa. It’s not that I’m curious to particularly know about their lives, I’m actually just interested in what people say about them.
Postbag: No colonial legacy
News, Published on 20/05/2014
» Kuldeep Nagi is correct when he states “India can teach us a lesson” (PostBag, May 18), but he does not give historical reasons. India was under British control for two centuries until independence in 1947.
Postbag: Killers roam free
News, Published on 17/05/2014
» Re: “Cops short of attack clues” (BP, May 16).
Warning: spoilers ahead
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 16/05/2014
» The world never ceases to find new ways to harass our emotional well-being every day. Because I am only human, the pain that comes along with tax papers and sold-out avocados is now also extended to stumbling across TV-series, movie and book spoilers. And those abhorrent things are practically diving towards us from every possible direction, what with the internet and smartphones inextricably entwined with our daily lives.
Thailand celebrates its Groundhog Day
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/02/2014
» When the Thai authorities selected today for the ''Big Event'', one wonders if they were aware that Feb 2 is better known in the US as Groundhog Day, when what is basically a giant rodent emerges from its burrow and predicts the weather for the next few months. Following the success of the 1993 film by the same name, in which a day keeps repeating itself, the expression ''Groundhog Day'' has come to be understood as ''an unpleasant situation that continually repeats, or seems to''. As that seems to just about sum up the current state of play in Thailand, the election could not be held on a more appropriate day.
Ombudsman's ruling brings own credibiity into question
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/10/2013
» The Office of the Ombudsman has cleared Finance Minister Kittirat Na-Ranong of any ethical misconduct over his "white lie" because, it says, he had not caused any damage to the private sector.
Time to focus on silent killers
News, Published on 22/09/2013
» On Wednesday, world leaders will meet in New York at a special session of the United Nations to chart a path for a new set of sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Why pay them pensions?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/09/2013
» A life-long pension of 15,000 baht a month for former lawmakers may not seem a huge amount of money these days, but the handout begs a big question: is it justifiable to continue paying these politicians, who are already better off than most people in this country.