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Faith in our protectors at rock bottom
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 16/05/2016
» We had a serious wake-up call over radioactive substances last week, and at the heart of it was luck.
There is no rule book for doing away with corruption
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 16/05/2016
» UK Prime Minister David Cameron's anti-corruption summit coincided with the release of an International Monetary Fund staff paper that explains why corruption is bad for economies and suggests ways to eradicate it. But neither these recommendations nor those expressed at the forum will do much to fix the developing world's problems. That would require much more than better anti-graft laws and dogged enforcement.
PC madness
News, Postbag, Published on 16/05/2016
» The basic difference between what Mr Trump says and what Mr Obama said is that Mr Obama delivered lies with more finesse, and a sugar coating.
Education is just appalling
News, Editorial, Published on 16/05/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has identified the results of bad education policies correctly. He noted quite bluntly in a message to teachers and their managers last week that Thai students perform woefully at all levels, in all tests, at home and abroad. This is hardly news. But his recommendations on turning around this wretched state of affairs were less on point, and a lost opportunity.
The perils of strongman syndrome
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 16/05/2016
» Last week Asean suffered another blow after the Philippines joined the list of countries under the rule of people who go crazy with power.
Demerit for 'just' good intentions
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 16/05/2016
» Making merit is a good deed and deserves praise. In some cases, however, what we believe is a meritorious action might turn out to be flawed and frowned upon by others. An interesting recent example of this is the story of a monk releasing 100kg of fish into the river, causing an uproar on social media.