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Young Chitnupong to represent Thailand at Longines tournament
Sports, Published on 28/05/2017
» The Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand and Men's Fitness Thailand jointly organised the Longines Tennis Aces project and Chitnupong Pokinsethsiri was selected to represent the country at the Longines Future Tennis Aces Tournament at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.
Health system in need of reform
News, Editorial, Published on 28/05/2017
» Thailand's healthcare system is in need of reform to ensure its sustainability. In the past month, medical care became a social debate after a series of incidents exposing the weaknesses in Thailand's health system. From the financial crisis at state hospitals, the employment of professional nurses to the death of two young doctors in provincial hospitals, these issues exposed the weakness in the system.
Henry the Horse dances the waltz
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/05/2017
» It was 50 years ago today, Sgt Pepper taught the band to play. Actually, not quite today, but June 1 marks the golden anniversary of the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Goodness, does that make me feel ancient.
Explosions jangle nerves of city residents
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 28/05/2017
» Is Bangkok still safe? The question came to my mind shortly after an explosion inside the army-owned Phramongkutklao Hospital that left 25 people injured last Monday, the day that marked the third anniversary of the 2014 coup. It was the third explosion to take place in Thailand's capital in two months.
'Economic interests' named as potential motive behind Big C blast in Pattani
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 28/05/2017
» A Thai army commander based in the deep South believes that the perpetrators behind the Big C bombing in Pattani were more motivated by economic interests than the separatist movement's desire to assert regional autonomy.
Follow Buddha's wisdom
News, Postbag, Published on 28/05/2017
» In her May 25 article, "How our education sustains dictatorship", Sanitsuda Ekachai outlines clearly how the militarisation of Thai education harms not only education, infamously failing for decades, but also how the pernicious effects of the centralised command over young minds oozes out to pervade all of Thai society, to the great harm of society, politics and morals. The malaise does indeed start in the official Thai education hierarchy.
Monkey see, monkey eat
News, Published on 28/05/2017
» A morbidly obese monkey named Uncle Fatty is undergoing a gruelling weight-loss programme at the Department of National Parks and Wildlife in Bangkok.
Close to home: Big C blasts unsettle lives and security
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 28/05/2017
» It was going to be a fun afternoon for Nurshafiqa Surorayo, a four-year-old Pattani girl reuniting with her uncle Abdul. After several months of working in Malaysia, he was returning to Pattani to see family. He decided to take his niece and nephew out for lunch followed by a trip to the only shopping mall in town, Big C, for ice cream.
Era of the cowardly terrorist gains pace
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/05/2017
» Theresa May put it succinctly. The British prime minister called the bombers of our age "cowards". She's absolutely right.
Too little, too late for Lahu traumatised by youth's killing
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 28/05/2017
» 'They pointed a gun at me," Lana whispers into my ear. It's like a confession after her attempts to tell me fragments of a happy story that sounds like her Lahu community lives in a peaceful haven -- but she hesitates when saying "they are helping to develop us".