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Emerging crimes, developing responses
News, Kittipong Kittayarak, Published on 14/08/2017
» When it comes to crime and justice in today's fast-changing, technologically advanced, globalised world, we need to be aware that our growing interconnectedness, while being a boon, also brings with it complex, intertwined social systems. This is changing the way society functions, the problems associated with it and the ways in which we respond to it.
Fast train to where, exactly?
Asia focus, Published on 14/08/2017
» Described by the British historian Peter Hopkirk as "the greatest assistance to the civil power in the administration of the country", an expansive railway network can bring prosperity to the settlements alongside its rails and the region it serves.
Sexual harassment of men
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 14/08/2017
» It's not often we associate a singing concert with sexual harassment, but that certainly happened with Workpoint's popular show <i>The Mask Singer Season 2</i> last Thursday.
Factors inflaming America's political meltdown
News, Jeffrey D Sachs, Published on 14/08/2017
» The US is in the midst of a political meltdown, unable to manage a domestic economic agenda or a coherent foreign policy. The White House is in turmoil; Congress is paralysed; and the world is looking on in astonishment and dread. If we are to survive and overcome this collapse, we must understand its sources.
Drunk, angry and armed
News, Editorial, Published on 14/08/2017
» Twice in the past two weeks, out-of-control military men in the deep South have attacked innocent civilians. Three people were wounded by gunfire by army rangers. In both cases, the rangers offered the most feeble and unacceptable excuses to try to mitigate their actions. More tellingly, just one local commander in the Pattani province outrages showed any responsibility. From the army headquarters and from the military regime in charge of the men responsible, there was no reaction at all.
Nice try, but policy doesn't hold water
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 14/08/2017
» It seems like the latest flooding in the Northeast still haunts Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Last week he decided he would make use of his sweeping powers under Section 44 of the interim charter to form a new national water management unit.
No end of surprises in Red Bull case
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/08/2017
» The metropolitan police seem to always have something up their sleeve that never fails to surprise.