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iCon case will test PPRP's ethics
Editorial, Published on 03/11/2024
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has accepted the iCon Group's alleged pyramid scheme as a special case, involving over 8,000 complaints claiming combined losses of more than 2.4 billion baht.
iCon saga smells bad
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/10/2024
» The alleged public fraud scam that involves The iCon Group Co is growing uglier by the day.
#ProtestIdeas
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 31/07/2020
» Accompanying the student-led protests against the government that continue to spread in many provinces, are new hashtags. #ไอเดียออกม๊อบ (unofficially translates to #IdeasForMob) is the latest one that has caught my eyes. Thai twitter users use the hashtag to come up with ways to make the protest more fun and interesting. Leave it to Thais to find lighter sides of things. Here are a few examples. g
#BehindTheHashtags
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 06/03/2020
» Many student protests that were partly set off by the dissolution of Future Forward Party over the past two weeks has also ushered in new hashtags into the lexicon of Thai social media. At the time of writing, it has been reported that there are 28 hashtags associated with campus protests. Some are humourous while others carry strong political stances and sharp gibes. Whether you agree with these students who've chosen to make their voices heard, it's better to get used to their protest hashtags as more student flashmobs are on their way (but many speculate that the designation of Covid-19 as a dangerous communicable disease may be used as a tool to suppress them). Not to mention, an online campaign calling for people to wear black on Fridays as a symbol to oppose dictatorship began last Friday.