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Corruption endemic
News, Postbag, Published on 08/06/2019
» In my 30-plus years in Thailand, it has become quite obvious that corruption in its various forms has had a disastrous effect on the country through the failure of its institutions. Look up the effect of corruption on Google and immediately you will find that politicians, police and the judiciary are the institutions named as most affected. I have watched with disbelief as politicians, wealthy individuals and military leaders have broken laws, engaged in illegal activities and even caused deaths without any repercussions for their actions.
Peace on peninsula?
News, Published on 13/06/2018
» SINGAPORE: Clasping hands and forecasting future peace, US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un committed yesterday to "complete denuclearisation" of the Korean Peninsula during the first meeting in history between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader.