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News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 05/12/2017
» At national parks during the festive season every year, do you know what human behaviour I think is arguably far more disturbing than loud noises made by "drunken" visitors?
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 25/10/2017
» In the Land of Smiles where the judiciary has increasingly been a channel widely sought to settle political conflicts and end political cases, one minority judge's ruling on the case against ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra reminds us how far we can go when it comes to criminal prosecution, or to put it in laymen's terms, putting someone in prison.
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 25/09/2017
» If it hadn't happened in Thailand but in some other country, many of us in the media might have seen the Yingluck Shinawatra escape from a different angle.
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 14/09/2017
» Is this government becoming broke and hatching a new "sin tax" plan to force allegedly sinful consumers like us to pay more? I couldn't help but raise this speculation with a friend over possible price hikes in alcohol, cigarettes and coffee, when new excise tax rates take effect this Saturday.
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 11/07/2017
» Coated with, if not covered up by, so many dubious circumstances and unanswered questions, the police probe into the death on Koh Tao of 30-year-old Belgian tourist, Elise Dallemagne, tells us why we are so desperate for police reform.
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 03/08/2017
» Living in Thailand nowadays requires that we keep ourselves updated on new laws and new (and double?) standards of law enforcement, otherwise we may find ourselves in trouble.
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 27/07/2017
» Should chief executive officers (CEOs) who inflict losses on companies be jailed for mismanagement and then be forced to compensate the firms? If so, national leaders -- like ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra who is undergoing a criminal trial for implementing the supposedly loss-ridden rice-pledging scheme -- could face the same prospect of punishment for a flawed project.
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 21/06/2017
» How would you feel to be a destitute patient waiting to be treated at a state hospital? You might feel desperate, bitter and embarrassed as you kept one eye on the clock knowing you were only going to get a second-rate service.
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 26/06/2017
» As Buddhist Lent approaches, the puritan ethic of alcohol abstinence is being brushed-up and preached again. As if the many insensible laws curbing alcohol consumption in the nanny state of Thailand are not enough, the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) is spending tax money on its annual campaign pursuing unrealistic goals with a laughable strategy.
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 08/05/2017
» It was horrifying to see the image of a gigantic crane that recently fell to the ground of the Red Line elevated rail construction site in Bangkok, killing three workers. What's more frightening is the knowledge that five "similar incidents" related to the same project, handled by the same contractor, took place before.