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Anti-Corruption Network head says public must fire first salvo in battle to end graft
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 22/07/2012
» Last week, the Anti-Corruption Network released a report saying that under the table pay-offs accounted for 50% of the costs of all government concessions. Couple that with the latest Abac poll in June of this year in which 63.4% of respondents said they were fine with corruption so long as they were well taken care of and the picture of Thailand that emerges is a grim one.
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Belonging: An offer they can't refuse
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 22/07/2012
» There's a sense of belonging and purpose, a feeling of family, a direction in life, causes to stand up for and friends who support you.
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Only the sister can save us
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 29/07/2012
» When Pol Gen Priewpan Damapong made his pilgrimage to see Thaksin Shinawatra and sing "Happy Birthday" to the former prime minister, there were three common reactions. One was disgust at the national police chief for kowtowing to a fugitive convict. Another was adulation for the national police chief who paid homage to his former brother-in-law and all-around Thai hero. It's all a matter of perspective. The last one was "Who cares?"
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Southern discomfort
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 05/08/2012
» The mantra is 'cover your behind, secure the budget and never mind the truth'According to Deep South Watch, since 2004 and as of June 2012, there have been 11,754 violent incidents in the three southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, and counting. Casualties are at 14,343, with 5,206 people dead, and counting.
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The godfather tradition lives on
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 17/06/2012
» People continue to be astounded by a series of polls in which most respondents say they don't mind government corruption as long as they also benefit. The latest poll this month had 63.4% of respondents expressing the view. The poll in January this year had 64.7%.
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Rights in democracy, the naked truth
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 24/06/2012
» What the 23-year-old female contestant on Thailand's Got Talent painted with her breasts was a mess. It wasn't art. The performance was crude and tasteless, cheap and tawdry, appealing to the lowest common denominator. Be that as it may, she had every right to perform, with the appropriate blurring of images, of course.
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Young and the restless
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 01/07/2012
» I read that the Republican Party of Texas called for a ban on teaching critical thinking skills in the state's schools because of its "focus on behaviour modification" that has "the purpose of challenging the student's fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority".
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Liberty and justice for who?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 08/04/2012
» So when it is a societal norm for one man to crawl to serve another, how can there be freedom and justice in such a society?
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The red dilemma
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 27/05/2012
» While UDD leaders and followers demand justice, Thaksin Shinawatra carefully pleads for reconciliation; and apparently the two cries are in conflict. Nonetheless, Thaksin hopes monetary compensation will soothe the reds' anger. You can't bring back the dead or reattach an amputated arm, but bank notes can dry many tears.
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New BBC programme 'To focus on thailand's character not cliches'
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 03/06/2012
» The international media and Thailand are not always on good terms. Rightly or wrongly, the world media have been accused of bias, ill informed opinions and stereotypical portrayals in their coverage of the Kingdom. These accusations come from government agencies, the civil sector and ordinary citizens.
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