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    Reform must be open to all

    News, Published on 28/08/2014

    » News that the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has decided to free Veera Somkhwamkid, leader of the Thai Patriots Network, and seven other members of an energy policy reform group, without pressing any charges against them, is welcome.

  • OPINION

    Middle East is falling apart for a reason

    News, Published on 28/08/2014

    » The horror stories emerging from northern Iraq, as well as the continuing slaughter in Syria's civil war, point to a tectonic shift in the Middle East. Almost 100 years after World War I (WWI), the regional state system established after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire is unravelling.

  • OPINION

    The first and final step to freedom

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 27/08/2014

    » Which type of campaign or protest do you think has been the most effective and interesting? Gandhi’s fasts? Sasin Chalermlarp’s marathon walk? Perhaps you prefer the Ice Bucket Challenge, which has recently become vogue on social media.

  • OPINION

    Middle powers must cultivate Asean ties

    News, Published on 27/08/2014

    » At the Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting in Nay Pyi Taw on Aug 14, the 10 countries of Asean made a timely show of unity by issuing an assertive joint communiqué in the face of rising pressure in the Asia Pacific. This is a surprising and encouraging resurgence of confidence in the Asean vision at time when tensions between the great powers of China and the United States threaten to divide the region.

  • OPINION

    Brickbats don’t help

    News, Published on 27/08/2014

    » PM’s Office permanent secretary ML Panadda Diskul — in coming out with the allegation that some senior provincial administration organisation members travelled in first class, and drank wine that cost more than 100,000 baht a bottle — may already know who was involved, and when the incident happened.

  • OPINION

    Maliki gone but his crisis remains

    News, Published on 27/08/2014

    » Nouri al-Maliki's fitful departure from Iraq's premiership recalled many other cliffhanger exits by unpopular political leaders. His leaving did not come a moment too soon for the many Iraqis who have laid all of the country's current troubles at his doorstep.

  • OPINION

    UN drug pact needs clout

    News, Published on 27/08/2014

    » There was a positive development last week in the campaign against illicit drugs and major drug traffickers. The Myanmar government signed an agreement with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. The UNODC properly referred to the "landmark" agreement. The terms of the agreement still remain secret. Nor is it yet clear that Myanmar has turned the corner and intends to help the world combat the scourge of illicit drugs. But the agreement with the UN puts an obligation on Nay Pyi Taw to help in this vital international battle.

  • OPINION

    Three big reasons why this summer was different

    News, Published on 27/08/2014

    » As the European summer comes to an end, I'm going to specify the three major lessons that we have learned about financial markets in the past two months.

  • OPINION

    Safe surfing with a VPN

    Life, James Hein, Published on 27/08/2014

    » So how safe is your surfing? Not the water, board and shark kind, but what you do on the web. Sitting in front of your computer you will either have your own internet protocol (IP) address or be assigned one as part of a pool that is doled out by your internet service provider (ISP). Somewhere between you and the rest of the internet will be a domain name server (DNS) that knows how to get a message from out there back to you and vice versa. Or to put it another way, they know where you are.

  • OPINION

    Amnuay is right man for the job

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/08/2014

    » If the National Council for Peace and Order wants to strictly enforce martial law and ban public gatherings of more than five people, then its choice of Pol Maj-Gen Amnuay Nimmano as the man in charge of security in Bangkok, especially around Government House, is indeed the right decision.

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