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    Pursue the drug dealers

    News, Published on 23/01/2012

    » Saturday's huge drug bust just outside Bangkok is proof, if any were needed, that the government in Myanmar has a long way to go on its self-proclaimed movement towards legitimacy. So, for that matter, have authorities in this country. Police said they found drugs worth more than one billion baht in their raid. Officers turned up millions of speed tablets and dozens of kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine in a house in Thanyaburi district of Pathum Thani province. Police have leads on the suspected drug dealers, but the real problem lies far from the Thai border in northern Myanmar.

  • OPINION

    Dangerous child stunt

    News, Published on 23/01/2012

    » I witnessed this evening (Saturday the 21st) what I can only describe as one of the most irresponsible acts I have ever had the misfortune to witness.

  • OPINION

    Thai Rath Columnist Mae Look Chan

    News, Published on 23/01/2012

    » Prime Minister Yingluck must take responsibility for the ramifications of her decision to appoint Nalinee Taveesin as minister attached to the Prime Minister's Office.

  • OPINION

    Thaksin's shuffle tune

    News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 23/01/2012

    » Let's say the average life expectancy of a cabinet is around six months. By the time Yingluck Shinawatra serves her four-year term, the country will have the Yingluck VIII or IX administration.

  • OPINION

    Public debt and Thaksin's oil

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/01/2012

    » One of the most controversial issues at the moment, which has taken on the life of a conspiracy by opponents of ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, concerns a plan to sell 2% of the Finance Ministry's stakes in PTT Plc and Thai Airways International to the government-controlled Vayupak Fund in order to free PTT and THAI from the status of being state enterprises and to reduce the government's public debt so it can borrow more.

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    Nalinee should show her spirit

    News, Published on 24/01/2012

    » A new cabinet has been sworn in, with 16 important changes from the last government. There is no shortage of controversy, but the unlikely centre of attention is the brand new minister Nalinee Taveesin. Moved from her relatively obscure position as Thailand Trade Representative, Ms Nalinee has quickly found it is very hot under the public spotlight. Because of her appointment as Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, a previously ignored blot on her reputation has put her name in the headlines at home and abroad.

  • OPINION

    Asia in the Year of the Black Water Dragon

    News, Published on 24/01/2012

    » This is the year of the Black Water Dragon, a Chinese astrological cycle that indicates change, but with a measure of calm, sensibility and prudence. The people and governments of Asia certainly hope that this proves to be the case.

  • OPINION

    Saddled with a trade rep who cannot trade

    News, Published on 24/01/2012

    » Re: ''Nalinee refuses to quit'' (BP, Jan 23).

  • OPINION

    Khao Sod Comment

    News, Published on 24/01/2012

    » Natthawut Saikua will have his work cut out as deputy agriculture minister in the new Yingluck Shinawatra cabinet.

  • OPINION

    From financial crisis to resilience

    News, Bandid Nijathaworn, Published on 24/01/2012

    » The development of Thailand's financial sector has been a story of restructuring, adjustment and renewal, following the devastating effects of the Asian financial crisis of 1997.

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