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  • THAILAND

    Talking robot gives kids crude lessons

    News, Published on 04/02/2012

    » One of the most popular techno applications in town at the moment is SimSimi and it's well loved by youngsters. But for state authorities, including the Culture and ICT ministries, it's a bit too naughty.

  • THAILAND

    TRC denies setting payouts

    News, Published on 04/02/2012

    » The Truth for Reconciliation Commission yesterday denied it had designed a compensation package for victims of political violence.

  • OPINION

    A deadly rite of passage

    News, Published on 04/02/2012

    » Those expecting to see a lessening of violence in our school system this year have already had their hopes dashed. A student initiation rite last month led to the violent death of a 15-year-old in Samut Prakan. Less than a week later, a near-riot involving vocational school students wielding knives and homemade ping-pong bombs ended with four people in hospital and 28 in police custody.

  • OPINION

    Without debate there is no democracy

    News, Published on 04/02/2012

    » Re: ''Nitirat ban splits student body'' (BP, Feb 3).

  • OPINION

    Keeping heritage above the race for tourist dollars

    News, Published on 04/02/2012

    » Once tourism becomes an industry and a commercial activity, profit becomes the driving factor in deciding which activity or cultural product, or type of performing arts, appeals most to consumers and the market. In this way, cultural treasures are transformed into commodities.

  • OPINION

    Look South, Bangkok

    News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/02/2012

    » It was a racket and near-scuffle. It was fear teleported as anger. The scene at Thammasat University on Thursday was distressing, as anti-Nitirat alumni exalted morality against knowledge, along the way confusing noise with argument and equating what's loud with what's right. It almost turned sinister when a small band of Nitirat supporters showed up, placards ready, and a mini face-off ensued. That was enough to dominate the headlines and consciousness of the public in the ongoing case that is testing the firmness of the ground beneath our feet - a historic test of what Thailand is, or what we want to become.

  • OPINION

    Meet SimSimi, the new Nitirat

    News, Arglit Boonyai, Published on 04/02/2012

    » Forget about Nitirat. Stop all that talk about 112. And Twitter, what's Twitter? The big thing all the kids are talking about today is SimSimi.

  • THAILAND

    Govt faces court challenge to get borrowing decrees scrapped

    News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 04/02/2012

    » The Yingluck Shinawatra government is facing stiff opposition for issuing four emergency decrees to enable the Finance Ministry to borrow extensively for flood recovery, noted Post Today.

  • THAILAND

    Power breakfasts restore harmony

    News, Published on 04/02/2012

    » It has been said the delegation of duties between a minister and his or her deputies is key to harmony within a ministry.

  • THAILAND

    Mapping out where to live and build

    News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/02/2012

    » When the great flood of 2011 ravaged many districts of Bangkok, those affected realised they had failed to do one important thing when they built or bought their properties - to check city plans for flood zones.

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