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Boy fears for safety after teacher beating
News, Published on 02/06/2018
» The Office of the Private Education Commission (Opec) has ordered an investigation into a teacher at a private school in Nakhon Si Thammarat after a video clip that showed him beating a male student sparked outrage among netizens.
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No cabinet reshuffle yet despite Don’s stock ‘violation’
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/06/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday it was too early to reshuffle the cabinet after Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai was found by the Election Commission (EC) to be unqualified for the post having violating the 5% stock-holding rule.
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City directs own tragedy
News, Editorial, Published on 02/06/2018
» This week Bangkok bids farewell to its oldest movie theatre, Lido, which over the past five decades has served its patrons with alternative, indie filmsi and shorts.
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Election dreams
Business, Postbag, Published on 02/06/2018
» Re: “Prawit vows February election”, (BP, June 1).
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Supporting paraquat betrays the nation
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/06/2018
» The regime’s slogan to return happiness to the people has proven empty once again. Despite public demands for a ban, the military government has decided to allow paraquat, a highly toxic weed killer, to wreak havoc on public health and the environment.
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Lights out at Lido, but can art hub shine?
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 02/06/2018
» It was a tearful farewell at the Lido Theatre on Thursday night, with a thousand fans congregating to say goodbye to the old-school, unglamorous, 50-year-old cinema in Siam Square. After the last picture show on May 31, all Lido’s staff and managers lined up like a guard of honour to wai and thank the audiences filing out of the rooms, a surprise parting shot that tugged deeply at the heart strings of even the most unsentimental viewers. To paraphrase Chris Hemsworth, aka Thor of Asgard, Lido is not a place but a people. It’s also a memory. That’s why we wept. That’s what we’ll miss Lido for.
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Is it the end of the road for the Ortegas in Nicaragua?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/06/2018
» From the Ceausescus (overthrown and shot in 1989) to the Mugabes (removed in a non-violent military coup in 2017), husband-and-wife teams running authoritarian regimes seem to have a particularly high casualty rate. And now it may be the turn of the Nicaraguan team: President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice-President Rosario Murillo.
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Taken aback over comments
News, Published on 02/06/2018
» Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit is the avant-garde founder of the Future Forward Party whose ideas have attracted attention, but not always for the right reasons.
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No more monkeying around
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/06/2018
» Bang Khunthian district is the only one out of 50 districts in Bangkok which lies on the coast. Thus, people often visit the district to enjoy fresh seafood products — especially crabs in the restaurants dotted along the Bang Khunthian-Chai Talay road which runs from Rama II Road towards the seafront.
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Flowing reservoirs bring King’s bounty
News, Aree Thongboonrawd, Published on 02/06/2018
» Once, residents of tambon Yang Hak of Ratchaburi’s Pak Tho district appealed to then Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to help resolve their grievances over a lack of water for farming.
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