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Let debate bare its fangs
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/03/2013
» As one who works in the media profession, I feel disconcerted seeing an 80-year-old "social critic" who is championing citizens' right to criticism and freedom of speech, standing at the forefront against the roaring army chief and daring to tell him that it's not right to tell people who disagree with him to go live somewhere else.
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'Sacrifice' too noble a word in rural pay row
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/04/2013
» Public Health Minister Pradit Sintawanarong may have good intentions in introducing a pay-for-performance system to administer our public health workforce _ doctors, dentists, nurses and others.
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Getting ahead of ourselves with ICJ glory
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/04/2013
» Move over 400-million-baht hunk Mario "Pi Mak" Maurer. National heartthrob Nadej Kukimiya doesn't stand a chance either. This very minute, thanks to his star performance at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last week, it's the bespectacled, career diplomat Virachai Plasai who has stolen the show and shot up the celebrity ranks to become the country's hottest personality.
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Gloves are off as PM takes on cartoonist jibe
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/05/2013
» I have no doubt that the message posted by cartoonist Chai Ratchawat on his Facebook page was demeaning and derogatory.
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One amnesty bill to cure them all?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/05/2013
» Politically, the reconciliation bill proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung makes the most sense: Absolve all those involved in and prosecuted for political offences since 2006.
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V stands for very confusing Thai politics
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 28/05/2013
» The V for Vendetta Guy Fawkes mask is emerging as a prominent symbol of Thailand's political conflict, but for some observers it is also a case of V for Very Confusing.
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Five roads for Thaksin's jail-free return
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/06/2013
» Thai politics has never been known as a showcase of minimalism. Not when we have such an interesting group involved: a short-tempered army chief who was once part of a group of coup-makers; a vengeful former prime minister who was ousted from power in a putsch seven years ago but who is never out of mind for long thanks to a Skype account that allows him to connect with his politicians anytime and anywhere; a photogenic female prime minister who likes to smile and says she has yet to receive information on any issue; and not one but two deputy prime ministers providing distractions by taking on the role of loud-mouthed clowns.
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Boonsong fails the Jolie test, dismally
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/06/2013
» Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom wouldn't be able to pass for Angelina Jolie. He obviously does not have those lips or the acting skills.
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Our truths are just too inconvenient
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/06/2013
» Hindsight, they say, is 20/20.
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Caught in web of sex, fungus and audiotape
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/07/2013
» If Deputy Defence Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapa can get hold of some chong cao or caterpillar fungus now, he might want to take a double dose and stand up to the storm of doubt surrounding a YouTube audio clip with openness and valour.
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