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Business 'must help farmers'
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 29/05/2016
» Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has urged the Thai Chamber of Commerce to help bolster community economies as a way of strengthening the national coffers.
Drone sent in to prepare for temple raid
News, Published on 29/05/2016
» >> Police have sent in a drone to inspect Wat Phra Dhammakaya and map out a plan to raid the premises after followers of the temple's abbot Phra Dhammajayo barricaded an entrance to thwart a raid to arrest him.
Navy not out of its depths in joint drill with US
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 29/05/2016
» The Royal Thai Navy may have failed to find submarines to add to its own fleet last year, but it has proved adept at hunting down an enemy's underwater arsenal.
Fashion row rages, 'Nong' denies crush on 'May', View launches counterattack
News, Mae Moo, Published on 29/05/2016
» Actress "Mai" Davika Hoorne is fighting back against persistent claims she failed to credit a fashion house for a design she wore to the Cannes film festival
Shortcut for state projectsset to become permanent
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/05/2016
» The regime's controversial power to green-light state projects without waiting for environmental and health impact assessments is set to become permanent.
Seni was the mentor who meant the world to Chuan
News, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 29/05/2016
» The late MR Seni Pramoj is usually remembered as a three-time Prime Minister and leader of the Democrat Party, but to Chuan Leekpai, he was a teacher and mentor.
Nationalism's threat to a fragile world order
News, Published on 29/05/2016
» By all accounts, the much-anticipated Seventh Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was a non-event. If the first such meeting of North Korea's highest organ in more than 35 years had any impact at all, it was to dash any hopes that the country's irascible leader, Kim Jong-un, would turn his attention to economic reform.
Weighty matters facing portly officials
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/05/2016
» We've all probably complained about authorities wasting taxpayers' money and rarely being held accountable.
Don't leave it to the 'experts'
News, Postbag, Published on 29/05/2016
» In the online story, "Police reject scapegoat claim in Trang rape case", I was interested in the following as published.
Led into a false sense of stability
News, Editorial, Published on 29/05/2016
» From crisis comes opportunity, as the saying goes. And there is no greater way of seizing an opportunity than controlling the crisis. Savvy and cynical political operatives have learned not only how to exploit troubled times, but how to create them. The model example is arguably Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada's use of US consultancy firm Greenberg Carville Shrum in his 2002 campaign to return from the political wilderness to win a second term as Bolivian president. It was the subject of a documentary about the power of confecting chaos for political gain. "The theme for us is crisis. That's our brand," one of the strategists told the campaign team. "I really think there's a lot of opportunity there."