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05/09-2010, Klokken: 17:00:00 UTC Security authorities from the government on down have taken many wrong steps in their effort to make Bangkok safer. Seeing armed soldiers on seemingly every street corner and public place is not at all reassuring for Bangkokians or visitors. The troops convey almost every wrong image, while failing to address the problem of the continuing bomb and grenade attacks. Plodprasop offers peace, but now who's interested? 05/09-2010, Klokken: 17:00:00 UTC Is the opposition Puea Thai Party really serious about making peace, to put an end to the country's worst political conflict once and for all? Thai Rath Comment 05/09-2010, Klokken: 17:00:00 UTC Whatever he does, ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra will be at the receiving end of criticism from his foes. When Thaksin stopped tweeting, his political opponents went berserk with allegations that certain pro-government figures were targeted by assassins, allegedly in the pay of anti-government elements. When Thaksin proposed a peaceful way out of the current political crisis, the ruling Democrat... Preposterous advice 05/09-2010, Klokken: 17:00:00 UTC Manit Techa-apichoke of the City Law Enforcement Department suggests tourists fallen victim to the thetsakij cigarette-butt scam should refuse to pay, or find a real police officer to complain to. What an absurd and preposterous suggestion! Ignorance of the law is no excuse, but education should be a priority 04/09-2010, Klokken: 17:00:00 UTC Last week I was invited to Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University to deliver a special lecture on the topic of law and society. For me, travelling upcountry and meeting people is a welcome reprieve from staying in the city and witnessing the incessant havoc sown by politicians. Thailand: It's only in your mind 04/09-2010, Klokken: 17:00:00 UTC The government would like to rebrand Thailand, in accordance with the slogan "Thailand in your mind". Citizens are invited to vote on four choices: Thailand as a country of open-minded people with a positive attitude, or as a country with local wisdom that is still open to the world, or as the place where business, culture and nature converge into one destination, or as a hub for investment and... EDITORIAL Welcome overtures 04/09-2010, Klokken: 17:00:00 UTC The news released by Prime Minister's Office Minister Ong-art Klampaibul on Friday that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva would meet his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept 24 is most welcome, and shows a strengthening of the recent trend that has seen diplomatic relations thawing between the two countries. Mr Ong-art made the announcement upon... It's just a bit of 'tea money' after all 04/09-2010, Klokken: 17:00:00 UTC Last week's Spectrum investigation into the thesakij, or "cigarette police", prompted an Australian colleague to recall his own experience a few years ago which had a somewhat unorthodox conclusion. POST BAG Rhodes a lifelong inspiration 04/09-2010, Klokken: 17:00:00 UTC Thank you for printing the wonderful feature story on Lee Rhodes in last Sunday's Brunch, ''Thailand's Longest Serving Expatriate''. Flu pandemic revealed flaws 03/09-2010, Klokken: 17:00:00 UTC Just three weeks after World Health Organisation chief Margaret Chan assured the world that the type A (H1N1) flu pandemic was over and had not been as severe as first feared, Thai virologists warned of a renewed threat. In interviews this week, they expressed fears the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain could soon re-emerge. |
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