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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra knew all along that which country she wanted to visit first in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. It's Brunei. The problem was she got to have better reasons to break the tradition set by past prime minsiters who always went to Laos first.Alphabetical ...
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30 August 2011
Small parties can always win, at a stretch
Does the name of the Thai Rubber Party ring a bell? It isn't a surprise if no is your answer. And you shouldn't blame yourself that you've heard of this party for the first time right now because you're not in the minority.So why do we care about this minor party? Is it a laughing stock in politics ...
Read this blog post | comments (0)23 August 2011
Brunei has a white tiger in its tank
It's time to take Geography 101 about Brunei. Until recently, nobody here cared too much about this country. Suddenly, it turns out to be one of the most popular destinations for Thai politicians.Why is this country so attractive, despite minimum efforts on tourism promotion? Why should it do that ...
Read this blog post | comments (3)06 July 2011
Next foreign minister in for a testing time
The highly sensitive Preah Vihear temple issue will make the Foreign Ministry's top post one of the toughest jobs for the Pheu Thai Party-led coalition.Buoyed by the landslide victory over the Democrat Party, Pheu Thai, with 265 seats in the bag, does not intend to share key ministries, one of them ...
Read this blog post | comments (3)05 July 2011
Emerging clout at IMF
Knock, knock, knocking on the IMF's door. Developing countries, call them emerging economies if you like, have been doing just that at the world lender's.The move started with Agustin Carstens. Hats off to him. Mexico's central bank governor knew from the onset that he was fighting a losing cause. ...
Read this blog post | comments (0)15 June 2011
Look Who's Blocking You?
It's clear now that army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha is standing in Yingluck Shinawatra's way.His televised comments on Wednesday implicitly reminded voters of which party they should vote for on July 3. Gen Prayuth made clear his position, as several polls showed the Pheu Thai Party is coming ...
Read this blog post | comments (2)07 June 2011
These strange political times are a-changin'
Asakura Keita, a rural school teacher in Fukuoka prefecture in the popular TV drama series "Change," is devastated when his father and elder brother die in a plane accident.Yingluck Shinawatra commanded SC Asset Plc at the time when her brother, Thaksin, was deposed by a military coup ...
Read this blog post | comments (0)03 June 2011
Winner Becomes Loser
The July 3 poll is predictable. Or it isn't.A consensus among Interior Ministry officials is Pheu Thai will triumph the election. But like what Newin Chidchob predicted the other day, it will be short of 250 seats in parliament. That means a chance to form a new government will be slim or none at ...
Read this blog post | comments (1)15 February 2011
Fighting for One Community
By Saritdet Marukatat — How many more border clashes do Thailand and Cambodia need before the Association of Southeast Asian Nations becomes one community? Only Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Cambodian Premier Hun Sen know the answer.The border spat is good for no one. It is embarrassing ...
Read this blog post | comments (0)04 May 2010
Ivory and Thailand's ebony image
How many elephant tusks have slipped through Suvarnabhumi airport into the hands of smugglers in the country? It is hard to know. Even Customs Department authorities cannot begin to guess the answer the question. Only traders in the illicit business can.In less than two months department ...
Read this blog post | comments (2)23 March 2010
Put Sompien statue in full view of chiefs
What will be the best place for the statue of Sompien Eksomya? The Bannang Sata district police station in Yala, or police headquarters in Bangkok?The idea to erect the statue for Pol Gen Sompien was mooted to honour the police officer who worked for 42 years in the restive southern region and was ...
Read this blog post | comments (5)16 February 2010
The Real Professional
Every night here at the Bangkok Post, when reporters on the ground and at the News Desk are at home or enjoy their night outing, there are a handful of staffs at the News Desk who are the last to leave the office. Their jobs are checking, in many occasions double-checking and sometimes ...
Read this blog post | comments (16)15 February 2010
The Newintile's Day
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva should have bought a bunch of pink roses for Newin Chidchob on Valentine's Day to comfort the strongman of the Bhumjaithai Party. The political marriage between Mr Abhisit's Democrats and Bhumjaithai is not breaking up. It is not heading towards a divorce either, at ...
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