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When and When Not to Criticise the ‘Foreigners’

4, Jul 2010

Thitinan Pongsudhirak opines in the Bangkok Post (emphasis added): [T]he government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva clearly cares about how foreigners view Thailand and how foreign takes should be consistent and conform to official positions. The government does not seem to detest the foreign media per se. It selectively prefers the foreign perceptions that toe [...]

Wassana Nanuam Becomes Latest Victim of Thai Media Intimidation

26, Apr 2010

Wassana Nanuam, a Bangkok Post reporter and columnist specialising in military affairs, has “temporarily” left her job as a co-host of the “Lab Luang Prang” radio show on the state-controlled MCOT’s FM 100.5 MHz. Siam Report has the details, based on a report in the Thai language daily Khao Sod.

GT200 Conclusion: Big Names Exposed

20, Feb 2010

(photo credit: Andrew Drummond’s blog) If there is anything we have gained from the whole GT200 scandal at all, it could be the fact that this crazy saga has cruelly exposed just how incompetent some of our most influential public figures today are. This post is just a compilation of some of the ‘big names’ [...]

It’s Thaksin’s Fault!

23, Jan 2010

PM’s Office Minister Sathit Wongnongteay (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) This government really has become too predictable. Following a disparaging report by Human Rights Watch, in which the lobby group lambastes the human rights situation in Thailand (see the PPT blog for more information), the government’s chief spin doctor Sathit Wongnongtoey decided to take the matter upon himself and [...]

Old Soldiers Should Just Fade Away

24, Nov 2009

Bangkok Post’s Atiya Achakulwisut is on form again. Below are key excerpts of her op-ed in response to Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, the 2006 coup leader, assuming the leadership of the Matubhum Party: I am sure Gen Sonthi has his reasons for coming out of retirement and making a U-turn to join the process of democracy [...]


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