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Thursday, April 2, 2015

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| 3 Apr 2015 | 07:38 GMT+7
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  • Perils of the press

    Last new year, all four major press organisations presented the prime minister with amulets and a snack. Now they are presenting alarm over the one-man powers of Section 44.
    POLITICS -Last new year, all four major press organisations presented the prime minister with amulets and a snack. Now they are presenting alarm over the one-man powers of Section 44.

  • In control of everything

    [ANALYSIS] Martial law-plus is absolute authority - with all the attendant risks, and that poses a huge challenge to civil society, writes Thitinan Pongsudhirak.
    OPINION -[ANALYSIS] Martial law-plus is absolute authority - with all the attendant risks, and that poses a huge challenge to civil society, writes Thitinan Pongsudhirak.

  • WHO intrudes in slave probe

    The World Health Organisation insists it can handle the investigation of its top man in Thailand, accused with his wife of beating and treating their maid as a slave.
    GENERAL -The World Health Organisation insists it can handle the investigation of its top man in Thailand, accused with his wife of beating and treating their maid as a slave.

  • Bomb havoc in Pattani

    Security forces are drawing a direct link from four large bombs planted in Pattani town Thursday to last week's killings of four men who community leader say were not insurgents.
    GENERAL -Security forces are drawing a direct link from four large bombs planted in Pattani town Thursday to last week's killings of four men who community leader say were not insurgents.

  • New anti-trafficking plan

    Weeks before the closing deadline for the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) 2015 report, the government puts the issue on the national agenda and marks it
    POLITICS -Weeks before the closing deadline for the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) 2015 report, the government puts the issue on the national agenda and marks it "Urgent".
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  • 700 projects get green light

    700 projects get green light

    On the heels of a new government focus on industry, the Board of Investment has approved 700 new projects worth 110 billion baht - emphasis on high tech and services.
    BY CHATRUDEE THEPARAT
  • A special taxi driver

    A special taxi driver

    Rungsan was funny, polite, a good driver and always fair. Contrast that with the common stories of what new arrivals get for Bangkok cabbies.
    BY OLIVER FENNELL

SPECIAL REPORT

Corruption 'everywhere'

Corruption 'everywhere'

BLOOMBERG NEWS
Thailand is awash in corruption and the battle against it will be lost unless there is a fundamental shift in Thai politics and culture, a leading anti-graft official says.

OPINION

  • Quotas fall short of goals

    Quotas fall short of goals

    Previous charters vaguely stipulated that the number of male and female politicians should be balanced. This one will not be much better.
    03 Apr 2015 at 06:00
  • No outside input

    No outside input

    What is lacking in Thailand are leaders who can bring a vision of national renewal, resulting in the creation of a broad middle-class based version of democracy.
    03 Apr 2015 at 06:22
  • In control of everything
    THITINAN PONGSUDHIRAK

    In control of everything

    [ANALYSIS] Martial law-plus is absolute authority - with all the attendant risks, and that poses a huge challenge to civil society, writes Thitinan Pongsudhirak.
    03 Apr 2015 at 06:00

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Makkasan for commerce, park

Makkasan for commerce, park

The Finance Ministry now plans to develop a prime land plot owned by the State Railway of Thailand in Bangkok's Makkasan area for both commercial and social purposes.
WICHIT CHANTANUSORNSIRI

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