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The Junta’s Attempted Monopoly on Patriotism

By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer

From the Editor: 10 Ways Thai Media Can Fail Less

Thai media can remain relevant and viable in the formats of the future by rediscovering the purpose of its past.
Visitors gather at a display booth for Google at the 2016 Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Beijing. Photo: Andy Wong / Associated Press

Opinion: How Humans Fit Into Google’s Machine Future

By Ed Finn, The Conversation In 1998, Google began humbly, formally incorporated in a Menlo Park garage, providing search results from a server housed in Lego...

Questions For the Coup Enablers

Tuesday will begin a fifth year under military rule for Thailand. There are many aspects to contemplate, but one worth reflecting deeply and honestly upon are the people who opposed Yingluck Shinawatra and Thaksin Shinawatra.
Sergio Garcia, of Spain, holds his trophy at the green jacket ceremony after the Masters golf tournament in 2019 in Augusta, Georgia. Photo: David Goldman / Associated Press

Opinion: PGA Tour Study Shows Disparity in Ranking Points

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida — Two tournaments on different continents illustrate why PGA Tour players are increasingly skeptical about the world ranking. Against a field...

Opinion: Thailand’s Endangered Political History

It should be clear by now that there is a deliberate and concerted effort to delete parts of Thai political history.

Purging Truth and Honesty Not Acts of Love

For some, love and reverence is a performance that must be repeatedly displayed to prove one’s love and reverence to others. Love and reverence which requires repeated performance is essentially insecure and fragile, however.

A Rotten Cop Reminds Us Police Reform Urgently Needed

You need to be very optimistic to still maintain hope on the Thai police force, particularly after having seen the torture to death of a drug suspect captured on video followed by a dramatic press conference of the killer-cop after he turned himself in.

Ship Shape: Frenchman Refits Rice Barge Into Floating Stage

On a hot Monday afternoon inside a giant warehouse in the northern outskirts of Bangkok, workers were hammering metal beams onto the top deck of what looked like a steampunk Noah's Arc.
Bangkok Governor-elect Chadchart Sittipunt inspects damaged pavement at Bang Kapi's Lam Sali Intersection on May 25, 2022.

Opinion: Chadchart’s Victory Gives Hope to Not Just Bangkok But Thai Democracy

Eight years of pent-up aspiration for true democracy turned into Chadchart Sittipunt mania after the former Transport Minister was elected the new Bangkok governor last Sunday.

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