The front page of the Bangkok Post today has a photograph of demonstrators at Government House demanding that alcohol sales be banned over the Songkran holidays.
As usual, we see a small very vocal minority demanding that they have their way regardless of the consequences to others. Personally, I can simply stock up in advance but [...]
I have been waiting to read Voranai Vanijaka’s take on the Santika fire.
Bangkok Pundit reported it from the perspective of politics (as that is after all a political blog), whilst Other Perspectives tied this to the larger issue of corruption in Thailand.
Well, Voranai finally got around to it in The Burning Flame of Truth, Bangkok Post, Sunday 11th [...]
Sanitsuda Ekachai writes an interesting Commentary in today’s Bangkok Post.
For an interminable period now, much has been written about Thai society, politics and the subversion of democracy here. A lot of it has been pure criticism, without any attempt at understanding the underlying causes.
In this short, incisive article, Sanitsuda lays bare what ails Thai society.
Some [...]
