COMMENTARY: Power struggle in Thailand
Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - FKittisak Prokkati, a lecturer at Thammasat University's Faculty of Law, called for Parliament to approve the appointment of monarchs in the future during an interview in which he gave his perspectives on the Nitirat group's proposals involving changes to laws on lese majeste offences.
What the papers say
Headline stories from Friday's newspapers
Big news for Perak's small-medium enterprises
IPOH: Perak folk can now find out what's happening in the local business scene on Biz Zoom.
Foreign Policy: Paper Tigers
Portraits of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi — once a ticket to arrest and interrogation by the military authorities — are now displayed openly around Yangon, the country's largest city and former capital. However, Sebastian Strangio is uncertain that "Myanmar's Spring" will bring effective change.
Elephants seized in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi
Elephants in the wild grazing. Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) – Authorities in Kanchanaburi and from the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department have seized 51 elephants from ...
Talanx outlines 3 preconditions for IPO-paper
FRANKFURT, Jan 14 (Reuters) - German insurer Talanxhas three preconditions before it will seek an initial publicshare offering, Chief Financial Officer Immo Querner told Germanpaper Boersenzeitung. The ...
Oligarch’s $300 Million+ Superyacht Sets Sail For Phuket
We’ve enthused in past posts about ‘A’, the eye-popping 390-foot megayacht designed by Philippe Starck for 38-year-old Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko.
Sociological study touching on bayanihan bags int'l award
Gerardo S. Petilla of the National Research Council of the Philippines was recently feted for his paper, which touches on internal migration from rural to urban centers.