Recently added articles from The Nation (Thailand):
Investigative reports are need of the hour.
May 24, 2009 ... Byline: The Nation. Rigorous, professionally done investigative reporting can pay handsomely for society, the reporter(s) involved and his/her employer. We, the people, should strongly encourage the media to use our counterpart of the US' and UK's freedom of information act and ...
PAD at crossroads has a tough choice.
May 24, 2009 ... Byline: The Nation. The organisation must decide whether it wants to campaign against what's wrong or become a political party to set things right There will be so much to reflect on when members of the People's Alliance for Democracy hold a convention this weekend at ...
Minister wants drug-dealing convicts imprisoned on abandoned island.
May 24, 2009 ... Byline: The Nation. Justice Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga said yesterday that he was thinking of imprisoning drug-dealing prison inmates on some deserted island or oil rig. "I'm thinking about asking the Royal Thai Navy to find an isolated island or unused old ...
Computer glitch thwarts exams.
May 24, 2009 ... Byline: The Nation. An online system malfunction yesterday postponed teachers' promotion examinations nationwide. Chiang Mai Education Zone 1 director Kosol Prakham, overseeing the "e-training" examination at Muang district's Yupparat School, said he had asked other ...
Chikungunya spreads.
May 24, 2009 ... Byline: The Nation. The chikungunya that has ravaged Southern Thailand has spilled over, with 13 patients detected in Si Sa Ket, Ubon Ratchathani and Amnat Charoen, an official said yesterday. Most are rubber-plantation workers and soldiers returning from the South, ...