All strength to Atiya Achakulwisut of the Bangkok Post who, today, has joined Jakrapob in making a brave attack on Thailand’s traditional patronage system. Referring to PM Samak’s dismissive attitude to the youthful Abhisit, Atiya writes:
That somehow summarised how PM Samak’s logic works and that’s about all he cares – conformity to the phuyai-ruled and phuyai-knows-best norms. PM [...]
Bangkok Post’s brave attack on the patronage system!
June 5th, 2008 by Andrew Walker · 38 Comments
Tags: Samak · Thailand · lese majeste
Mekong navigation and the great garlic puzzle
June 5th, 2008 by Andrew Walker · 1 Comment
A chinese boat unloading apples in Chiang Saen in 1994
Timothy Hamlin of the Stimson Center has written this update on commercial navigation on the upper-Mekong. It seems that the environmentally dubious project of blasting the Mekong rapids between southern China and northern Thailand is now all but complete, making the way for a greater influx [...]
Tags: China · Environment · Laos · Thailand · The Mekong · Trans-Border Issues · Yunnan