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Most Killed in Thailand’s 2003 Drug War Not Involved With Drugs, Panel Finds “The government drug policy was unclear,” said a representative of the Office of Narcotics Control Board during a meeting at the Chao Phya Park Hotel in Bangkok. “Operation staff thus did everything to achieve the goal of reducing the number of drug [...]

RE: Gunning for 1,000 assassins | The Nation | Thailand I find the article below posted in “The Nation” humorous and appalling at the same time. There is a data base of hitmen and a group of assassin hunters loose on the street supposedly tasked to disrupt or for the benefit somehow of upcoming election [...]

Nasty Eric Bahrt again from yesterday’s The Nation and my response in today’s paper.       No shock that people are willing to sell votes    Re: “64.6 per cent would sell their vote? That’s hip”, Opinion, November 22.     Vote for me and I’ll cut your taxes. Vote for me and I’ll [...]

Re: Patriotism bill ‘goes too far’, News, November 23rd. I believe the practice of standing at attention at 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM as the national anthem plays during the flag ceremony should continue however the new additional proposed requirements are not only impractical but dangerous as well. If everyone is expected to stop, except [...]

Drivers’ inability to see outside a danger on roads   Re: “Obscured car windows pose public-safety threat”, Letters, November 18.    Arild Johnsen asks why Thai authorities allow tinted or “mirrored” car windows, especially for windscreens and the windows in the front doors of cars since it must really be dangerous if one is unable [...]