
Political heavyweights square up in a winner-takes-all game

Game theory is the name of the game at the moment.
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Sufficiency 'misinterpreted'

Efforts are being made to distort His Majesty the King's sufficiency-economy philosophy so that the Thai public and the international community misinterpret it, Privy Councillor Kasem Wattanachai warned yesterday.
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Talk-show company found guilty

Raisom, the TV production house of talk-show host Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda, has been found guilty of not paying Bt138 million to MCOT as per their contract, the head of a fact-finding panel said yesterday.
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Number of blocked websites soars 500%

This year is becoming Thailand's 21st century version of George Orwell's "1984" - as the number of blocked websites has risen 500 per cent since the coup, according to the campaign group Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT).
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AOT shares deal scrutinised

A portion of the Bt9 billion in loans approved by Krung Thai Bank for the Golden Technology Industrial Park was used to buy Airports of Thailand (AOT) stock by a business partner of the former prime minister's son, an Assets Examination Committee (AEC) source said yesterday.
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Bt227-bn long-term plan drawn up to fight floods

A Bt227-billion flood-prevention plan has been drawn up by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry.
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Cheaper bus fares?

As petrol prices continue to fall, passengers on interprovincial buses are now hoping to hear about lower fares.
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Young writers aim for awards

His Excellency Eugene Hutchinson, the Irish Ambassador to Thailand, recently hosted a meeting of the judging panel for the third annual Junior IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards for Thailand.
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HM the King named WIPO Global Leaders 1st recipient

HM the King Bhumibol Adulyadej will be the first recipient of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's (WIPO) Global Leaders Award.
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No bird flu found in tests on 373 patients

Nearly half of the patients on the bird-flu watch list have, in fact, caught human influenza, the Medical Sciences Department (MSD) disclosed yesterday.
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