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Regime builds one-way road to disunity
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/08/2017
» Whether what we are witnessing falls along the lines of Great Expectations, The Great Escape or The Great Dictator is probably still up for interpretation.
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Fed up power base forces PM to repent
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/01/2016
» It must have taken an exceptionally strong force to make a feisty character like Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha flinch.
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Paethongtan's big test with new Pheu Thai role
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/03/2022
» Will Thaksin Shinawatra's youngest daughter Paethongtan make history as the third Shinawatra to become prime minister of Thailand? The question must be on the public's mind as Ms Paethongtan took centre stage at a Pheu Thai party meeting in Udon Thani last Sunday.
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City governor poll offers us a glimmer of hope
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/03/2022
» Following a long delay, the cabinet is expected to set the date for the Bangkok governor election for May 29, according to news reports. To say that it's long-awaited is an understatement.
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Prayut courts PR disaster as floods devastate Ubon
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 24/09/2019
» Does Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha have communications strategists? If so, they should be fired after a week of non-stop miscommunications.
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PM's 'levitation' wrong trick to cure hypocrisy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/08/2019
» The reunion is so long overdue it may seem superfluous. Still, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon's move to join the Palang Pracharath Party as chief strategist should make his role, and responsibility, in the ruling party official.
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Why haven't we learnt anything from our past?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/06/2019
» As anti-monarchy accusations fly and self-serving coalition politics becomes the name of the game, Thai politics has arrived at another critical junction.
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Suthep's fall from grace gathers pace
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 13/11/2018
» Whether it's an illusion of grandeur or self-sacrifice is yet to be seen but the return of veteran politician Suthep Thaugsuban to the streets is certainly a classic example of how to lose your political support in no time.
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A land where the law is too easily bought
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 13/02/2018
» A photo showing fugitive former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra chilling out in Beijing? The alleged poaching of a rare black panther in a wildlife sanctuary by Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) president Premchai Karnasuta? The absurdity of a deputy premier insisting on his virtuousness in order to carry on in his job even though he was caught "borrowing" almost 30 million baht worth of luxury watches from his businessman friends without informing the relevant authority?
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So what's so hard about transparency?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/01/2018
» For law-abiding Thais living under the "peace and order" regime, what should annoy us the most?
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