• OPINION

  Erawan bomber must be caught

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/08/2015

  » The bomber is a savage and the bomb he planted at the Erawan Shrine on Ratchaprasong intersection was meant to kill. That came straight from the mouth of Pol Gen Somyot Pumpunmuang, the national police chief, during an interview at the scene of the deadly explosion on Monday night.

• OPINION

  Is it really time to 'seize the power?'

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/01/2020

  » Future Forward Party (FFP) secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul believes that 2020 is the year ripe for the people to be their own masters of the land and rise up to seize power from the ruling elites that no longer have legitimacy to govern.

• OPINION

  Even Blair, Annan cannot save assembly

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/08/2013

  » It appears that marketing gurus were employed to save the government's initiative to set up a so-called political reform assembly in which all domestic political stakeholders are invited to join extensive discussions to find a durable solution to Thailand's worst political divide.

• OPINION

  Backup plan needed instead of curfew

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/02/2013

  » Despite the overnight attack on a military base in Narathiwat, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung faces an uphill battle to impose a night curfew in parts of the far South.

• THAILAND

  Highlights of the week

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/10/2012

  » Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapriom remains tightlipped on goverment-to-government (G-to-G) rice deals, claiming the details are secret, as the Transport Ministry is asked to help provide storage space for this harvest's crop. In Bangkok the "sandbag row" was supposed to be settled at a meeting on Friday between City Hall and the Water and Flood Management Commission. And more violence in the deep South.

• THAILAND

  Highlights of the Week

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/07/2012

  » The far South remains a very dangerous place for officials and civilians alike, with just one car bomb claiming the lives of five policemen in a single attack on Wednesday. Politically, the Pheu Thai Party refuses to give up on charter amendments and the controversial reconciliation bills, and that means the political atmosphere may heat up again.

• OPINION

  Highlights of the Week

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/06/2012

  » Former coup maker Gen Sonthi Boonyatglin's reconciliation bill caused an instant uproar, with chaos in the House and street protests by yellow-shirts but Pheu Thai MPs appeared determined to ram the bill through parliament regardless. Prachatai webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn was finally sentenced, receiving an eight-month suspended prison term on a lese majeste-related charge.

• THAILAND

  Weekly highlights

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/02/2012

  » The violence escalated in the far South after security forces killed four innocent Malay Muslims in Nong Chik of Pattani in late January. In Ayutthaya province, totally unexpected flooding in Sena and Pak Hai districts caused panic in the riverside communities. Politically, the country appears to be heading for more conflict as the drive for constitutional amendment has started in earnest.

• THAILAND

  Weekly highlights

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/02/2012

  » Government authorities were in unison, insisting the three bomb blasts in downtown Bangkok did not amount to terrorism because the devices were intended solely to kill unnamed foreign individuals - even though several Thais were hurt. In the parliament, there was bedlam on Thursday when Democrat MPs queried the prime minister about her "secret mission" at the Four Seasons Hotel last Wednesday.

• OPINION

  Faceless casualties in far South

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/03/2012

  » Patrolling on foot or in vehicles, as troops do every day, is a dangerous duty in the restive deep South, but this seems to be little appreciated by human rights groups - and when a soldier or a ranger is killed or maimed there's only a deathly silence from these people.

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