• OPINION

  Release move just one step

  News, Editorial, Published on 21/07/2015

  » The military regime has ordered the release from prison of former terrorist leader, Sama-ae Thanam. Other releases may follow. Now 63, Sama-ae has vowed to help reconciliation efforts and establish peace across the deep South. Once the leader of the military wing of the so-called Patani United Liberation Front (Pulo), he was captured in Malaysia in 1988, extradited and later jailed on terrorism charges in 1997. Authorities not only believe he is no longer a threat but could help peace efforts in the restive southern provinces.

• OPINION

  FFP ruling must be fair

  News, Editorial, Published on 21/01/2020

  » Members and supporters of the Future Forward Party (FFP) are holding their breath on Tuesday with the Constitutional Court set to make a historic ruling that could result in the party's dissolution.

• OPINION

  Stop silencing the people

  News, Editorial, Published on 22/07/2017

  » Army chief Chalermchai Sittisart's recent decision to dismiss a call by 176 Thai and foreign academics for a relaxation or cessation of the rules that stop people from expressing their civil rights -- for example the ban on political gatherings -- comes as no surprise.

• OPINION

  Resettlement plan a sham

  News, Editorial, Published on 13/12/2017

  » Myanmar's government has unveiled a plan to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. In essence, the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, in what is known as a "phased return", will allow some returnees, beginning early next year, but not to their original villages, homes and land. It will build camps to "resettle" the Rohingya indefinitely. As the United Nations' refugee organisation and key international groups have said, the plan is unacceptable.

• OPINION

  The meaning of giving

  News, Editorial, Published on 25/12/2015

  » As the spirit of giving is celebrated worldwide today, Christmas this year also coincides with the Buddhist holy day, or wan phra, which also emphasises the importance of giving.

• OPINION

  It's now time for healing

  News, Editorial, Published on 07/12/2023

  » Public anxiety has grown as the Move Forward Party (MFP) is pushing for an amnesty bill that seeks to pardon all groups involved in colour-coded conflicts and also offenders of the draconian Section 112 of the Criminal Code -- lese majeste law.

• OPINION

  Coming clean on Thaksin

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/10/2023

  » By the time the Corrections Department and the Justice Ministry decided to communicate with the public about former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's health, it was too little, too late. The agency's reputation has been badly tainted as a result.

• OPINION

  No place for scare tactics

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/05/2023

  » The United Thai Nation Party (UTN) and pro-status quo elements like the army have launched a fear-mongering campaign, laden with ultra-nationalist content, in the lead-up to Sunday's election.

• OPINION

  Hungry for change

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/04/2023

  » Thailand will soon get the chance to usher in political change through democratic means at the general election on May 14.

• OPINION

  No time for cruel jokes

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/03/2023

  » As the election draws near, it's more evident that any reconciliation -- as promised by Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha when he staged a coup in 2014 -- isn't going to happen. Pressure groups and parties have filed complaints against one another as the political climate becomes more tense. Political campaigns have become places for disputes and even scuffles.

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