• OPINION

  Army chief a fearmonger

  News, Editorial, Published on 03/01/2020

  » As the army chief, Gen Apirat Kongsompong should stay out of politics. But he has always found it hard to resist the temptation of spreading or stirring biased and provocative political messages. His latest remark, which suggests possible arms robbery and associated street violence, is as weak and bewildering as ever because it is not accompanied with even a shred of evidence. It also lacks a sense of certainty. What is certain is that it is a disservice to the nation.

• OPINION

  Saving the amnesty bill

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/10/2023

  » A political amnesty is perceived as a potential solution to bridge the political divisions that have plagued Thailand for nearly two decades.

• OPINION

  Political drama peaks

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/08/2023

  » Political pundits and observers will have their eyes peeled as today's political events play out so that even a drama film pales in comparison.

• OPINION

  Pass bill to aid dissidents

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/06/2021

  » On June 4 last year, political activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit who lived in exile in Cambodia simply vanished.

• OPINION

  Thai critics need state protection

  News, Editorial, Published on 29/11/2020

  » Sitanan Satsaksit, the sister of pro-democracy activist Wancha­learm Satsaksit, who was abducted in Phnom Penh, arrived in the Cambodian capital earlier this month, together with legal aides, to seek answers about her brother's disappearance.

• OPINION

  Dialogue vital to find peace

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/10/2020

  » With the declaration of the state of emergency, the confrontation between Prayut Chan-o-cha and the anti-dictatorship activists has overwhelmingly intensified, and once again the country has plunged into division.

• OPINION

  Don't worsen political woes

  News, Editorial, Published on 22/01/2020

  » The Constitutional Court's decision to acquit the Future Forward Party (FFP) of seeking to overthrow the monarchy on Tuesday offered a reprieve not just for the party but also for a boiling political climate. However, the slew of legal hurdles awaiting the FFP, its leaders and political activists in the coming months are a reminder to the international community that political turbulence in Thailand is here to stay.

• OPINION

  PAD protests went too far

  News, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2019

  » From what began as peaceful street protests against the powerful Thaksin Shinawatra government in 2006, the now-defunct yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) movement got out of control in the following years. It leaders then resorted to extremism and violence, sexed up by hate speech.

• OPINION

  Duties of Asean chair

  News, Editorial, Published on 13/11/2018

  » Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will be abroad for much of the next week at the annual Asean summit taking place in Singapore. The main meeting is scheduled for Thursday, but there will also be the usual flurry of official meetings with major partners, as well as unscheduled but vital one-on-one discussions on the sidelines. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, most of the Asean leaders plus many others will meet at the Apec Summit at Port Moresby.

• OPINION

  T-shirt saga a witch hunt

  News, Editorial, Published on 15/09/2018

  » In what seems to be nothing other than a witch hunt against a small group of people who hold a political ideology seen as unorthodox in Thailand, the military junta has set a bad precedent and made an unjust move in slapping severe criminal charges against four people, who are alleged to have promoted the political concept through the distribution of T-shirts.

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