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Pension rule change draws fire
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/08/2023
» Critics have slammed the outgoing government for issuing a new regulation imposing income limits on the elderly receiving monthly allowances.
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New government forms, but at what cost?
News, Published on 23/08/2023
» Thai politics is entering a new chapter as the colour-coded political divide which has polarised the country for several years is expected to end after Pheu Thai Party's prime ministerial candidate Srettha Thavisin won parliament's endorsement to become the country's 30th prime minister on Tuesday.
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Thai army needs to march to a new tune
Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/05/2023
» I always get feelings of fear when I hear the army's famous propaganda song, Nak Paendin, which in Thai means "burden of the country". As a child born during the 1970s, this song reminds me of military putsches.
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Pay hikes 'not tied to polls'
News, Published on 03/03/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has come under fire as the government plans a pay raise for local leaders in what some see as a move to woo their support ahead of the upcoming general election.
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Prayut would 'give UTN a boost'
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 25/11/2022
» The United Thai Nation Party (UTN), also known as the Ruam Thai Sang Chart, is poised to do well in the next general election if Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha decides to join it, academics say.
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Thank you, 'Mali San'
News, Postbag, Published on 24/08/2019
» We Thais owe many, many thanks to "Mali-San" or Ms Megumi Morimoto, 46, a freshman at Kasetsart University's Sakolnakorn campus. As shown by the clip on Facebook by Udomsak Nak-chang-in and on television, she's been blocking motorcyclists from illegally riding their bikes on the sidewalk at Rumsalee intersection, thus protecting pedestrians from being run over. She's done this over 100 times. Although local bikers have beaten her up four times, Thai onlookers have rescued her.
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Academics, politicians divided over path to unity
News, Published on 01/11/2020
» The political climate has become unseasonably turbulent following the youth-led street protests calling for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's resignation, a rewrite of the constitution and reform of the monarchy.
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Bangkok school sets balanced lunch example
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 18/07/2019
» Prathom 2 (Grade 2) students at Wat Makut Kasatriyaram School happily lined up in the canteen when the school director announced that they were going to have khao moo daeng (barbecued pork on rice), chicken soup and watermelon for lunch.
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Explaining Thainess
News, Postbag, Published on 27/10/2017
» As the final farewell observance for the late King Bhumibol takes place, it seems necessary to provide a few explanations about Thailand to foreigners, so they may gain more understanding of the Thai people, as well as our traditions, attitudes and philosophy.
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