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Court will have to rule on Abhisit, Suthep's intentions
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 22/12/2012
» Last week the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) levelled a charge of "foreseen intention to cause death to others" against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban during the crackdown on the red shirts in 2010.
Thais led astray by 'dictatorship of majority'
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 15/12/2012
» 'I cannot see the future for the country unless it can develop much further than at present. Thai people mostly don't understand their own duties, don't respect other people's opinions. Democracy must be engaged with rational discussion, not the dictatorship of the majority," Constitution Court president Wasan Soipisudh said in an interview with Post Today.
Disturbing evidence emerges over 'shady' G-to-G rice deal
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 01/12/2012
» The Yingluck government faced serious allegations of collusion over the purported government-to-government (G-to-G) rice exports in this week's no-confidence debate, reported Post Today.
Why were all the economists silent for so long?
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 18/08/2012
» Nakarn Laohavilai, editor of Post Today, noted that at the beginning of the Pheu Thai government he hardly saw any economists coming out to critique the government's populist policies, which may take the country to the brink of bankruptcy.
Southern violence and killings prove tough to suppress
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 04/08/2012
» In recent weeks, the situation in the three southernmost provinces has deteriorated, with car bombs, soldiers killed on road duty and the deaths of government officials, with no let-up in sight, noted Thai Rath.
Pheu Thai weighs options over charter rewrite bid
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 21/07/2012
» The historic decision of the Constitution Court ended with only a partial victory for the Pheu Thai Party.
Government readies massive water resource projects
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 14/07/2012
» The government is to implement massive water resource projects countrywide costing 350 billion baht to permanently solve flood problems in accordance with three blueprints from the Office of National Water Resources and Flood Prevention, Science and Technology Ministry, noted Post Today.
Government cannot afford to be bull-headed
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 07/07/2012
» In a recent Suan Dusit Poll, respondents predicted that the Yingluck government will survive its full term if it postpones consideration of the constitution amendment and national reconciliation bills, noted Thai Rath.
After 80 years, it's time to rethink the past, present and future
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 30/06/2012
» On June 24, 1932, a group of junior military officers and civil servants calling themselves Khanarassadorn (citizen's group) staged a coup to seize power from the absolute monarch and turn the country into a democracy with a constitutional monarch as head of state, noted Post Today.
Red shirts at each other's throats over 'Uncle SMS' saga
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 19/05/2012
» The death in prison of Ampol Tangnoppakul or "Uncle SMS" from cancer ignited a fierce debate between red shirt academics and red shirt politicians who work for the Pheu Thai Party, noted Post Today.