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In the Covid soup
News, Published on 15/05/2021
» No one wants to be in Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's shoes amid the current pandemic crisis as his political life and that of his entire cabinet depend on how he controls the damage from the third wave of Covid-19, according to political observers.
Prayut takes heavy flak
News, Published on 08/05/2021
» Calls are being made louder than ever before for Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down for his perceived mishandling of the government's response to the third outbreak of Covid-19, which has seen fatalities recorded every day for weeks.
6 opposition parties seek to oust Prayut
News, Published on 29/04/2021
» Six opposition parties on Wednesday issued a joint statement demanding Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's resignation mainly over his alleged failure to manage Covid-19 outbreaks.
Ousted Myanmar parliament plans national unity government
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/04/2021
» Myanmar’s parliament, ousted by the military on Feb 1, plans to set up a national unity government in the first week of April, according to a statement by a parallel administration of key allies of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Rights chief optimistic despite UN cold shoulder
News, Published on 23/03/2021
» Although the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) under the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (Ganhri) decided to defer the consideration of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand's (NHRCT) application for re-accreditation for 18 months, the acting chairperson of NHRCT Prakairatana Thontiravong still believes it's a positive sign as it means the SCA recognises the efforts of NHRCT to improve.
Majority want totally new constitution: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 21/03/2021
» A majority of people want to see a constitution totally rewritten by a committee whose members are elected by the people, according to a survey by National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
Protests a 'rudderless ship'
News, Published on 20/03/2021
» Experts are trying to find the rationale behind the apparent shrinking of the anti-government protests in recent weeks; the answer may lie in the convoluting and, at times contradictory, messages the movement has been sending out.
The anatomy of waning youth protests
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 19/03/2021
» By all accounts, Thailand's youth protest movement over the past year has lost steam. Its key leaders have been charged on anti-monarchy grounds and jailed without bail, while the rank-and-file are demoralised, still on the move but in thin numbers. On the other side, the incumbent centres of power have reasserted control and put down what at its peak was the most vociferous and vigorous anti-establishment movement Thailand had seen in decades.
Charter rejig ties MPs up in knots
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/03/2021
» Staunch royalist and conformist Senator Somchai Sawaengkarn recently complained about he and his colleagues' failed attempts to make the amendment of the 2017 military-sponsored constitution more difficult.
Cops 'still buying top positions'
News, Published on 28/02/2021
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) needs a major overhaul to tackle the long-standing problem of position buying among police.