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Is justice coming back to bite the Prayut regime?
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/09/2020
» The Prayut government is good at claiming the legal high ground.
Moguls mustn't have monopoly on exit strategy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/04/2020
» Ask me. Ask salary earners who have seen their monthly incomes slashed to save their companies. Ask restaurant owners and SMEs whose business virtually disappeared overnight while expenses have continued to mount. Ask workers who were made jobless and penniless as soon as the lockdown began.
In 'proxy crisis' land, it's all got so absurd
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 24/12/2019
» Army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong said last week that the nation is facing a "proxy crisis" where the instigators cannot face the government directly so they have created agents to do so.
Was general election really free and fair?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/03/2019
» Doubt, deadlock and instability loom large over the post-election landscape.
Corruption is embedded in the sex trade
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/01/2018
» The "Victoria's Secret" police list has laid bare the failure of the military regime's anti-corruption and reform attempts.
Regime bent on digging hole for itself
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/06/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha made a major case for Thai cultural propriety with his criticism of popular mor lam sing singer Lamyai Haithongkham for wearing racy costumes and making raunchy dance moves.
How to be a model citizen for the regime
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/09/2015
» It must be a tantalising question for the military regime: why can't some Thais keep their heads down and toe the government line while waiting for democracy?
Mixed views about Thais from Singapore's statesman
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 24/03/2015
» Singapore's late founding father Lee Kuan Yew was a leader who did not mince his words, especially after he stood down as prime minister in 1990.
Obedience should not be reform goal
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 14/10/2014
» A new GPS looks as if it is needed urgently.
Our politics sets young a bad example
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/03/2014
» Since the stage is set for a long, hot summer of political discontent, with little else on the agenda but dreary repetition, I read a car review for a change over the weekend.