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Abbot sends temple cash details to CIB
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/09/2025
» A lawyer representing Phra Kukrit Sotthiphalo, abbot of Wat Na Pa Phong in Khlong Luang district of Pathum Thani, submitted clarification documents to the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) yesterday, following an allegation of misusing temple funds between 2012 and 2016.
Thai Minority Governments then and now
Published on 09/09/2025
» Now that Anutin Charnvirakul has been elected as Thailand’s 32nd Prime Minister, a coalition led by the Bhumjaithai Party is preparing to form a minority government. Thailand has seen such a scenario before, most notably in 1975 under Prime Minister M.R. Kukrit Pramoj. This raises the question of whether the Anutin administration may face a similar fate.
Thaksin's magic and influence fading
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 26/07/2025
» Pheu Thai's de facto leader, Thaksin Shinawatra, joined a dinner with coalition parties earlier this week in an effort to revitalise the ruling party. Yet the outcome was far from reassuring.
Adding fuel to the fire
Business, Published on 30/06/2025
» The unpredictable Israel-Iran conflict is intensifying the disorder overwhelming the Pheu Thai Party's coalition government.
Casino bill latest throw of the dice
Oped, Published on 29/01/2025
» The Thai government is once again struggling to establish a consistent and enforceable policy on gambling, hoping to win big on tourists, revenue, and jobs. This is the latest twist in more than a century of shifting approaches to games of chance.
Final chapter for beloved 'Tuay Toon' magazine
Online Reporters, Published on 03/09/2024
» One of the country's oldest and best-loved magazines, <i>Tuay Toon</i>, is being shut down after "edutaining" readers for more than 50 years.
It's getting to be tough at the top
Roger Crutchley, Published on 25/08/2024
» In these turbulent times around the globe you wonder why anyone would aspire to be a prime minister, president, dictator, despot, tyrant or whatever. Even in Amazing Thailand it can't be much fun being the PM. Just imagine waking up every morning and realising you are responsible for 71 million Thai citizens, all probably with some kind of grievance. Most of us have enough problems looking just after ourselves … and maybe the dog.
Veteran politician Anan Chaisang dies, aged 96
Online Reporters, Published on 24/11/2023
» Anan Chaisang, a veteran politician of Chachoengsao province, died on Thursday of old age. He was 96.
No to dictatorship
News, Published on 26/06/2023
» Re: "Thailand's policy on Myanmar stinks," (BP, June 23).
Pin-up stars
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/04/2023
» In the erotic novel Hom Dok Praduan (1968), Rong Wongsawan hints that a teenager fondled his flesh in front of her. “On the door is a cover photo of a socialite in Bangkok. Clad in her swimsuit, she allows waves to break on her thighs. But someone with restless hands drew overgrown grass so that he can rub it gently until it is torn. (In Mathayom 4, he often fantasised about her. The first syllable of her name begins with the mor letter. He feels thankful whenever she comes into his mind [...]).”