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Justice for Wanchalearm
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/02/2024
» Ban Chan Song La residence in Bangkok has become a new political destination in Thai politics following convicted former PM Thaksin Shinawatra's release on parole last Sunday.
Party bans no solution
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/04/2023
» Now the election is drawing near, concerns are arising over certain political tactics that may derail the government formation process, particularly if conservative factions cannot win a majority.
Time for drug policy rethink
News, Editorial, Published on 17/01/2021
» The deaths of nine people last week from the overdose of a deadly "new" drug -- a combination of heroin, ketamine, methamphetamine and sleep medication -- is a shock.
Bangkok poll hopes rise
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/01/2021
» As 2021 has begun, the Prayut government should consider making a positive response to the Bangkokians' wish list: speed up the Bangkok governor election -- as well as the remaining local elections that have been frozen for almost seven years.
Mobile meetings just for show
News, Editorial, Published on 10/11/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his cabinet are set to take a trip to three provinces to the west of Bangkok, namely Ratchaburi, Kanchanaburi and Suphan Buri tomorrow for a mobile cabinet meeting. The two-day trip will be the first mobile cabinet meeting after Gen Prayut formed his Palang Pracharath-led coalition government in early July this year.
Govt at risk of early demise
News, Editorial, Published on 05/07/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has at long last finalised his cabinet line-up. But the unofficial list of his 36-member cabinet, leaked to the media, neither gives the public a sense of disappointment nor one of hope.
Witch-hunts must end
News, Editorial, Published on 12/06/2019
» More than forty years ago, anti-monarchy accusations were among the propaganda tools used by far-right elements against student activists in the lead-up to the crackdown and massacre of at least 41 of them in October 1976.
Stark choices await Jurin
News, Editorial, Published on 17/05/2019
» As the Democrat Party's share of the electoral dividends in the March 24 polls was unprecedentedly thin, its newly elected leader Jurin Laksanavisit has an uphill task in restoring the Democrats' lost popularity.
EC must show share proof
News, Editorial, Published on 25/04/2019
» If you think the media share-holding allegation against Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has similarities with the share-concealment charge against Thaksin Shinawatra prior to him becoming premier, think again. They are not comparable.
The stupidity has to stop
News, Editorial, Published on 24/04/2019
» The cost of stupidity. That was the term used by the Thai media to describe the 11.8-billion-baht in compensation that the government has to pay Hopewell (Thailand) Co, the developer of the unfinished mega-transport project, following a ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court on Monday.