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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 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.
Can government survive rising cost of living crisis?
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 12/05/2012
» 'If elected to government, [the party] will not disappoint the people. The first thing we will do is decrease the cost of living. Gasoline 95 will come down by 7.5 baht/litre, gasoline 91 down by 6.7 baht/litre and diesel down by 2.2 baht/litre".
Rational discussion has degenerated, says Phumtham
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 05/05/2012
» Within a few weeks, the 111 former executives of the disbanded Thai Rak Thai Party, the precursor of the Pheu Thai Party, will be freed from their five-year political ban, noted Post Today.
Corruption plagues government's rice-pledging scheme
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 28/04/2012
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said in a recent interview that the government was successful in carrying out its paddy pledging scheme for the main rice crop last year as promised during its election campaign, noted Thai Rath, adding that the administration is now carrying out its pledging scheme for the second rice crop during the dry season.
Democrats on a new tack against Yingluck
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 24/03/2012
» The Democrat Party is temporarily shelving the issue of the constitution rewrite to concentrate on rising prices of goods and fuels, noted Post Today.