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Loei locals push for cable car
Post Reporters, Published on 16/03/2025
» Residents of Loei province are urging the government to move forward with the long-proposed cable car project for Phu Kradueng National Park - a proposal that has attracted strong support from the local community and business groups alike.
Casino plan could lead to Pheu Thai's downfall
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 16/03/2025
» The government's approval of casino-entertainment complexes could be a trigger for widespread opposition to the Pheu Thai-led administration.
Female politicians are 'paving way for a more inclusive future'
Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 13/03/2025
» Female politicians are paving the way for a more inclusive future in Thailand, according to Prime Minister's Office Minister Jiraporn Sindhuprai.
PM makes the Shinawatra name her own
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 10/03/2025
» Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former prime minister Thaksin, became the youngest politician, at the age of 37, and second woman following in the footsteps of her aunt Yingluck, to hold the position of premier.
The time is not ripe
News, Published on 01/03/2025
» It doesn't look like former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra -- in self-exile abroad -- will be celebrating the Songkran festival in Thailand next month after all, according to her fiercest critic responsible for her downfall.
Shoring up the auto sector
Published on 24/02/2025
» The recent announcement by the Board of Investment (BoI) that Nissan Motor Thailand will maintain its investment here, following news reports that the parent company plans to close three factories overseas, is reflective of changes in the Thai automotive industry.
Smart geopolitics starts on home front
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 21/02/2025
» According to a longstanding axiom, all politics is local. If so, then smart and crafty geopolitics must start at home with sufficient domestic political stability and consensus about how the country should navigate what is increasingly a turbulent geostrategic chessboard. Put this way, few countries can appreciate the intersection of geopolitics and domestic politics more than Thailand. Its rocky and volatile home front over the past two decades continues to impede and constrain its geostrategic projection.
Graft convict found after 10-year hunt
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/02/2025
» Suthee Chuamthaisong, who was among the 16 people who were found guilty of corruption in relation to the graft-ridden rice-pledging scheme initiated by the Yingluck Shinawatra administration, has been arrested in Khon Kaen after evading authorities for several years.
'Know-how', not 'know who'
News, Published on 15/02/2025
» The old saying that "acquiring know-how matters less than who you know" is not only prevalent but is practised in its most blatant form in elite study courses, according to observers.
Corruption still a problem
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/02/2025
» Recent news reports about Thailand’s corruption rank slipping, while hardly a surprise, attest to the fact that those fighting graft are not doing enough, which is a shame.