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Allow peaceful protests
News, Postbag, Published on 22/02/2018
» I fully sympathise with those protesting against the junta's reneging on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's promise, made in a press release co-signed by US President Donald Trump, to hold free and fair elections this November. They have every right to peacefully protest within the law.
Allow judicial criticism
News, Editorial, Published on 19/04/2019
» When law lecturer-turned-politician Piyabutr Saengkanokkul read out a statement by his Future Forward Party (FFP) on the Constitutional Court's dissolution of the Thai Raksa Chart Party in March, it did not cause him much trouble.
Weed vendors sentenced
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/12/2022
» Six vendors in the Thong Lor area arrested for violating a cannabis and hemp control regulation were sentenced to two months in jail, suspended for two years and fined 5,000 baht each.
BMA lets vendors back on the streets
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/01/2020
» City Hall on Tuesday started to allow vendors back on footpaths in selected areas after 600 vending areas throughout Bangkok were scrapped two years ago under the "pavement-management policy" of the now-dissolved National Council for Peace and Order.
Time to end war on city's vendors
News, Editorial, Published on 08/12/2019
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has reaffirmed its tough stance on sweeping vendors off city pavements by Dec 31, denying previous media reports it would allow vendors back but with certain restrictions. Such a harsh policy will see the capital in tumult.
PM must allow scrutiny
News, Editorial, Published on 30/11/2019
» For a coup maker such as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha -- whose former military regime issued over 500 orders and turned them into laws and regulations after the 2014 putsch -- taking questions from and being grilled by those affected by his actions must be a scenario that is hard for him to swallow.
Revenue eyes online vendors
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/11/2020
» The Revenue Department has started to send notification letters to online merchants that have income at the threshold of personal income tax liability.
Woman moans about vendors
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/03/2018
» A woman living about 50 metres from the five illegal fresh markets identified at Seri Villa housing estate in Prawet district, has complained that a new market has sprung up close to her house.
Vendors have their place
News, Editorial, Published on 05/11/2018
» Over the past years, Bangkok has witnessed conflicts between the state, especially city administration, and street vendors.
Street fighting food vendors
Life, Published on 13/03/2019
» The bustling cities of Bangkok and Hong Kong have many things in common. One of them is, of course, their reputation as havens for street food.