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The architects of this ruinous mess must go
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/11/2020
» Is it time to accept that we are witnessing an unbridgeable divide, a fissure so wide and deep no force no matter how mighty can narrow it let alone the mere band-aid solution of a reconciliation committee?
Clock ticking for PM to avoid disgrace
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/10/2020
» As the tiny specks of light from the protesters' mobile phones at the student-led rallies grow into an ever-widening galaxy of discontent by the day, the lighting along the road ahead for Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha only seems to get darker.
Temperatures may rise during red-hot October
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/09/2020
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha regime could be staring at its own Kodak moment. So too the royal-nationalistic network behind it.
Student protests herald winds of change
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/08/2020
» Something has to change.
The 'face of govt' is now turning into a liability
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/11/2019
» The government must have thought they possessed a lethal weapon in firebrand MP Pareena Kraikupt. After all, she is fierce, fearless and also appeared morally as well as intellectually flexible enough to mount attacks with logic, or a total lack thereof, as long as it served her purpose of riling her opponents.
Army chief sings out hateful blast from gory past
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/02/2019
» The anti-communist song <i>Nak Phandin</i> or "Useless Weight to the Land" is so loaded with hateful political baggage it could have sunk army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong's career.
Gen Prayut's clumsy foray into politics
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/09/2018
» So Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has officially expressed his interest in politics. Admittedly, the "breaking news" moment came a little late as he has been in government for more than four years. It would seem Gen Prayut is behind the curve, even with his own political future.
Regime can buy time but not trust
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 30/01/2018
» 'What's the fuss about a delay of just 90 days?'' government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd fretted as the military regime faced criticism over yet another national poll delay.
Gloating and gloom as poll results set in
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/08/2016
» One thing has not changed, and if this one thing turns out to be the military regime's legacy, the overwhelming victory in Sunday's charter vote, and by extension an increased sense of legitimacy for the top brass, will become yet another episode of the entrenchment of political divisiveness in Thailand.
Failed putsch in Turkey vexes NCPO
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/07/2016
» The record speaks for itself: more than a dozen successful coups in 84 years of Thailand's democracy. That is one for about every six years. Apparently, it does not look like the Thai army will go cold Turkey on the business of coup-making any time soon.