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Chuvit swears he's acting on his own
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/03/2023
» Whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit has declared war against Bhumjaithai Party's cannabis policy and encouraged voters to join his crusade against allowing recreational use of cannabis at the coming poll.
Narongsak spurns offer
News, Published on 11/10/2021
» Pathum Thani governor Narongsak Osottanakorn insists he will not accept nomination as a prime ministerial candidate in the next election under the banner of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP).
No coup, deputy PM insists
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/10/2020
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon on Thursday brushed aside a call by a former yellow-shirt protest leader for a coup.
Democracy puts limits on protests
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 24/09/2017
» Just over a decade ago, friends knew they had to go to either Sanam Luang or Siam Square to find me after work. I was not there selling goods on the pavements, but instead I was being the typical democratic-minded youth looking for fairness from the government that I had not voted for.
PAD may seek donations to pay damages
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 23/09/2017
» Core members of the now-defunct People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) are hopeful they will not have to hand over the full 552 million baht they have been court-ordered to pay for the group's protests in 2008 that led to the shutting down of the capital's two main airports.
Photojournalist in the eye of the storm no more
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/10/2016
» The horrible traffic jams, the disgusting air and the "sh*tty" place at Khao San Road were the reasons that German photojournalist Nick Nostitz hated Bangkok when he first arrived in 1989. Arriving as a backpacker carrying a surfboard, the 21-year-old wrote in his diary that "I will never come back to this awful place".
Reds warn on PAD, charter vote
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 06/05/2016
» The red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) has raised questions regarding recent activities by the yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) ahead of the Aug 7 referendum.
Banned TV stations back on air, but toned down
Spectrum, Published on 14/09/2014
» Many of the satellite television stations that broadcast political content and were ordered closed when the military took power are set to return, but viewers expecting to see the same type of shows will be disappointed.
Thaksin pardon, not floods, dominate news
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/11/2011
» For the first time in many weeks, politics overtook the floods in front page interest as a rumoured royal pardon for former PM Thaksin Shinawatra provoked an angry reaction.
No claims of victory
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/11/2010
» PAD turnout outside parliament was low while inside, the government was attacked for being insincere but the opposition had little chance of getting what it wanted.