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Thai cannabis advocates plan mass rally on July 7
Online Reporters, Published on 25/06/2025
» Cannabis advocates in Thailand plan a mass rally at the headquarters of the Ministry of Public Health on July 7 to protest against the government’s campaign to recriminalise the plant three years after it was removed from the national narcotics list.
Minister's wife defends mansion
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/06/2025
» Nuansakul Bamrungpong, wife of former public health minister Cholnan Srikaew, has deflected criticism of the couple's recently unveiled mansion.
Population time bomb
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/02/2025
» Beyond Valentine's red roses and the festivities of this month of love lies a sobering reality: more Thais than ever prefer living a single life than getting married, according to government agencies.
Second charter amendment session collapses
Published on 14/02/2025
» A joint sitting of MPs and senators to examine charter amendment bills aimed at establishing a Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) collapsed on Friday for a second consecutive day for lack of a quorum.
Provincial Administrative Organisation polls 'not a threat to the coalition govt'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/01/2025
» Fierce competition between the ruling Pheu Thai Party and Bhumjaithai in the Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) elections in 47 provinces on Feb 1 will not threaten the unity of the coalition government, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Tuesday.
House passes committee bill
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 20/12/2024
» A bill that will allow parliamentary committees to punish state officials who fail to attend parliamentary inquiries has sailed through its second and third readings in the House of Representatives.
A touch of golf therapy
News, Published on 10/08/2024
» A recent Shinawatra weekend retreat to Khao Yai was anything but private and set tongues wagging as to why Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul paid a surprise visit to the family.
More work ahead on dope change
Editorial, Published on 28/07/2024
» The government's backtracking from its plan to relist cannabis as a narcotic drug is a step in the right direction. The reversal was ordered by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Tuesday, just days before a meeting of the Narcotics Control Board (NCB).
Control law will pass, Anutin says
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 26/07/2024
» Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul appeared optimistic yesterday that a bill on controlling cannabis will be passed into law within the tenure of the current coalition government, while a health advocacy group called for a total ban on using cannabis for recreational purposes.
Pheu Thai to rally base in Thailand's Surin province
Published on 21/07/2024
» Paroled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra's recent visit to Surin, one of the lower northeastern provinces, has raised questions about whether the region will become a key battleground in the next general election.