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Flight ban on disabled tourist investigated
Post Reporters, Published on 09/02/2023
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken up a four-year-old case in which an airline refused boarding to an Israeli tourist using an electric wheelchair.
Bid to limit power of senators fails to make quorum
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/02/2023
» Opposition MPs on Wednesday voiced their displeasure after a joint sitting of parliament to consider charter amendment proposals to curb the power of senators in electing the prime minister failed again to make a quorum.
MP offers May 7 poll date
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/02/2023
» The House is expected to be dissolved on March 15 and a general election held on May 7, according to Chinnaworn Boonyakiat, a Democrat Party MP for Nakhon Si Thammarat who also serves as a deputy chief government whip.
Pressure on SSO to hold board vote
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 08/02/2023
» Labour and migrant workers' rights advocacy groups are stepping up pressure on the Social Security Office (SSO) to honour its promise to hold an election to pick its board members next month.
Hong Kong's largest national security trial begins
AFP, Published on 06/02/2023
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's largest national security trial opened Monday with dozens of pro-democracy figures accused of trying to topple the government in a case critics say reflects the criminalisation of dissent in the Chinese territory.
MFP vows to end '3 Por' grip on govt
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/02/2023
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) vowed to take the "Three Por Generals" out of politics and rewrite the constitution during an election campaign event in the North over the weekend.
Graft is still pervasive
News, Editorial, Published on 06/02/2023
» Thailand's latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) score saw it "improve" by nine places to 101st out of 180 countries. However, despite the positive trajectory, it is too soon to start celebrating just yet.
Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf dies
AFP, Published on 05/02/2023
» ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's exiled former military ruler Pervez Musharraf died in a Dubai hospital on Sunday aged 79 after a long illness, the army said.
PM's co-existence plan under fire
News, Editorial, Published on 05/02/2023
» Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha in his capacity as chairman of the National Security Council recently launched an action plan to encourage peaceful coexistence in Thailand.
Japan PM sacks aide for homophobic comment
Published on 04/02/2023
» TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday sacked a close aide after he made remarks about sexual minorities that the premier called "outrageous".