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Sinopharm deal turns the screws on govt
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/06/2021
» The side-effects of the Sinopharm vaccine on the Prayut Chan-o-cha government could be deadly.
Change the only hope as Anutin flails with virus?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/04/2021
» The response by Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to calls for his resignation over his perceived failure to handle the Covid-19 outbreak properly reveals deep flaws that reinforces why he is not deserving of the portfolio.
Thai black hole grows by the day
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/04/2019
» The first photograph of a black hole was published last week. It looks a lot like Thailand after the March 24 election.
Standing still on the road to nowhere
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 24/04/2018
» Ever wonder why Thailand can't do anything about its taxis? Or overpriced lotteries? Or illegal motorcycle racing? Why do cab drivers continue to reject customers, even dump them mid-way through a journey whenever they feel like it? Why can't the authorities tackle the problems?
Legacy of regime not looking good
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/06/2017
» A lack of respectability and legitimacy in leadership will be tough challenges for any future conservative or liberal government to overcome as and when they come into power.
Regime good intentions go nowhere fast
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/04/2017
» If somebody had told Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his military backers in the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) three years ago that their grandiose dreams of reforming the nation would come down to such a humdrum attempt of banning people from sitting in pickup truck beds, would they have felt disconcerted?
Long road to a phony democracy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 12/04/2016
» The "extra question" to be attached to the charter referendum can be a game-changer -- it has laid bare the military regime's attempt to go the extra mile in prolonging its power after the election.
Charter will create hollow democracy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/03/2016
» In the country where a coup was renamed a "return of happiness" and arbitrary detention an "attitude adjustment session", it is just a natural progression for its constitution and ensuing general election to end up becoming a sham.
Going round in circles with social myths
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/10/2015
» The latest SEA Write awardee Veeraporn Nitiprapha said one striking thing in an interview: how large parts of our lives, and more specifically the prolonged political conflict, have been shaped by social myths.
Unity can’t be forged if you have no say
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 02/09/2014
» The Prayuth Chan-ocha "military cabinet" has generated less buzz this week than the news that Hello Kitty is not actually a cat (She's a British girl).