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Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/04/2022
» The buzz over #khaonieomamuang and #MILLILiveatCoachella seems to have an ironic twist with Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha jumping on the bandwagon and claiming he was the one who nudged Thailand to develop its "soft power" to attract the world's attention.
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 30/06/2020
» The backlash against Narumon Pinyosinwat, the government spokeswoman recently promoted to head the ruling Palang Pracharath Party's economic team, reflects just the tail end of the administration's failures.
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/07/2019
» Christmas seems to have come early in the form of wishful thinking wrapped up as the new government's policies, which were submitted to the parliament for debate on Thursday.
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/01/2019
» The smog is thick but even hazier is the information around it. What should be considered safe levels? Should the public rely on real-time measurement or a 24-hour mean? At what point should the situation be considered a public health crisis?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 24/07/2018
» While all eyes were fixed on the dramatic Tham Luang cave rescue, the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) approved the 20-year national strategy in a unanimous 179-0 vote. Under the plan, with binding effects for future governments and penalties for non-compliance, Thailand will become a fair and equitable society by 2036.
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/03/2018
» How do we read this? A majority of people want new political parties to form a government after the next general election but the incumbent Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha remains the most popular choice to be prime minister, according to a latest opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration or Nida Poll.
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/11/2017
» If the government is not suffering from irrational exuberance, then something must have gone amiss. For it's bothersome to see Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak declare there will be no poor people in Thailand next year, only to be met with the scathing response: "Of course, all the poor will have died by then."
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/10/2017
» Will Bangkok see major floods again? That question has been on the mind of many city dwellers after an overnight deluge last weekend gave rise to rumours that more heavy rain is on the way plus a familiar yet unsettling warning for people to move their belongings to higher ground.
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.
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?