Showing 1 - 10 of 15
Deals with the devil
News, Postbag, Published on 26/07/2018
» If the junta's soiree to the Northeast is not blatant touting for popularity and eventual votes, I don't know what is.
Chalerm: No foreigners at UDD rally
Online Reporters, Published on 04/04/2014
» Rumours that immigrant workers were being enlisted to join the red-shirt rally on Saturday to swell numbers were groundless, caretaker Labour Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said on Friday.
Court asked to halt Sehgal deportation
Online Reporters, Published on 07/03/2014
» An application for an injunction to halt the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order's (CMPO) attempt to deport leading Indian businessman Satish Sehgal has been filed with the Civil Court.
Chalerm in charge
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/02/2014
» Chalerm Yubamrung represents many undesirable things about Thai society, but he does get things done. Whether the things he gets done are desirable or not is, however, a matter of perspective.
Showdown? It's just window-dressing
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/02/2014
» The stage was supposedly set for a major showdown on Tuesday. What was not clear was whether it would be a make-or-break confrontation, or just another show of force by the two opposing forces, the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) and the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC).
Threat to shut down Aerothai a mile too far
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/01/2014
» The People’s Democratic Reform Committee and its militant wing, the Network of Students and People for the Reform of Thailand, appear to be emboldened by their latest move, Operation Bangkok Shutdown, which has succeeded in seizing seven major traffic choke points without any resistance from the police.
Amnesty bills: Haunted by ghost of Thaksin?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/08/2013
» Six amnesty bills this time. 25 in 81 years of Thai democracy. Who gets amnesty in each version?
Chalerm vs Somjit
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/11/2012
» Channel 7’s Somjit Nawakruasunthorn, second left, is not someone who backs away from a quarrel, even when it involves a government heavyweight like Chalerm Yubamrung, a man who seems to enjoy a good verbal fight himself.
Celebrity election failure
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/07/2011
» Celebrity means little in politics. Celebrities-turned-politicians relying on name rather than experience failed dismally.
OK, but not so special
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/07/2011
» Big campaign rallies are carefully planned performances, so the Bangkok sent two reviewers to critique yesterday's Democrat and Phue Thai final rallies.