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That old medical check-up excuse
News, Published on 07/08/2023
» There are two lingering questions in the minds of many Thais that hopefully will be unravelled this month.
Will MFP rain on Pheu Thai's parade?
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 06/05/2023
» Now that the final countdown to the national election has started, numerous opinion polls suggest strongly that while Pheu Thai is still in the lead, its aim for a landslide could be just a pipe dream given the sharp rise in popularity of the Move Forward Party (MFP) which over the past few weeks has gone from strength to strength.
New parties present faint flicker of hope
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 22/10/2022
» With lingering political polarisation, some people have been looking at alternative "third" parties, hoping they may be able to steer the country out of the challenges it faces.
Thaksin's homecoming is a price too high to pay
Oped, Published on 15/10/2022
» The next general election is now firmly on the horizon, with the Election Commission (EC) having tentatively set the date last month as being May next year.
PM kicks for touch on fuel, food prices
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/06/2022
» Wise men say putting the right man in the right job will get it done and done well. So when Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha last week assigned the National Security Council (NSC) to take the lead in tackling energy and food problems, many eyebrows were raised, questioning the rationale of such bizarre idea.
Hardship by the gross
News, Editorial, Published on 27/06/2022
» Amid skyrocketing fuel prices, many people and even some politicians have begun to question the profits being made by private refineries. The issue angering critics and consumers is what is known as the gross refining margin, or GRM, of local oil refineries.
Forum boycotts aren't the answer
Oped, Korn Chatikavanij, Published on 12/05/2022
» Today and tomorrow will see US President Joe Biden host meetings with the leaders of Asean. Eight out of 10 leaders of the bloc's member countries will be there, including Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of Thailand and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia.
Time running out for govt before next poll
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/02/2022
» The government may be alive, but it might as well be considered dead if we take into consideration all the buzz about its prospects in the next election.
PPRP stars not aligned
News, Editorial, Published on 03/02/2022
» The crushing defeat in the Jan 30 by-election has shocked the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
By-election loss bad for PPRP, worse for PM
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/02/2022
» It was a case of third time not lucky for the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), and its frontman Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha. The setback suffered by the PPRP in the by-election on Sunday for Bangkok's Constituency 9 covering Laksi and parts of Chatuchak district was its third defeat in a row.