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Little room for sentiment
Published on 27/09/2025
» Thaksin going to jail may win him and Pheu Thai some sympathy votes, but this is unlikely to transform their fortunes v Anutin Charnvirakul's cabinet picks have raised some eyebrows, but observers feel the line-up is aimed at getting things done.
Southeast Asian visitors power growth in visa-free arrivals in China
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» Visa-free entries into China by foreign nationals rose by more than half in the first eight months of the year, with visitors from Southeast Asia accounting for a big part of the growth.
Paetongtarn and the price of weak govt
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 02/09/2025
» The Constitutional Court's dismissal of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her cabinet last Friday has plunged Thailand into a political poly-crisis.
Your horoscope for Aug 22-28
Guru, Chaiyospol Hemwijit, Published on 22/08/2025
» Your spot-on horoscope for work, money and relationship from Guru by the Bangkok Post's famously accurate fortune teller. Let's see how you will fare this week and beyond.
Thai-Cambodian feud is Asean's worst
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 15/08/2025
» The border dispute and consequent military conflict between Cambodia and Thailand in recent weeks have become Asean's worst crisis in its 58 years of existence. Ironically, it was an intra-regional war between Indonesia and Malaysia that gave rise to Asean in 1967, but now an intra-Asean military clash is undermining the Southeast Asian organisation's core reason for being and its main claim to credibility and prominence. Unless Asean, under Malaysia as its rotational chair this year, moves fast to contain the bilateral dispute and reinforce a delicate ceasefire agreement, Southeast Asia will be looked upon increasingly as a region and less as an organisation of member states.
Asean's balancing act gains momentum
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 12/08/2025
» In the middle of the Covid-19 crisis, a tentative idea was raised at the Chongqing virtual meeting between Asean-China foreign ministers in June 2021, for Asean Plus Two. The two referred to the US and China. The bloc's leaders were quite worried that US-China rivalry, especially during the pandemic, would result in catastrophic outcomes for the regional economy and its integration.
‘Poland first’ president takes office in Warsaw
AFP, Published on 06/08/2025
» WARSAW - Poland’s new nationalist president Karol Nawrocki called for a “sovereign Poland” and promised to “fight those who are pushing the nation towards decline” as he was sworn in on Wednesday.
Border crisis blues
Published on 03/08/2025
» Simmering tensions along the Thai-Cambodian border have intensified the political storm in Thailand, with analysts saying the Pheu Thai-led government is rapidly losing public trust amid accusations of weak leadership, poor crisis communication, and possible secret dealings.
A glaring hole in security
Published on 02/08/2025
» With border tensions still simmering, the absence of a proper defence minister has strategic symbolic implications v The conflict with Cambodia looks increasingly likely to be very costly to Pheu Thai and the Shinawatra clan.
Your horoscope for Aug 1-7
Guru, Chaiyospol Hemwijit, Published on 01/08/2025
» Your spot-on horoscope for work, money and relationship from Guru by the Bangkok Post's famously accurate fortune teller. Let's see how you will fare this week and beyond.