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40 years on, veterans still grapple with Soviet-Afghan war
AFP, Published on 23/12/2019
» KABUL: At his home in the mountains north of Kabul, former mujahideen fighter Shah Sulaiman closed his damaged eyes, took a sip of green tea and thought bitterly of Afghanistan's war against the Soviet Union that started four decades ago.
Graft panel picks may ruffle feathers
News, Published on 09/11/2019
» A proxy war is being played out between the government and the opposition in the House standing committee on corruption.
Regional meet starts with anti-drugs call
News, Published on 27/08/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has opened the Asean Inter Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) by calling on it to increase efforts against narcotics and marine debris.
Even hand needed in share cases
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/06/2019
» The ongoing tit-for-tat game which is being played out in the Constitutional Court between the opposition Future Forward Party (FFP) and the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), the core government party, is typical of Thailand's gutter politics whereby opposing parties are always at each other's throat until one of them is choked to death. Because of the high political stakes involved, it appears that there will be no compromises and no prisoners taken.
Brave MPs a ray of hope
News, Published on 08/06/2019
» With political parties fighting tooth and nail for key cabinet portfolios and doing whatever it takes to have a chance to join a coalition government, two of them have let their principles and honesty take a back seat to the power grabbing.
Goodbye Abhisit, or see you later?
News, Published on 08/06/2019
» When Abhisit Vejjajiva stepped down as leader of the Democrat Party over its failure to retain most of its constituency seats in the March 24 election, some critics went as far as to call on him to give up his party-list seat to take responsibility for the party's worst election defeat.
Twitter slams PM vote with #RIPTHAILAND
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/06/2019
» Many Twitter users have been venting their disappointment with the result of parliament's vote to select the prime minister late on Wednesday night, making the hashtag #RIPTHAILAND Thailand's most popular Twitter trend.
Twitter slams PM vote with #RIPTHAILAND
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/06/2019
» Many Twitter users have been venting their disappointment with the result of parliament's vote to select the prime minister late on Wednesday night, making the hashtag #RIPTHAILAND Thailand's most popular Twitter trend.
Abhisit quits as Dems prop up PPRP govt
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 06/06/2019
» Veteran politician Abhisit Vejjajiva announced his resignation as a Democrat Party MP during a joint parliamentary sitting to select the next prime minister yesterday, saying he respected the party's decisions but his commitment to the public good was "greater".
Future Forward seeks suspension of 30 MPs
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/06/2019
» The Future Forward Party (FFP) wants the Constitutional Court to suspend 30 MPs, mostly from the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), pending a judgement on their alleged holding of shares in media companies.