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Paetongtarn joins ‘mini-NDC’ advisory board
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 22/03/2024
» Pheu Thai Party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been appointed as one of three advisory board members for the first national defence curriculum for young executives, also known as the mini-NDC course.
His PR went to sleep
Published on 18/03/2024
» Re: "Power lunch", (BP's lead photo, March 16) and "Thaksin tours old power base", (BP's lead photo, March 15).
The Thaksin factor in Thai politics
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 15/03/2024
» Thai politics in the near term will likely be dominated by the fate of the two largest vote winners from the general election in May 2023, the Move Forward (MFP) and Pheu Thai parties. While the MFP is at risk of another dissolution, the same as its predecessor Future Forward Party suffered in 2020, Pheu Thai's political future appears to hinge on Thaksin Shinawatra and his return from exile in what is believed to be a deal that follows the assumption of the premiership under Srettha Thavisin, and for Thaksin, a royal pardon and early release on parole.
Authorities target land reform graft
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/03/2024
» An investigation into land encroachment in Khao Yai National Park has been launched, with authorities vowing to seize properties built on plots reserved for landless farmers and punish all officials involved.
Trans brawl reveals 'a lot'
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/03/2024
» Despite police denials, the recent street brawls between Thai and Filipina transsexuals on Sukhumvit exposed the existence of an underground sex business in this bustling nightlife spot of Bangkok.
Chaiwat 'has proof' for park land claim
News, Published on 05/03/2024
» National parks chief Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn insists that there is proof that the land at the centre of a dispute with the Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) is part of Khao Yai National Park.
Parks chief sued for removing reform land markers
Online Reporters, Published on 04/03/2024
» The Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) has stepped up pressure in its dispute with national parks chief Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn, moving to charge him with illegally removing markers it had placed demarcating agricultural land adjacent to Khao Yai.
MFP must dare to rebuke dubious deals
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/03/2024
» Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's first foreign visitor since his release on early parole from Police General Hospital on Feb 18 was Cambodian Supreme Privy Council President Hun Sen.
New life on the buses?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/03/2024
» Two weeks ago, the cabinet appointed a new board for the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA). This 48-year-old public mass transit body has a bad reputation as a poorly run state enterprise with a gigantic toxic debt.
