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Barcodes on ballots could violate secret voting rules
Online Reporters, Published on 13/02/2026
» A heated debate has erupted online over barcodes and QR codes printed on election ballots, with voters questioning whether the codes could be used to trace who voted for whom, potentially violating constitutional guarantees of ballot secrecy.
'Kiki' Google's most-searched for definition in Thailand this year
Published on 12/12/2025
» As 2025 draws to a close, Google's Year in Search reveals the terms that captured Thai curiosity throughout the year. These top ten "What is...?" searches, ranging from political slang to cultural phenomena, reflect the events, trends and moments that shaped Thailand's collective conversation in 2025.
Election Commission warns parties over fake members
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 04/11/2025
» The Election Commission (EC) has warned political parties that falsifying membership registrations using citizens' names or ID numbers is a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment and fines.
Voters complain falsely registered as members of political parties
Online Reporters, Published on 03/11/2025
» Thai social media users have reported finding their names listed as members of political parties without their consent.
Thai Minority Governments then and now
Published on 09/09/2025
» Now that Anutin Charnvirakul has been elected as Thailand’s 32nd Prime Minister, a coalition led by the Bhumjaithai Party is preparing to form a minority government.Thailand has seen such a scenario before, most notably in 1975 under Prime Minister M.R. Kukrit Pramoj. This raises the question of whether the Anutin administration may face a similar fate.
Time for Thai govt, BRN to talk
Oped, Matt Wheeler, Published on 12/03/2025
» Dialogue between the Thai government and Malay separatists marked its 12-year anniversary on Feb 28, but violence in the southernmost provinces remains an open wound on the Thai body politic. A dreadful routine of bombings, shootings and clashes in these provinces has killed some 7,680 people since 2004, yet the simmering violence goes largely unnoticed outside the region.
America mourns Jimmy Carter at state funeral
AFP, Published on 09/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Jimmy Carter was to be honoured on Thursday with a state funeral at Washington's National Cathedral, amid a groundswell of tributes honoring the 39th US president and the last from the so-called Greatest Generation.
Tough security law dims Hong Kong's lustre
Oped, Published on 28/03/2024
» There was no hint of dissent in Hong Kong's Legislative Council as its 88 members passed Article 23, a piece of draconian domestic Security legislation which "complements" Beijing's own 2020 Security stamp on the Special Administrative Region.
King Charles' blue tie speaks volumes to Greeks
Published on 05/12/2023
» NEW YORK - Can a tie really bind you to an opinion? Greek and British journalists traded flurries of speculation last week after King Charles III wore a bright blue cravat (and matching pocket square) as he addressed the COP28 climate conference in Dubai.
Anwar Ibrahim's quiet triumph in Malaysia
Oped, Published on 07/11/2023
» The path from political prisoner to political power is by no means well-trodden, but those who have made the arduous journey in recent decades include luminaries such as Nelson Mandela, Jawaharlal Nehru, Aung San Suu Kyi, Michelle Bachelet, and Vaclav Havel. To this august group must be added Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who, after nine years in prison, is now showing the same zeal as Mandela did for institutional and economic reform rooted in democratic values.