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MPs fail Clean Air Bill
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/10/2025
» The recurring failure to maintain a quorum during the debate on the Clean Air Bill highlights a fundamental lapse in the primary duty of members of parliament.
Competence needed
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/09/2024
» Re: "New-look cabinet to set policy agenda", (BP, Sept 5).
Why buying cannabis in Thailand might get tougher after election
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/05/2023
» The days of easily buying marijuana on the streets of Bangkok or Phuket may soon be over.
Army wary of politicking as poll approaches
News, Published on 08/04/2023
» The Fourth Army is prohibiting political parties from campaigning at restricted areas inside conscription venues, said its commander, Lt Gen Santi Sakultanak.
Army wary of politicking as election looms
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 07/04/2023
» The Fourth Army, which is responsible for southern Thailand, is prohibiting political parties from campaigning at restricted areas inside conscription venues, said its commander Lt Gen Santi Sakultanak.
PM's advisers aplenty
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/01/2023
» As the end of the government's term approaches, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appears not to be busy winding things up. Instead, he keeps adding new aides to his team at the Thai Koo Fah building.
Key issues as Malaysia gets set to go to the polls
Published on 10/10/2022
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob called for an early election on Monday, to win a stronger mandate and stabilise a rocky political landscape that has persisted in the wake of the multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal and Covid crisis.
Govt warns Bangkok governor to curb activities to prevent Covid spread
Online Reporters, Published on 17/07/2022
» The Public Health Ministry will on Monday tell Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt to limit public activities to minimise a possible coronavirus resurgence.
Colombian president's challenges: military, rebels, congress and markets
AFP, Published on 20/06/2022
» BOGOTA - Gustavo Petro, Colombia's new president, faces a plethora of challenges ahead -- from appeasing deeply suspicious military and business sectors, to ending a decades-long conflict with armed groups and garnering enough support in congress to govern.
Thailand's stance is a human-centred approach
Oped, Natapanu Nopakun, Published on 30/03/2022
» Imagine this. Within the span of a generation, former enemy states transform into top trading partners, bound together by a loose political organisation that evolves into a close alliance across open seas and vast expanses of land as decades pass. Forebears, once sworn enemies in a bloody war, give way to their descendants who now interact, trade, and work with each other with a view to foster peace and prosperity.