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PM brands free care as 'too costly'
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 02/07/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has branded the universal healthcare scheme a "costly populist" policy which helped deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra win the 2001 election.
Public must 'resist' tolerating graft
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 19/08/2014
» Civil servants must not bow to politicians and should oppose their corrupt practices, a seminar was told yesterday.
Kasem: Thailand 'mired in darkness'
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 26/04/2014
» Thailand has been mired in "a decade of darkness" resulting from the politics of populism and graft, Privy Councillor Kasem Watthanachai told a seminar yesterday.
Media gives govt 'Brother First' moniker
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 27/12/2012
» Government House reporters yesterday dubbed the Yingluck Shinawatra government Phi Khon Raek (Brother First) and the premier Poo Kanchiang (Back-Crawling Crab) in their traditional sarcastic critique of the nation's politicians.