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Section 112's return adds fuel to protest fire
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/12/2020
» The government's re-embracing of the lese majeste law has been marked by contention and dishonesty.
Using force is no way to defend the monarchy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/11/2020
» Do royalists really believe that the use of force, hate-mongering and pitching one protest against another are the best ways to defend the monarchy?
Clock ticking for PM to avoid disgrace
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/10/2020
» As the tiny specks of light from the protesters' mobile phones at the student-led rallies grow into an ever-widening galaxy of discontent by the day, the lighting along the road ahead for Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha only seems to get darker.
Temperatures may rise during red-hot October
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/09/2020
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha regime could be staring at its own Kodak moment. So too the royal-nationalistic network behind it.
Student protests herald winds of change
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/08/2020
» Something has to change.
Hitting all the wrong notes in shooting briefing
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/02/2020
» He could have shown regret. It was the morning after one of the most shocking crimes to have occurred in the country. He could have offered his condolence to the families of those who were killed and injured. He should have made it heartfelt.
Will the Empire strike back at the Skywalkers?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/12/2019
» The dark spectre of street politics has returned to a deeply polarised society, as the ruling conservatives try to hold on to their unstable coalition over a feast of shark fin soup.
Yingluck rice ruling to open old wounds
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/07/2017
» Will former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra go to jail for alleged malfeasance in administering the rice-pledging scheme?
When peace seems such an ugly word
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 06/05/2014
» The emphasis on the expression of thanks is made dramatic, as an act of sarcasm should be. Indeed, the gesture could have come across as being excessively theatrical had it not been tinged with a measure of sincerity.
Deals to end conflict hard to swallow
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/02/2014
» Now what? After political sideshows including a visit by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to a Myanmar astrologer, reportedly to ward off his bad karma, and operations to reclaim rally sites that were done with more fanfare than real effort, the question remains — what comes next in the Thai political conflict?