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Paetongtarn must avoid past trends
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/10/2023
» It came as no surprise that Paetongtarn Shinawatra, former prime minister Thaksin's youngest daughter, was overwhelmingly voted as the new leader of the Pheu Thai Party on Friday.
Vaccine buy bears up to scrutiny
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/01/2021
» Thank you Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Progressive Movement, for helping shed the light on the initiative of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the founding of a pharmaceutical firm, Siam Bioscience, 12 years ago, which was not widely known among Thais outside medical circles.
It's a question of social responsibility
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/04/2015
» An incident at a Bangkok mall on Sunday night raises serious questions about the accountability and social responsibility of the management of the many giant shopping centres now dominating the city.
Judge NCPO by its performance, not by opinion polls
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/08/2014
» Bangkok University's Krungthep Poll came out last week with the latest opinion survey on the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) showing it had scored 6.9 points out of 10 for its first three-month performance. By comparison, for that same time period, the Yingluck government scored 4.49 points, and the Abhisit government 3.82 points.
Why respect the law if the govt doesn't?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/11/2013
» The government’s expansion of the enforcement of the Internal Security Act to cover all of Bangkok and Nonthaburi and Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani’s Lat Lum Kaew district is meaningless, as it has already been defied by thousands and thousands of protesters
First step in a long and difficult journey
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/03/2013
» Despite all the criticism of the historic signing of the agreement to launch peace talks with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist organisation on Feb 28 in Kuala Lumpur, the Pheu Thai-led government appears to have won popular support and, as such, scored political points for the initiative.
Narathiwat attacks come as no surprise
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/03/2013
» The two bomb blasts that wounded one soldier and four civilians on Friday in Narathiwat might have been intended by the perpetrators to send a message that they are against or are not interested in the olive branch extended by the government.
Overestimating Pitak Siam's power
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/11/2012
» I couldn't agree more with Korkaew Pikulthong's objection to the proposed use of the Internal Security Act (ISA)in parts of Bangkok to deal with the Pitak Siam-initiated anti-government rally scheduled to take place this Saturday at the Royal Plaza.
Seh Ai toying with numbers
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/11/2012
» General Boonlert Kaewprasit appears to be fond of toying with numbers. Before Pitak Siam's Oct 28 anti-government rally at the Royal Turf Club, or Nang Loerng race course, the retired general said it would be the first but also the last if it managed to attract only a few thousand participants.
Eight years after Tak Bai, and no closer to peace
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/10/2012
» Today is the eighth anniversary of the Tak Bai tragedy – one of the worst blunders ever committed by the military in the restive deep South.