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Critics warn Thai ex-PM Thaksin off politics
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/08/2024
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and the new government could be in trouble if they allow themselves to be controlled by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, according to political observers.
Thai army needs to march to a new tune
Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/05/2023
» I always get feelings of fear when I hear the army's famous propaganda song, Nak Paendin, which in Thai means "burden of the country". As a child born during the 1970s, this song reminds me of military putsches.
Jockeying for leverage
News, Published on 10/07/2022
» A recent visit to Thailand by Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi as part of his two-week diplomatic mission comes as both nations mark the 10th anniversary of the China-Thailand strategic cooperative partnership.
Drug war reckoning
News, Postbag, Published on 13/02/2022
» Re: "Expansive gestures from hopeful leaders," (Opinion, Jan 10) and "Thaksin's war on drugs a crime against humanity," (Opinion, Dec 13, 2013).
Let humans judge, not AI
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 25/11/2019
» When the Supreme Court President Slaikate Wattanapan pictures the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on the future of court affairs, an image of "Supreme Intelligence", a fictional character in Marvel Comics Universe, flashes in.
Revamp the military
News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2019
» Let's briefly consider local geopolitics and the Thai military. Thailand needs China like it needs another coup. However, China needs Thailand for a variety of reasons. The US has had a longstanding favourable relationship with Thailand and is its most powerful ally.
A celebration of Harvey Milk
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 19/12/2018
» The US embassy in Bangkok and the Harvey Milk Foundation will host two events in Bangkok on Thursday, with the foundation's co-founder, human- and LGBT-rights advocate Stuart Milk taking part in the public discussion.
'My country's got' these socio-political ills
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 02/11/2018
» The explosive Rap Against Dictatorship music video that has taken Thailand by storm has raised myriad socio-political questions and issues. Known in Thai as Prathet Ku Mee, the sensational music video has been viewed on YouTube more than 25 million times in just 10 days in a country of 69 million people, a feat in its own right and a record for its artistic kind in Thailand. How this five-minute rap song in the Thai language has done so much says a lot about where Thailand has been and where it is going.
Govt vote-catcher 'fails to woo public'
News, Published on 08/10/2018
» The taxpayer-funded Thai Niyom Yangyuen (Sustainable Thainess) programme may not be well-known to many people mainly because it is not a populist scheme, according to government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd.
Asean media under attack
News, Editorial, Published on 22/01/2018
» A free press is the key test of whether a nation has true freedom of speech. Across the region, every country is failing the test. In communist Vietnam and all the way to the resurgent army controllers in Myanmar, governments are arresting, imprisoning and strongly intimidating the media.