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Reshuffle ruffles some
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/05/2024
» The first cabinet reshuffle under the Srettha Thavisin government aims to enhance efficiency, particularly in advancing economic stimulus initiatives, as the government plans to introduce additional populist programmes to attract votes in the next election, academics say.
Charter rewrite arouses suspicions
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/01/2024
» The charter amendment process is now in motion, but many are questioning if it will truly be about serving the public interest, or whether it is a strategy by the Pheu Thai-led government to cling to power.
Sathit's twin challenge
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 06/03/2022
» Democrat veteran Sathit Pitutecha is now wearing two hats, one as deputy public health minister and the other as chair of the parliamentary panel scrutinising two organic laws related to the new election system.
No 'one-size fits all' model suited for lockdowns, experts say
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 25/07/2021
» Thailand is struggling with soaring Covid-19 infections with more than 14,000 new cases a day. The Public Health Ministry has flagged a tougher lockdown like the one imposed by the Chinese government in Wuhan last year as it mulls how to tackle the fast-spreading Delta variant.
New threats for post-Covid-19 age
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 11/05/2020
» The most powerful weapon to deal with security issues, in the opinion of National Security Council (NSC) secretary-general Somsak Roongsita, is an intangible asset everyone has but may not necessarily harness to its fullest.
Media revolution gains pace
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 06/01/2020
» Businesses with antiquated practices harking back to the previous century have to work harder to catch up with fast-changing digital technology, experts say.
Telling difficult stories
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 30/06/2019
» A 40-year-old grandmother in the northeastern province of Roi Et brought her 3-year-old granddaughter to police and asked to lodge a complaint against her new 50-year-old husband who she believed had sexually abused the girl.
Passing laws regime's biggest success
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 20/05/2017
» Three years after the 2014 coup, the task of enacting legislation stands out as the most concrete achievement of the regime and the bodies it has appointed, observers say.
Remote village makes its own destiny
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 07/01/2017
» Tourism sometimes can be a threat to remote and traditionally reserved villages. But a village in Ban Phamon in a mountain range in Chiang Mai's Doi Inthanon National Park knows not only how to cope with tourists, but has devised its own tourism management plan best suited to them and the visitors.
Bean there, done that
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 19/11/2016
» Many royally supported projects have brought with them prosperity and improved standards of living for those who in the process have learned to persevere, innovate and become entrepreneurial.