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Is it bye-bye Pheu Thai?
Published on 23/08/2025
» The ruling Pheu Thai Party is in freefall with no sign of bottoming out. However, the pressing question is: Can the party reverse its decline in time for the next election, which could come sooner rather than later?
Thailand's costly political shenanigans
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 22/08/2025
» In a country of 70 million where a handful of men can remove an elected government time and again, there can be no stability and progress, only tension and regression. This is how Thailand can be characterised over the past two decades. It is now going through yet another cycle of heightened political instability with the potential collapse of the government under suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in the footsteps of previous leaders who were similarly ousted by the Constitutional Court.
A difference of opinion
News, Published on 16/08/2025
» When the moment of truth came -- that Thailand had been slapped with a 19% tariff by the US, down from the originally threatened 36% -- several implications for the government were spelt out by experts, both positive and cautionary.
Musk accuses Apple of unfairly favouring OpenAI on iPhone
Published on 12/08/2025
» Elon Musk lashed out against Apple Inc’s app store practices late on Monday, accusing the iPhone maker of favouring OpenAI.
House called in to debate budget cuts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/08/2025
» House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha has called a special parliamentary session from Wednesday to Friday to deliberate the 3.78-trillion-baht budget after the review panel trimmed nearly nine billion baht and reallotted funds to seven agencies, reports say.
Thai asset rally set to extend on tariff relief, foreign inflows
Published on 11/08/2025
» The Thai baht’s rally this quarter looks poised to extend, fuelled by easing trade tensions and a resurgence of foreign interest in local equities.
'Old guard' weighs idea of outsider PM
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 09/08/2025
» As the Constitutional Court is set to hand down a ruling against suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for her controversial phone call with Cambodian strongman Hun Sen that was later leaked, most political pundits remain downbeat on her prospects. Should she be dismissed, the ruling Pheu Thai Party would have to form a new cabinet.
Trump sacks data chief over poor job numbers
Published on 02/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has fired a top Labor Department official after the release of unexpectedly weak employment figures, accusing her without evidence of manipulating the figures to make his administration look bad.
Cambodia to compete in SEA Games despite fights at border
Sports, Post Reporters, Published on 01/08/2025
» Cambodia has confirmed they will send their national athletes to compete in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Thailand later this year despite the border conflict between the two nations.
Pheu Thai earns poor marks
Business, Published on 28/07/2025
» The government led by Paetongtarn Shinawatra is set to complete its first year in office this September.