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Draft seeks to erode checks and balances
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/02/2016
» Less than a week after the unveiling of the revised draft charter, written by the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) under Meechai Ruchupan, it has drawn a chorus of criticism. There are explicit and justified reasons for several groups of people not to agree with the new version.
Paiboon calls for new push in drugs war
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/10/2015
» Border cooperation and help for farmers are key to preventing trafficking of precursor chemicals and providing alternative socio-economic development plans for drug-producing nations, said Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya Monday.
Experts: China links vital for prosperity
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/09/2015
» Thailand should reap the benefits of its relations with China to turn both the country and Asean into a peaceful power in the regional political and security arena, experts suggested at a seminar.
Rights, liberty and restraint emerge from the storm
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/12/2013
» The Yingluck Shinawatra government's show of restraint towards anti-government protesters has paid off as a stream of international support pours in.
US government in partial funding shutdown
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/10/2013
» WASHINGTON - The United States government began a partial funding shutdown on Oct 1, the first since the Clinton era 17 years ago, idling up to 800,000 federal employees, closing national parks and halting some services after Congress failed to break a partisan deadlock by a midnight deadline.
New ambassador Ning pledges China-Thailand partnerships
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/09/2013
» China intends to work in partnership with Thailand to develop its railways, water management, clean energy and education, says its new ambassador to Thailand, Ning Fukai.
Bill 'runs risk of trampling public rights'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/09/2013
» The government's decision to press ahead with the 2.2-trillion-baht borrowing bill for overhauling infrastructure risks trampling on the public's rights, a seminar was told.
B2 trillion 'not a blank cheque'
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 31/08/2013
» The government's determination to borrow 2 trillion baht for infrastructure megaprojects without proper feasibility studies has come in for heavy criticism.
Don't let the 'Thaksin ghost' haunt our reconciliation
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/08/2013
» The different amnesty bills, although they vary in detail, cause similarly large levels of public anxiety. The problem is not the legal loopholes in each version, but the fear that, given the highly polarised politics involved, the government's amnesty push could lead to a deadly collision.
Train debt plan opens tax reform opportunity
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/04/2013
» Parliament's decision last week to pass the first reading of the 2-trillion-baht borrowing bill overhauling the nation's infrastructure has boosted foreign investors' confidence in the Yingluck administration.