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Healthcare both bother and boon for fickle Prayut
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/10/2019
» Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's defence of his position on the universal healthcare scheme during the budget debate last week was a relatively short, less colourful one by his fiery standards. Yet, it was a speech that deserves our attention.
Post-coup vision of Thai politics bleak
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/07/2017
» Will there be an election? Will Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha return to the top seat under an outsider quota? Will a love-all, serve-all ticket win Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul a chance? Or will the country see a second female PM in veteran politician Sudarat Keyuraphan?
PM stumbles into pothole of scandals
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/10/2016
» What is more embarrassing: A young woman posting a photo of herself "taking a bath" in one of many potholes on the road to her village in Tak to send a sarcastic message for authorities to take action. Or a deputy prime minister spending 20.9 million baht of public money chartering a plane that can carry hundreds of people for his entourage of 38 for a four-day work trip to Hawaii?
Bare your breasts before Kate's
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/09/2012
» On the subject of the publication of the topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge, on the fine, often moving line between freedom of information and the right to privacy - or human dignity for that matter - I can't say it better than Helen Lewis of the New Statesman.