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Now, who to take to the coalition ball?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/12/2025
» Thailand formally entered election mode in earnest over the past weekend, as candidates from all parties flocked to registration venues nationwide to submit their candidacies for the Feb 8 general election.
Lessons to learn from nursery tragedy
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/10/2022
» Narcotic drugs, methamphetamines in particular, and guns, when they are mixed together, are a dangerous chemistry for violence -- much worse than the combination of alcohol and guns.
Talks vital in this cat and mouse game
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/10/2020
» The anti-government protest at three main locations in Bangkok on Saturday, namely Lat Phrao intersection, the BTS station near the mouth of Soi Udomsuk or Sukhumvit Soi 103 and Wong Wian Yai was different from earlier protests in at least two aspects.
Student protesters must be respectful
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/08/2020
» The sudden announcement of a 10-point demand for reform of the monarchy at a student protest at the Rangsit campus of Thammasat University on Aug 10 was, indeed, unprecedented, daring and shocking for many Thais.
No shame in enlisting the wealthy
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/04/2020
» Imagine the scene of a courtroom, a defendant is escorted in by a prison guard and seated next to his lawyer. Outside the courtroom, several angry people are gathering, with some of them cursing the defendant because of his notorious track record.
Is it really time to 'seize the power?'
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/01/2020
» Future Forward Party (FFP) secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul believes that 2020 is the year ripe for the people to be their own masters of the land and rise up to seize power from the ruling elites that no longer have legitimacy to govern.
FFP's new battleground: campus
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/09/2019
» Finally, the Future Forward Party (FFP) managed to hold a panel discussion at Khon Kaen University yesterday.
KTB loan scandal a tangled web indeed
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/07/2019
» The state-run Krung Thai Bank (KTB) loan scandal -- which was almost resolved four years ago after 26 people except fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra were given heavy jail terms from 12 to 18 years -- is now being resurrected by the opposition Thaksin-linked Pheu Thai Party.