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Conflicts of interest worsen crisis
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/04/2026
» Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn's resignation as head of the committee handling the oil crisis caused by the war in the Middle East has spared him from public criticism over a potential conflict of interest linked to his family's oil trading business.
Don't rush into embracing Cambodia
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/11/2025
» A slip of the tongue has put Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in hot water. Here is what he was quoted to have said that provoked the emotions of anti-Cambodia, ultra-nationalist groups.
Thaksin vies for top spot with PM
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/01/2025
» You can call Thaksin Shinawatra a former prime minister and de facto leader of the Pheu Thai Party and, lately, also de facto prime minister, as you wish -- because none of those names are wrong. It would, however, be fiercely denied by the guardians of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who insist she is still in charge of the government and running the country.
Expansive gestures from hopeful leaders
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/01/2022
» Exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra appears to be more confident of his chances of returning home triumphantly this year.
TV debate puts protesters on the spot
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/11/2020
» The talk of the town this weekend was the debate on Thai Rath TV's Direct Question with Jomquan talk show on Friday night on the Crown Property Regulations Act, between Dr Arnond Sakworawich of the National Institute Development Administration (Nida) and Ms Panusaya "Rung" Sitthijirawattanakul, one of the firebrand protest leaders of the Khana Ratsadon movement and a student at Thammasat University's Faculty of Social Science and Humanities.
The winds of change are blowing
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/08/2020
» The wind of change has swept across Thailand and awakened Thai youth faster and more furiously than I've witnessed before in my lifetime. The three-fingered salute of rebellion which has spread to high-school students like Covid-19 during the traditional ritual of national anthem singing appears to have caused alarm among older generation people like myself.
How a silly mistake put national economy in limbo
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/01/2020
» What appears to be an act of stupidity or carelessness of a government lawmaker -- who left his electronic voting card in the card reading device at the House as he left for home in Phatthalung province in the middle of the debate on the budget bill during Jan 10-11 to attend a funeral and chair a Children's Day event, and an unknown colleague used his card to vote in favour of the bill -- has now developed into a serious transgression that threatens to render the bill, which was passed by both the House and the Senate, null and void.
Government must stop waste piling up
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/06/2018
» Thailand aspires to become a global kitchen; a top supplier of food to the rest of the world. It also aspires to become a tourism, hospitality, aviation and wellness hub for the region -- if not the world -- to mention just some government objectives.