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Chaiwut oversteps
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/09/2022
» Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn is in hot water for his unbecoming remarks against anti-government protesters who plan to rally tomorrow, the day the Constitutional Court hands down a ruling on the fate of suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha after a petition by the opposition bloc.
Reconciliation path unclear
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/11/2020
» With the country currently so polarised, the expectation that the reconciliation panel set up by parliament will be able to find a way out of this political conflict is low. Parliament president Chuan Leekpai revealed on Monday that he had approached three former prime ministers to join the reconciliation committee.
PAD protests went too far
News, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2019
» From what began as peaceful street protests against the powerful Thaksin Shinawatra government in 2006, the now-defunct yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) movement got out of control in the following years. It leaders then resorted to extremism and violence, sexed up by hate speech.
Censorship must go
News, Editorial, Published on 14/05/2018
» In a move criticised across all political and legal lines, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has once again banned all broadcasts by Peace TV. The station is openly run and just as openly favours the red shirts and their political face, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, or UDD. Every Thai media, print and broadcast, blasted the blatant and poorly thought out act of censorship.
Govt must serve up justice for all
News, Editorial, Published on 28/01/2018
» Nearly four years after the end of the huge street protest by the now-defunct People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), and the country's public prosecutors have finally decided to press charges against nine leaders of the Bangkok Shutdown movement that brought many parts of the metropolis to a standstill.