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Peace board price tag
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/01/2026
» Thailand has received an invitation from US President Donald Trump to join his newly proposed "Board of Peace", an organisation ostensibly aimed at overseeing the reconstruction and peace process in Gaza following more than two years of devastating conflict.
Chasing a new charter
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/12/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's move to dissolve the House early, following a dispute over how much power the Senate should have in forming a new charter-drafting body, may give the impression that efforts to rewrite the constitution have collapsed. However there is still some -- dim -- light at the end of the tunnel.
Medicine meets politics
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/06/2025
» Tomorrow marks a significant moment in the contemporary history of the Medical Council of Thailand (MCT), a low-profile yet prestigious association of doctors, with important implications for the medical community and Thai society more broadly.
Thaksin's troubles
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/05/2025
» The Medical Council of Thailand's decision (MCT) to penalise doctors implicated in the so-called "14th floor'' saga -- Thaksin Shinawatra's "privileged" hospital stay in lieu of doing real jail time upon returning to the country -- is likely to send seismic shockwaves through the halls of power and affect some government ministers.
S Korea sets a good example
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/12/2024
» As a country frequently plagued with military interventions, Thailand has many lessons to learn from the recent political upheaval in South Korea, which reveals a case of democracy at work.
Legal protection for ethnic groups
Editorial, Published on 29/09/2024
» For too long, Thailand's indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities have faced marginalisation, discrimination and neglect. A new bill to protect their rights and culture aims to change that.
Give public train deal say
News, Editorial, Published on 31/10/2019
» The Interior Ministry's plan to table a 40-year train concession extension for BTS Group Holdings before the economic cabinet on Friday is likely to hit snag as a House panel has said it will veto the move.
Eyes on Xayaburi dam
News, Editorial, Published on 30/10/2019
» As the Xayaburi hydropower project in Laos began its first day of electricity generation yesterday on the Mekong River's mainstream, doubts still lingered among scientists and environmentalists about the measures proposed to mitigate the negative effects of the dam on the river's complex and large ecosystems.
Army budget out of control
News, Editorial, Published on 06/07/2019
» With Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's return to power as prime minister and him being tipped to also become the defence minister, the downsizing of the military and defence budget and repealing the military conscription rule -- which were electoral campaign pledges of key opposition parties -- are unlikely to take place.
Roll back NCPO orders
News, Editorial, Published on 26/06/2019
» A draft bill forwarded on Monday by civic groups, led by iLaw, to push for the repeal of the military regime's "unjust and undemocratic" orders, along with moves by opposition parties to fulfil their pledges to amend the constitution, signify that the country's real road map to democracy may just be about to begin.