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News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 27/03/2019
» The general election results on Sunday shocked many people after the Democrat Party lost all its seats in Bangkok where it had won 23 out of 33 MP seats in the 2011 election.
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 24/10/2018
» The sharp drop in the number of Chinese tourists visiting Thailand in recent months has become a cause for concern for the Thai government. This is mainly because tourists from China have been the largest revenue contributors to the Thai tourism industry.
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 05/09/2018
» The controversy over the winning design of Suvarnabhumi airport's second passenger terminal does not only relate to allegations of plagiarism but also the lack of a unique identity.
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 18/07/2018
» In the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, a well-known businessman who went bankrupt as a result of the abrupt baht devaluation gave a blunt message to his creditors: "no money, no fleeing, and no paying".
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 04/07/2018
» The military government deserves praise for the upgrade of Thailand's status in the latest annual US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report even though this is the same ranking the country had almost a decade before prior to plunging in a string of downgrades.
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 27/06/2018
» Coups d'etat have become synonymous with Thai politics ever since the nation became a constitutional monarchy in 1932, and this trend is expected to continue since the country lacks a legal precedent to prevent them.
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 21/02/2018
» The recent international rankings that show almost all leading Thai universities plunged in scores and ratings must serve as a wake-up call to the government and policymakers -- Thailand's higher education system needs improvement.
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 07/02/2018
» The admission of former national police chief Somyot Poompunmuang that he borrowed 300 million baht from a fugitive massage parlour tycoon reminds us how deeply the patronage system is entrenched in Thai society.
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 24/01/2018
» The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) will tomorrow consider whether to endorse the proposed delay in the organic bill on MPs which would subsequently push out a general election to 2019.
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 17/01/2018
» From what started as the unveiling of an undeclared Richard Mille, the luxury wristwatch scandal embroiling Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has turned into a saga of a seemingly endless list of undeclared timepieces.