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Earthquakes, Turkish politics and culpability
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 15/02/2023
» If you are trying to dodge the blame for a great disaster, the best policy is to say that it was God's will. So Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, visiting one of the 6,000 buildings that collapsed on their sleeping residents in eastern Turkey last week, said: "Such things have always happened. It's part of Destiny's plan."
Young protesters turn to politics
By Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters, Published on 19/04/2023
» PATHUM THANI: Chonthicha “Lookkate” Jangrew is going door-to-door asking people to vote for her in the May 14 election even though she faces possible jail time on charges of sedition and royal defamation stemming from protests in 2020.
'Old politics' rears its head
News, Editorial, Published on 29/06/2023
» With the House of Representatives due to convene next week, the prospect of a coalition government led by the Move Forward Party (MFP) remains uncertain.
'No politics' in generals' trip
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 19/07/2023
» A trip by former army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong, and chief of the Thai defence forces, Gen Chalermpol Srisawat, to a Malaysian island on May 5-7 was about peace efforts in the deep South and had nothing to do with national politics, a source said yesterday.
Keeping politics in the family
News, Karishma Vaswani, Published on 28/08/2024
» Politics is increasingly returning to being a family business in Southeast Asia, despite its large and vibrant democracies. It's a worrying trend. Power is at risk of being concentrated in the hands of an exclusive club of entrenched clans. That will disproportionately disadvantage the region's dynamic youth who are getting more frustrated with nepotism.
Investors rejoice in stable politics
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 06/09/2024
» Thai stocks skyrocketed yesterday, posting the highest gain since March last year and breaking the 1,400-point barrier.
Politics can be a minefield
News, Published on 28/09/2024
» Bhumjaithai's growing finesse and leverage may be edging the party closer to its ultimate goal of dethroning Pheu Thai as the ruling party after the next election.
Pandemic politics costing lives in Brazil
AFP, Published on 12/05/2020
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro keeps saying coronavirus fears are overblown. Other officials at the federal, state and local levels insist the danger is all too real.
Stocks down on politics, virus fears
Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 19/08/2020
» Thailand’s stock market plunged 1.6% from the previous day as concerns flared over heightening domestic political tensions and two women tested positive for Covid-19 infection after completing state quarantine.
The global politics of virus vaccines
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 11/09/2020
» It is clear now that Thailand's de facto strategy for handling the coronavirus pandemic is to minimise local infections and wait for a safe and effective vaccine. The recent discovery of just one Thai in a Bangkok suburb who tested positive sent the country into near-panic mode after 100 days of zero local transmissions, similar to the case of an Egyptian military official who visited Rayong province in July and tested positive thereafter.