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Prayut counts on his allies
News, Published on 20/02/2022
» Since assuming office in 2019 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has faced down tough challenges including a plot to overthrow him from power in a no-confidence debate in September last year.
HM King endorses cabinet
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/07/2019
» The coalition government, which has been royally endorsed, will not have the luxury of "a honeymoon period" as the country's economy is in bad shape and is in need of urgent action from the new government, observers in the private sector said.
Democratic flame is on a knife's edge
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 15/06/2019
» We thought we were creeping back to democracy. We thought we were regaining our freedoms. After all, we have just welcomed a new government which has tried to convince the world that it came to power by democratic means.
Army reshuffle sees loyalists appointed
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 03/09/2018
» The annual military reshuffle has seen the appointment of assistant army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong as the new army chief -- a position perceived to be critical to smoothing the way for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to reclaim his premiership and stay on in power after the next election.
Coining a catchy slogan
News, Postbag, Published on 08/04/2018
» Almost a year ago the disappearance of the memorial plaque of the 1932 Revolution was described in these pages as being both "hilarious and deeply sinister".
Wind of change hits military
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 15/03/2018
» The mid-year military reshuffle has shown signs that the Wong Thewan faction is clawing back influence from the Burapha Phayak camp which has dominated senior appointments in the promotion process for more than a decade.
Army chief vows to quash power cliques and conflicts
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 02/01/2017
» No new power cliques or conflicts will emerge emerge over the annual reshuffle in the army, commander-in-chief Chalermchai Sittisat says.
General Anupong steps down
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/09/2010
» Wassana Nanuam, one the Bangkok Post's top reporters, takes a critical look at outgoing General Anupong Paojinda's time as army chief.