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Thaksin must face inconvenient truth
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/12/2023
» A big question mark remains over the fate of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra: Will he continue to stay on the 14th floor of Police General Hospital for medical treatment of unknown ailments? Or will he be sent back to Bangkok Remand Prison?
Pursue the fundementals
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/12/2023
» Re: "PM Srettha expects Tesla, Google, Microsoft to invest $5bn in Thailand," (BP, Sept 24) & "PM plugs land bridge in Japan," (BP, Dec 19).
Which way for the Social Security Fund?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/12/2023
» Tomorrow, almost a million Social Security Fund (SSF) members will elect board members to help oversee the largest fund in the country, which amounts to 2.3 trillion baht. The election is a first for the 33-year-old fund. Previously, 14 of 20 board members were recruited, while the other six represent the government and SSF.
Who will benefit?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/12/2023
» Re: "Farmers given new title deeds option", (BP, Dec 22).
Unequal treatment?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/12/2023
» Re: "Govt may expand 4am opening", (BP, Dec 18).
Shady dealings
Published on 18/12/2023
» Re: "Night venues warned to respect late opening rules", (BP, Dec 16).
Thailand's semi-democracy faces risks
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 15/12/2023
» The government of Prime Minister and Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin has settled into an uneasy balance between the civilian-led majority forces that represent the Thai electorate and the royalist-conservative minority guardians of the established centres anchored around the monarchy, military, judiciary, and bureaucracy.
Does the latest Gallup poll tell all?
Oped, Published on 15/12/2023
» A survey of opinion in Cambodia published by Gallup in August shows the impossibility of trying to gauge the views of the public under a dictatorship determined to stamp out any trace of dissent.
NACC in trouble again
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/12/2023
» A decision of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to hand swift and severe punishment to a kind-hearted teacher in Chiang Mai has triggered public uproar and raises questions about the need for such a heavy-handed sentence.
Tackling our precarious border scenario
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 12/12/2023
» While the international community is focusing on the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, another humanitarian crisis is taking place along Thailand's western front as the clashes between Myanmar's government and ethnic armed groups intensify.