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No easy road ahead for PP greenhorns
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/02/2026
» The latest opinion polls, conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida) and Rajabhat University ahead of the general election on Sunday, have put the People's Party (PP) ahead of its rivals and its leader, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, as the most favoured prime ministerial candidate among voters.
Parties silent on temple corruption
Editorial, Published on 18/01/2026
» The monk scandals that shocked Thailand in 2025 are not the result of moral lapses among clerics. They are the outcome of decades of governance failure. Addressing them requires political solutions. As the country prepares to form a new government in the coming months, there is hope for policy, not religious excuses.
Is Israel spared?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/07/2025
» Re: "Trump threatens 35% tariff on Canada", (World, June 12).
Let's join the Santa Cruz Rebellion!
Oped, Joe Mathews, Published on 02/06/2025
» I want to move Santa Cruz to join the rebellion. Wanna come along?
Trump smashes trade systems in record time
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 08/04/2025
» In ten whirlwind weeks, Donald Trump had already smashed the international system of rules and alliances that more or less kept the peace for the past eighty years, but his bizarre "tariffs on everybody" policy has given us a glimpse of what may take its place. It's the United States against the whole world, and America's only possible great-power ally is Russia.
Consider real tax reform
Postbag, Published on 08/12/2024
» Re: "15% VAT plan has PM vexed", (BP, Dec 6).
Trump's tariff blackmail boosts Brics
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/12/2024
» Even before officially taking office, United States President-elect Donald J Trump is shaking up the international system with drama and fanfare unlike any other major leader in recent memory. His most recent outburst to slap 100% tariffs on the "Brics" countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, as well as Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates -- is a case in point. While it will coerce developing economies to think twice about the cost of going their own way, this tariff blackmail and others like it also risk pushing smaller countries away from the US to other rival big powers, particularly China.
RTP's underbelly
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/09/2023
» Re: "I don't want revenge, insists 'Big Joke'", (BP, Sept 28).
Russia won't trade land for peace
Oped, Jan Lipavský, Published on 23/08/2023
» Fifty-five years ago, half a million Soviet soldiers began to occupy Czechoslovakia. Over 6,000 tanks rolled over the Prague Spring dream held by a large portion of our citizens.
Showdown beckons
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/07/2023
» In less than 24 hours before the voting for prime minister starts in parliament today, the Election Commission (EC) jumpstarted the process to disqualify Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat from the top job, citing his alleged iTV share ownership.