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When 'doing a favour' reveals attitudes of hate
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/07/2019
» 'Rob Kuan Duay Kha", "Please proceed" or "Do me a favour" sounds polite enough. When the comment was made to a public post encouraging people to go and slap Future Forward Party spokeswoman and MP Pannika Wanich, however, it exposed how dangerous Thai society is, how much hatred and violence are lurking under the seemingly peaceful facade.
Fanatics make a mockery of our democracy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/06/2019
» Is hegemony an option for a military regime on the verge of establishing a new government?
Why haven't we learnt anything from our past?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/06/2019
» As anti-monarchy accusations fly and self-serving coalition politics becomes the name of the game, Thai politics has arrived at another critical junction.
Stuck in our own Orwellian nightmare
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/06/2019
» Go and read Animal Farm. Watch Inception too, as they may help us appreciate the multilayered paradoxes that are Thai politics today. After all the diversions, however, the reality remains that the 2017 constitution must be rewritten, or we will be forever stuck with "all votes are equal but some votes are more equal than others".
Coalition allies won't read from same script
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 28/05/2019
» As soon as parliament opened for business, we got a glimpse of the endgame.
We've all had to bargain with a 'friend of Choke'
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/05/2019
» What is the difference between a chief justice who refused to show his driving licence to a policeman claiming he was a friend of the officer's boss and a prime minister who justifies refuses to discuss how the 250 senators were selected by saying people should treat him with respect?
Too many cooks will be recipe for political disaster
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 14/05/2019
» Who will be the next prime minister? That is the immediate question. The next issue, possibly more pressing and relevant, is how he or she will govern a Thailand divided by increasingly fragmented politics and vacillating rule of law.
Empire strikes back in Game of Thanathorn
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 30/04/2019
» It may look like the "empire" is striking back at Future Forward Party (FFP) leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, but don't forget that this could just be the middle chapter of another long-drawn out Thai political conflict story.
Political mess means long, hot summer ahead
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/04/2019
» If a national unity government is not an option, will a minority one do? For how long?
Thai black hole grows by the day
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/04/2019
» The first photograph of a black hole was published last week. It looks a lot like Thailand after the March 24 election.