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People's Party submits push to limit Senate's role
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/11/2024
» One of the proposals for an amendment to the constitution submitted by the People's Party (PP) seeks to exclude the Senate from the charter amendment process, according to the secretariat of the House of Representatives.
How will post-poll Thailand look?
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 20/08/2018
» Now the Election Commission and the National Council for Peace and Order have promised to hold the general election on Feb 24 next year, should we remain hopeful that the move will eventually lead Thailand to transition into a more democratic state? The answer largely depends on our expectations of the outcome, as well as the form of democracy that we want -- and we can look southeasterly to Cambodia, or westerly to Myanmar to get a rough idea of what Thailand's new beginning may be like.
PM coy on political future, cultivates media
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says he is non-committal on whether he will return as an non-elected outsider prime minister after the general election.
A month into Sudan's brutal war, no end in sight
AFP, Published on 15/05/2023
» KHARTOUM: One month since Sudan's conflict erupted, its capital is a desolate war zone where terrorised families huddle in their homes as gun battles rage in the dusty, deserted streets outside.
From Reading to Nakhon Nowhere
B Magazine, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 06/05/2018
» For the past 39 years, Roger Crutchley's weekly Postscript column has kept Bangkok Post readers smiling, taking a light-hearted look at life through the eyes of a long-time expat as well as being a welcome respite from the regular angst of crime, local politics, demonstrations and coups that often filled the rest of the paper.
Kraisak Choonhavan dies at 72
Online Reporters, Published on 11/06/2020
» Kraisak Choonhavan, a well-known academic and politician, died at 72.
The wrong time
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/11/2020
» Karl Reichstetter is right in his Nov 9 letter "Now Thailand's turn".
Watana challenges NACC in Baan Ua-arthorn case
Online Reporters, Published on 13/07/2019
» Watana Muangsook, a Pheu Thai Party core member, has asked the court for politicians to investigate the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for allegedly tampering with witness statements in the Baan Ua-arthorn housing project scandal.
Wan Nor says he could be PM, following Mahathir's footstep
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 23/12/2018
» PHATTHALUNG: Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, better known as Wan Nor, leader of the Prachachart Party, has said he - inspired by the success of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad - is ready for the prime minister's post although his party only hopes to win 20 seats in the House of Representatives in the next general election.