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News, Editorial, Published on 28/02/2018
» The government has launched yet another series of anti-drugs sweep aimed at taming the North. They are part of the decades-old campaign to wipe out trafficking in illicit drugs. Authorities came up with reports to the public that had a very tired look and feel. A one-month "massive" suppression campaign resulted in the arrests of 63 suspects, the seizure of many kilogrammes of drugs and the unsurprising discovery of some 241 million baht of "assets" -- cash, gold, cars and motorcycles, up-scale homes, land and condominiums.
News, Editorial, Published on 15/06/2017
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government is set to use Section 44 to speed up the Thai-Sino railway project which is behind schedule due to legal and technical reasons.
News, Editorial, Published on 31/03/2016
» The government's decision to go it alone in investing in the Thai-Chinese high-speed train project, albeit a scaled-down version from Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima covering a distance of 250km, came out of the blue. The decision followed a meeting last week between Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang in Hainan.