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Sad litany of flood missteps
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/11/2025
» Entrenched patronage networks, political meddling in appointments, and a lack of professional disaster-management leadership created a cascade of preventable failures in the catastrophic flooding that tore apart Songkhla's Hat Yai district, a major economic engine of the South, according to academics.
Thai protesters target Malaysian, US embassies for border ‘interference’
Online Reporters, Published on 22/11/2025
» Protesters gathered in front of the Malaysian embassy in Bangkok on Saturday to demand that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stop his “interference” in Thailand’s handling of its border dispute with Cambodia.
Senate, land grab cases to proceed
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/09/2025
» Newly appointed Justice Minister Pol Lt Gen Rutthapon Naowarat has vowed that the high-profile investigations into the Khao Kradong land dispute and alleged Senate election collusion will move forward strictly according to the law, without any political interference.
Phumtham denies meddling in Buri Ram land case
Post Reporters, Published on 23/07/2025
» Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has denied interfering in a new ministry investigation targeting the head of its Department of Lands, saying the probe is aimed at clearing doubts over the latter’s handling of the Khao Kradong land dispute in Buri Ram.
Pheu Thai shrugs off Thaksin 'meddling'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 15/07/2025
» The ruling Pheu Thai Party has brushed off accusations that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is exerting undue influence over the government, saying the claims are politically motivated and lack substance.
Bhumjaithai seeks Election Commission delay
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/06/2025
» Bhumjaithai Party figures who have been summoned to meet the Election Commission (EC) over alleged collusion in the Senate election have sought to postpone their meeting until June 30, the party spokeswoman Nan Boonthida Somchai said.
Bhumjaithai discredits dissolution petition instigator
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/05/2025
» The coalition Bhumjaithai Party (BJT) has responded strongly to a petition filed by Nathaporn Toprayoon calling for the party's dissolution for allegedly interfering in the Senate election by revealing that Mr Nathaporn was implicated in a money laundering case tied to the Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative scandal.
Pheu Thai-Bhumjaithai rift could shake up govt
Mongkol Bangprapa and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/05/2025
» Growing tensions between the ruling Pheu Thai Party and its coalition partner the Bhumjaithai Party have raised fresh concerns about the stability of the government and questions if the administration will last its full term.
Veteran politician hits Bhumjaithai with poll-meddling claims
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 22/05/2025
» Veteran politician Kusumalwati Sirikomut has become the talk of the town after launching a direct attack on the Bhumjaithai Party for its alleged role in vote-rigging in last year's Senate election.
Ex-MP seeks Bhumjaithai dissolution for Senate meddling
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 20/05/2025
» A reserve senator and former Pheu Thai MP, has petitioned the Election Commission to consider asking the Constitutional Court to dissolve the Bhumjaithai Party for alleged interference in last year’s Senate election.