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Yingluck rice ruling to open old wounds
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/07/2017
» Will former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra go to jail for alleged malfeasance in administering the rice-pledging scheme?
Post-coup vision of Thai politics bleak
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/07/2017
» Will there be an election? Will Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha return to the top seat under an outsider quota? Will a love-all, serve-all ticket win Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul a chance? Or will the country see a second female PM in veteran politician Sudarat Keyuraphan?
Tower views little solace to Thais below
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/07/2017
» Viewed from 459 metres above the ground in the soon-to-be-built 4.6-billion-baht Bangkok Observation Tower, Bangkok is sure to offer a postcard-perfect image of modern skylines set against the sluggish flow of the Chao Phraya River.
Regime good intentions go nowhere fast
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/04/2017
» If somebody had told Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his military backers in the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) three years ago that their grandiose dreams of reforming the nation would come down to such a humdrum attempt of banning people from sitting in pickup truck beds, would they have felt disconcerted?
Section 44 is no match for senior monk
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/03/2017
» Even totalitarianism requires certain conditions for it to work. These include an ability to produce immediate results, possession of hegemonic power and the formation of a climate of fear.
The living with generals survival guide
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/02/2017
» There are still many disagreements in politics but a consensus may be reached that the future, as far as we can see it, belongs to the military and its conservative backers.
The high life underscores regime's lows
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/02/2017
» A lucrative drugs gang suspected of laundering money through purchases of Lamborghinis and big bikes with the help of hi-so types and celebrities; alleged corruption scandals at several state enterprises; forcing political reconciliation via the signing of a memorandum of understanding: The government's list of challenges seems to grow day by day and become ever more daunting.
Gloating and gloom as poll results set in
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/08/2016
» One thing has not changed, and if this one thing turns out to be the military regime's legacy, the overwhelming victory in Sunday's charter vote, and by extension an increased sense of legitimacy for the top brass, will become yet another episode of the entrenchment of political divisiveness in Thailand.
Has the NCPO shot itself in the foot?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 02/08/2016
» Whether the draft charter is approved or not at the Aug 7 referendum, one thing the military regime will have to realise is its roadmap to peace, and by extension, its authoritarian model of democracy, is crumbling.
'Child angel' spirit infuses new draft
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 02/02/2016
» Some political observers have dubbed the new draft constitution the luk thep or "child angel doll version". They may have good reason.