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Will the Empire strike back at the Skywalkers?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/12/2019
» The dark spectre of street politics has returned to a deeply polarised society, as the ruling conservatives try to hold on to their unstable coalition over a feast of shark fin soup.
NCPO plays game of very high stakes
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 15/09/2015
» The next 20 months will be a defining period for Thai politics.
Abhisit’s plan is more than compromise
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/04/2014
» With “a way out of the political crisis” being flavour of the hottest month, let’s see what’s on the menu for Thailand’s solutions.
Group of 6 is no cure-all for stalemate
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/03/2014
» Do I want the six independent agencies to succeed in their latest attempt to mediate the political conflict?
Missing jet jibes hit far below the belt
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/03/2014
» A famous news anchor put this short message on his Facebook page yesterday, as the search for the missing Malaysian airline flight MH370 continued, and hope began to dim and hearts to break: "I wish it was you who disappeared instead of the Malaysian plane."
Division talk is a new low for Thailand
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/03/2014
» I thought the country hit a record low when four young children were killed in association with the political conflict last week. But like a bad company run by a dysfunctional group of people, Thailand seems infinitely capable of reaching a new low.
Fomenting a culture of absolute hate
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/02/2014
» Call me a multi-coloured salim, a term used to describe a person with no political standpoint. Call me a softy, an optimist. Call me a sissy if you like, but I will still admit to feeling extremely shocked and saddened by red-shirt supporters' celebrations over the killings of anti-government protesters in Trat last week.
Yingluck's speech a setback
Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/02/2014
» Leaders and politicians can be defined by words they probably wish they had never uttered.
Suthep, govt stuck at the crossroads
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 14/01/2014
» Ratchaprasong has always been a sticky, slow-moving, messy junction, traffic-wise. Politically, it's an infamous connection, the scene of deadly clashes between people who uphold different political values, a symbolic seat of unresolved discontent that is haunting Thailand to this day.
Please do the right thing, madam PM
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/12/2013
» Dear Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, I am not a big fan of your government, nor am I a follower of Suthep Thaugsuban's Muan Maha Prachachon, or the Greatest Mass Uprising.