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Blast from the past Thaksin eyes power
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 12/03/2022
» As Thai politics is about to take another turn, with the next election on the horizon, fugitive ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is making a stir by vowing to stage a comeback.
Democrat law expert joins MFP
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/02/2022
» Thawil Praison, a Democrat Party law specialist, has defected to the Move Forward Party (MFP), citing the Democrat's lax enthusiasm for policies on decentralising political power.
Democrats in shock over Thawil's defection to Move Forward over decentralisation delay
Published on 09/02/2022
» Key Democrats expressed shock over the defection of Thawil Praison to the Move Forward Party (MFP), acknowledging the country's oldest party has lost one of its foremost legal experts.
Honduras lawmaker crisis heads to court
AFP, Published on 29/01/2022
» TEGUCIGALPA - The crisis in Honduras's Congress -- where rival factions of new President Xiomara Castro's left-wing Libre party have elected separate leaders -- headed to the country's Supreme Court on Friday, with both sides asking justices to settle the dispute.
Honduras political crisis deepens ahead of president-elect's swearing-in
AFP, Published on 26/01/2022
» TEGUCIGALPA - Rival factions of Honduras' newly elected congress held duelling first sessions Tuesday, as a split in president-elect Xiomara Castro's party deepened two days before her swearing-in.
Pheu Thai eyes landslide
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 17/01/2022
» The main opposition Pheu Thai Party underwent a restructuring of its executive board in October last year under new leader Cholnan Srikaew, who vowed his party will not settle for anything less than a landslide victory in the next general election.
Reform on two fronts
News, Published on 15/01/2022
» The Progressive Movement has started out the year with what appears to be a change of tack that might not strike a chord with its die-hard supporters.
Under-pressure Biden gambles big on voting rights reform
AFP, Published on 12/01/2022
» ATLANTA - President Joe Biden took a major political gamble Tuesday in calling for an end to the Senate's supermajority rule so that Democrats can override Republican opposition to voting rights reforms that he called crucial to saving US democracy.
Thai politics' murky tunnel to nowhere
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 07/01/2022
» Starting out a new year should engender a sense of hope and optimism that tomorrow can be better than yesterday. But the reality in Thailand suggests otherwise. A sense of prolonged malaise and discontent pervades the scene, where politics will likely prove murky with an economy persistently in the doldrums, underpinned by continuing societal divisions and broad-based unhappiness. Unless drastic changes and reforms take place very soon, this year is likely to further solidify the onset of a decade of decay and stagnation.
Kim's first decade: 3 US meetings, 2 dead relatives, 1 nuclear arsenal
AFP, Published on 15/12/2021
» SEOUL: After 10 years in power, North Korea's once youthful Kim Jong Un is now one of the world's more experienced leaders, and will look to defy the West for decades to come with his nuclear arsenal, analysts say.