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Thailand's costly political shenanigans
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 22/08/2025
» In a country of 70 million where a handful of men can remove an elected government time and again, there can be no stability and progress, only tension and regression. This is how Thailand can be characterised over the past two decades. It is now going through yet another cycle of heightened political instability with the potential collapse of the government under suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in the footsteps of previous leaders who were similarly ousted by the Constitutional Court.
The fight for clean air
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/08/2025
» After a public hearing wrapped up recently, the Clean Air Bill is heading to a second reading in parliament next month. If passed into law, it will guarantee people's access to clean air.
'Old guard' weighs idea of outsider PM
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 09/08/2025
» As the Constitutional Court is set to hand down a ruling against suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for her controversial phone call with Cambodian strongman Hun Sen that was later leaked, most political pundits remain downbeat on her prospects. Should she be dismissed, the ruling Pheu Thai Party would have to form a new cabinet.
Junta green push runs its course
Editorial, Published on 27/07/2025
» Parliament can make a small but significant step towards improving local environments and the health of local communities if it puts to bed a long-standing junta executive decree originally designed to attract investment in ailing sectors.
Thaksin may face stark choice
Published on 24/05/2025
» The Supreme Court stepping in to investigate the alleged unlawful enforcement of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's prison term looks certain to result in some nasty consequences for agencies connected to the correctional procedures in the case.
Coalition cracks deepen as Pheu Thai, Bhumjaithai feud escalates
News, Published on 17/05/2025
» The open bickering between the ruling Pheu Thai Party and its largest coalition partner, Bhumjaithai, has prompted an opposition party to go on the defensive, according to observers.
Fishing change risks new yellow card
News, Published on 01/02/2025
» An attempt by lawmakers to amend the 2015 Royal Ordinance on Fisheries could put Thailand at risk of getting another yellow card from the European Union (EU) as the bill, now in the Senate, could lead to destructive fishing.
Political tensions still simmering
News, Published on 28/12/2024
» This year witnessed the premiership changing hands despite relative unity within the coalition government.
Two wasted decades in Thai politics
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 20/12/2024
» Now that Thaksin Shinawatra appears actively back in Thai politics, it is demoralising to look back at Thailand's wasted time and opportunities. Once a promising country on the way from democratic transition to consolidation in the late 1990s, Thailand has become semi-autocratic, and its rocky political trajectory over the past two decades is now structural. The traditional institutions of power that grew out of the Cold War have been calling the shots in earlier decades and are just unwilling to let the country move forward in the immediate years ahead.