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PM: Divided nation could mar election
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Sunday the nation needs to stand together as the often deeply divided nature of Thai society, especially when it comes to politics, poses a threat to this year's general election.
Reform panel agrees to ease digital TV debt
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/01/2018
» The national media reform committee is backing a recent government move to help digital TV operators handle their multi-billion-baht debts in its reform proposals.
Big 2 parties slam talk of outsider PM
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth & Wassana Nanuam, Published on 06/01/2018
» Pheu Thai heavyweight Chaturon Chaisang has lashed out on Twitter at Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha over his remarks about the possibility of an unelected premier taking the reins after this year's planned election.
Yellow shirts fined over airport rally
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/01/2018
» Public prosecutors have sent a compensation order for 13 former key figures of the now-defunct People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) to pay the Airports of Thailand (AoT) for a 2008 protest that shut down the capital's two airports.
Brutal cold snap stuns US East Coast after blizzard
Reuters, Published on 07/01/2018
» BOSTON/NEW YORK: A blanket of bone-chilling arctic air covered the US East Coast and Midwest on Saturday, creating dangerous conditions as tens of millions of people struggled to clean up from a blizzard that dumped deep, drifting snow in many areas this week.
Trump's tweets no help to Pakistan
News, Shahid Javed Burki, Published on 08/01/2018
» Pakistan has now joined the ranks of countries hit by one of US President Donald Trump's characteristic tweet storms. In his first tweet of 2018, Mr Trump declared that the United States has "foolishly" given Pakistan more than US$33 billion in aid over the last 15 years, while Pakistan had returned only "lies and deceit" and given safe haven to the terrorists America hunts in Afghanistan. "No more!" Mr Trump concluded. And now the US is freezing its aid to the country.
Ex-PAD heads: We won't pay damages
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/01/2018
» Former yellow-shirt co-leaders say they cannot afford to pay damages worth more than 522 million baht incurred by the defunct People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD)'s 10-day closure of Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports 10 years ago.
Ex-PAD heads: We won't pay damages
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/01/2018
» Former yellow-shirt co-leaders say they cannot afford to pay damages worth more than 522 million baht resulting from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD)'s 10-day closure of Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports 10 years ago.
Prawit backs plan for new political party
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/01/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has thrown his support behind a plan to set up a political party to back Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to return as a non-elected prime minister after the general election expected late this year.
NLA gets tough on local election regulations
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/01/2018
» The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) will consider amending six local administrative organisation (LAO) laws and has reaffirmed LAO elections will be held by the middle of this year.