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News, Erich Parpart, Published on 31/07/2019
» For the country like Thailand where the military staged two putsches within the past 13 years, a coup d'état should no longer be necessary.
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/04/2019
» People who are familiar with Thai politics must know the metaphor ngu hao, literally cobra, which implies betrayal, dirty political games and bargaining.
News, Published on 16/06/2018
» Two issues have come to the surface prompting the Election Commission (EC) to question its own authority and tiptoe around a possible legal land mine.
News, Postbag, Published on 17/02/2018
» Re: "Watch-scandal shenanigans sully decent debate", (Opinion, Feb 15, 2018).
Guru, Jarupat Buranastidporn, Published on 14/10/2016
» The last few months left of the year usually welcome numerous dinner parties and gatherings with friends and colleagues. That is, if you're not stuck at the office finishing off all that work that's accumulated and sadly won't magically disappear. Head to another party and maybe it'll all blow over?
Spectrum, Published on 31/07/2016
» With one week to go before the historic referendum decision, voters are expressing an uneasy acceptance of the controversial charter which opens the way for the ruling military government to remain in power for another five years.
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/10/2014
» The Metropolitan Police Bureau, the key agency overseeing police work in Bangkok, has never seen such a massive transfer of senior officers as in the recent reshuffle which saw a shake-up of metropolitan police units at virtually all levels.
Published on 10/05/2014
» Any attempt by the Supreme Court and the Senate to discuss "unlawful" demands for an interim government could steer Thailand toward a civil war, says the head of the red-shirt movement.
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/02/2014
» The stage was supposedly set for a major showdown on Tuesday. What was not clear was whether it would be a make-or-break confrontation, or just another show of force by the two opposing forces, the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) and the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC).
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/01/2014
» The People’s Democratic Reform Committee and its militant wing, the Network of Students and People for the Reform of Thailand, appear to be emboldened by their latest move, Operation Bangkok Shutdown, which has succeeded in seizing seven major traffic choke points without any resistance from the police.