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Govt 'ready' for marriage law
News, Published on 04/01/2025
» The Interior Ministry is ready for the implementation of the Marriage Equality Bill, which is set to become law later this month, according to ministry spokeswoman Traisulee Taisaranakul.
20 years after Tak Bai mass suffocation in southern Thailand, cyclists pedal 'for oxygen'
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 23/10/2024
» Cyclists on Wednesday pedalled “for oxygen” on the same route where about 80 arrested protesters from Tak Bai district of Narathiwat suffocated on military trucks in 2004 as the government avoided questions if it can extend the statute of limitations of the Tak Bai massacre case.
Consumer council backs 20 baht cap on fares
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/09/2024
» The Thailand Consumer Council (TCC) supports the Transport Ministry's plan to cap the fare on mass transit electric train services at 20 baht per trip, according to Saree Ongsomwang, TCC secretary-general.
Crisis of faith is reaching a crescendo
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 31/07/2021
» The harsh words by MC Chulcherm Yugala, a staunch royalist, against the Prayut Chan-o-cha government, denouncing its poor handling of the Covid-19 outbreak, have stunned political observers and supporters of the prime minister. Given his senior royal status, the prince's criticism has triggered wild speculation over a possible new prime minister endorsed by the palace.
Straying from the course
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 02/12/2020
» Learning history from new sources has led to the "political awakening" underlying the youth-led movement's stance against "royalist nationalism", academics say.
Chaturon's party 'will struggle'
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 31/05/2020
» The odds are not in favour of Chaturon Chaisang breaking away from the Pheu Thai Party and establishing his own political group, a move which exposes a deep crack in the main opposition party, according to a political scientist.
Thais 'yet to recover' from bloodshed, says Abhisit
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 17/05/2020
» Former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says he always feels a deep sadness whenever the May 19 anniversary of the 2010 protest crackdown rolls around, as it marks the culmination of one of the darkest chapters in the country's political history; a chapter that fuels bitter divisions in society to this day.
Eyes wide open
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 08/05/2020
» The literature about modern Thai politics is not abundant, and by this I mean a narrative that grounds its characters in the double-whammy of coup d'etat and street protest that characterised the mid-2000s to mid-2010s. The period, plus a few years earlier when Thaksin Shinawatra rose to power, contains some of the most convulsive and era-defining moments that continue to shape the visible and invisible dimensions of Thai society in the present time, and it's astonishing that not more writers find it a rich wellspring of artistic expression (on the contrary, visual artists and theatre artists seem more responsive to the political currents of the same period).
EC has its back against a wall
News, Published on 19/01/2019
» The Election Commission (EC) remains under the microscope as the poll delay saga drags on with no end in sight.
Defections rock Pheu Thai, again
News, Published on 24/11/2018
» More Pheu Thai Party heavyweights have migrated to the pro-regime Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), dealing a further blow to the former ruling party which has already been rattled by high-profile defections.