• OPINION

  With Section 44, no need to reason why

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/09/2015

  » Have sympathy for Chaturon Chaisaeng. The former education minister and key member of the Pheu Thai party was caught totally off guard when his passport was cancelled and only learned of it when asked by reporters for comment.

• OPINION

  About politics

  News, Published on 01/10/2016

  » Gen Udomdej has weathered a lot of storms, but his biggest test is coming v The rice scheme net is widening after Yingluck's bill of 35.7 billion baht v The waters are still a little muddy over the power of the next Senate

• OPINION

  Rid English of rote-learning

  News, Editorial, Published on 08/06/2016

  » Education authorities are going to try again to bring up the standards of English proficiency. Two notable decisions have been announced in the past week. Government schools, beginning in November, will increase the amount of time teaching English to the youngest students by five times -- five hours a week instead of the current one hour. The Khurusapha Teachers Council decided that it must re-test every English teacher in the system, foreign and Thai, to make sure they are qualified in the language, and have the proper documentation.

• OPINION

  The absurdity of criminalising whistle blowing

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/11/2013

  » Blowing a whistle as a symbol of protest or civil disobedience is not just trendy in the current tense political climate, it has also become a contentious legal issue.

• OPINION

  About politics

  News, Published on 02/12/2017

  » Rumours of a coalition between two main parties swirl v Pheu Thai ponders an image change but Thaksin diehards won't hear of it v Regime backers had high hopes for Songkhla cabinet meet, but anti-coal clash dashes them

• OPINION

  Military will cast shadow over next govt, says Pheu Thai

  News, Published on 08/07/2017

  » Military will cast shadow over next govt, says Pheu Thai v Veteran politician keen to become Bangkok's next governor v Khunying Sudarat's political ambitions may well be realised

• OPINION

  Not much hope of voters understanding the charter 

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/02/2016

  » The completed draft constitution by Meechai Ruchuphan's Constitution Drafting Committee is up for public scrutiny. It is a thick volume of importance, yet boring to read because of all the legal jargon that is difficult to understand, even for people with some legal background.

• OPINION

  Prosecution fails to clear up 2006 election scandal

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/02/2016

  » After almost 10 years of living with the stigma of being electoral cheats, which resulted in the dissolution of the Thai Rak Thai Party by the Constitutional Court, several former members of the defunct party are celebrating the Supreme Court's verdict last Wednesday which, they claim, has found the party not guilty.

• OPINION

  Govt must abide by rules

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/09/2015

  » Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha cited several reasons for the decision to revoke the passport of Chaturon Chaisaeng, a leading member of the Pheu Thai Party and former education minister under the Yingluck Shinawatra government.

• OPINION

  Smashing up beliefs no way to instil order

  News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 16/09/2015

  » If you ever wonder what the military wants to make of Thailand and its people, the answer lies in a phone-smashing video clip that went viral earlier this week.

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