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  • OPINION

    Shameful antics

    News, Postbag, Published on 07/04/2023

    » Re: "Pheu Thai denies 'secret' PPRP deal", (BP, April 5).

  • THAILAND

    Judicial precedent 'needed' to prevent coups

    News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 22/05/2022

    » Today eight years ago the military did what many feared it would do -- engineer the coup that toppled the Pheu Thai Party-led government. Naming itself the National Council for Peace and Order, the coup maker argued it had to seize power to break the legal and political impasse. To its critics, there can never be justification for usurping power.

  • OPINION

    Army unwilling to yield to democracy

    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.

  • THAILAND

    EC finalises new electoral map

    News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 29/11/2018

    » The Election Commission (EC) has finalised the redrawing of the electoral boundary map, which will be officially announced shortly, setting the stage for political parties to choose candidates for the general election tentatively slated for Feb 24 next year, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam has said.

  • OPINION

    New party shows hints of cracks

    News, Published on 17/11/2018

    » The Future Forward Party (FFP) is facing stiff competition even from the ranks of parties considered to be its allies, and the reported undercurrent being whipped up within the FFP is not helping the situation.

  • OPINION

    Colouring politics with musical tradition

    News, Published on 27/06/2017

    » In the world of Thai traditional music, there is a highly esteemed competition, known as prachan, in which groups of musicians battle each other to produce the best pieces. The practice resembles a political fight in many ways.

  • THAILAND

    OAG probes political link to wind projects

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/03/2017

    » The Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) is looking into the possibility that former agriculture ministers may have been involved in embattled wind energy projects in two northeastern provinces.

  • OPINION

    About politics

    News, Published on 18/03/2017

    » Politicians of all hues have put aside their differences to remember Yuwadee Tunyasiri v Pathum Thani monks reticent about finding fault with Phra Dhammajayo v City police chief Sanit gets a temporary reprieve from the Ombudsman

  • THAILAND

    About Politics

    News, Published on 19/11/2016

    » Yingluck's rice photo ops and Prayut's subsidies come under attack v Some election commissioners are scrambling to protect their jobs under new qualification rules v New army chief Gen Chalermchai likes to appease his masters

  • THAILAND

    The constituents and the constitution

    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.

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