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    MFP unfazed by court ruling

    Published on 05/02/2024

    » The Constitutional Court's unanimous ruling against the Move Forward Party (MFP) concerning its push to amend Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, has established the limits on any attempts to change the law.

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    Hands up for a pay rise

    Published on 12/11/2023

    » Despite being in office for only two months, the Pheu Thai-led government has made progress on several campaign pledges including plans to raise salaries for civil servants and the daily minimum wages for unskilled workers, although the timeframe set for these changes is within four years.

  • News & article

    Govt hails creatives

    Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 29/10/2023

    » When Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin led members of his cabinet on Wednesday to watch Sap-Pa-Rer (The Undertaker), which has earned more than 500 million baht since it hit local theatres early this month, it was not about him socialising with his team.

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    Divided cabinet faces tough tests

    Published on 03/09/2023

    » Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has completed his first task of putting together a cabinet which received royal endorsement on Saturday but questions remain as to whether he is putting the right people in the right jobs.

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    Behold, the exam results god

    News, Published on 27/02/2023

    » Travelling to a revered location and worshipping sacred items is catching on among the young, with Buddhist and Hindu temples popular domestic tourist attractions, a new report says.

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    When to bring the curtain down

    News, Published on 20/03/2022

    » Deputy Prime Minister and Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader Prawit Wongsuwon sparked debate over whether the government should call an early House dissolution when he floated the idea that it would be a good time to go the polls after the Apec 2022 summit.

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    Broad support for loan

    News, Published on 30/05/2021

    » The government is prepared to take on more debt in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, issuing an executive decree allowing the Finance Ministry to borrow an additional 500 billion baht up until September next year to protect public health and revitalise the economy.

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    Rights chief optimistic despite UN cold shoulder

    News, Published on 23/03/2021

    » Although the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) under the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (Ganhri) decided to defer the consideration of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand's (NHRCT) application for re-accreditation for 18 months, the acting chairperson of NHRCT Prakairatana Thontiravong still believes it's a positive sign as it means the SCA recognises the efforts of NHRCT to improve.

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    A glimmer of hope in dark times

    News, Published on 23/02/2020

    » The recent wave of shootings and constant fear over the coronavirus recalls what Claudius said in Hamlet: "When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions". And these "battalions" of sorrow have been plunging Thais into deep depression.

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    Folk in capital struggling to stay afloat

    News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/01/2020

    » The recent global cost of living survey sees Bangkok for the first time among the top 50 most expensive cities in the world due to the baht's appreciation.

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