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Srettha should beware
News, Published on 02/03/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has declared he intends to serve out his four-year term in office. However, observers were quick to remind him that what happens in life isn't always up to oneself.
A pill policy that may just pop
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Aekarach Sattaburuth & Wongsathorn Pungsriwanich, Published on 02/03/2024
» Yosapat Kongduang, 22, did not sleep for three straight nights after taking methamphetamine pills or ya ba. He was restless and aggressive when police arrested him at his house in Buri Ram on Feb 16.
Property tycoon faces money laundering charge
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/03/2024
» The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) will charge property tycoon Anant Asavabhokhin with money laundering over his alleged involvement in the Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative (KCUC) fund embezzlement scandal, according to an OAG source.
Sutin defends use of 'One Map' system
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 01/03/2024
» The Royal Thai Survey Department's "One Map" system will be used by the government to resolve disagreements regarding land ownership nationwide, including the dispute in Khao Yai National Park, Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang says.
No plans to hold censure debate yet, opposition says
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 01/03/2024
» The opposition bloc has yet to decide whether or not to table a no-confidence motion against the government during the current parliamentary session.
The WTO's investment challenge
Oped, Karl P Sauvant, Published on 01/03/2024
» Every country is eager to attract foreign direct investment -- and for good reason. FDI facilitates capital inflows, creates jobs, drives skills development and facilitates technology transfers, accelerating economic growth and enabling recipient countries to access global markets.
Thailand upgraded in global freedom survey
Online Reporters, Published on 29/02/2024
» Thailand has been upgraded to “partly free” from “not free” in an annual survey by the US advocacy group Freedom House, despite its observation that the winner of the 2023 election was prevented from forming a government.
Red Bull case must rev up
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/02/2024
» After a long delay, justice is starting to take its course in the notorious hit-and-run case involving Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, the Red Bull scion who allegedly killed a policeman in the Thong Lor area of Sukhumvit in September 2012 before fleeing the country.
Khao Yai land dispute stuck on ‘buffer zone’
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/02/2024
» The head of the National Park Office insists that a disputed 3,000-rai area on the fringes of Khao Yai National Park has protected status and that its classification as a “buffer zone” is misunderstood.
Ex-top cop indicted in 'Boss' saga
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/02/2024
» The Attorney-General has indicted former national police chief Somyot Poompanmoung and seven others for helping Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, the scion of the family behind the Red Bull empire, escape prosecution in connection with the 2012 hit-and-run case.