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  • THAILAND

    King names Surayud as Privy Council president

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/01/2020

    » His Majesty the King has appointed privy councillor Gen Surayud Chulanont as president of the Privy Council, replacing the late Gen Prem Tinsulanonda who died on May 26 last year.

  • OPINION

    Who is poor and landless?

    News, Editorial, Published on 18/11/2019

    » Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow's decision to grant land reform rights to a local politician appears to be a repeat of a similar scandal, which spelled the end of a Democrat-led coalition government about 24 years ago.

  • OPINION

    Land saga a test of morals

    News, Editorial, Published on 14/11/2019

    » The recent land scandal involving the outspoken MP for Ratchaburi, Pareena Kraikupt, poses a major challenge to the principles of land reform for needy farmers.

  • THAILAND

    Rohingya row stymies caucus

    News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 28/08/2019

    » A regional political meeting has been unable to proceed for the third consecutive year after Indonesia and Myanmar rowed about the inclusion of the Rohingya crisis on the agenda on Tuesday, according to the secretary-general of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (Aipa).

  • THAILAND

    Prayut to face House grilling

    News, Published on 15/08/2019

    » The opposition is filing an urgent motion for a parliamentary debate to grill Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha over the oath-taking controversy after he twice missed House sessions to explain the matter.

  • OPINION

    Dress code a non-issue

    News, Editorial, Published on 12/07/2019

    » The matter of what to wear and what not to wear in parliament brought to the fore by Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MPs this week reflects their inability to get their priorities right on what to debate and what not to debate in the Lower House.

  • THAILAND

    HM King endorses cabinet

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/07/2019

    » The coalition government, which has been royally endorsed, will not have the luxury of "a honeymoon period" as the country's economy is in bad shape and is in need of urgent action from the new government, observers in the private sector said.

  • THAILAND

    Dems cagey ahead of PM vote

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/06/2019

    » Pressure is mounting on the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) and the Democrats to thrash out their differences and finalise a deal over the formation of a coalition government ahead of the prime ministerial vote in parliament scheduled for Wednesday.

  • THAILAND

    PPRP to offer tie-up with 'kingmakers'

    News, Published on 27/05/2019

    » The final piece of the coalition formation puzzle is expected to fall into place on Monday, with the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) expected to extend formal invitations to join its coalition to the Democrat and Bhumjaithai parties.

  • BUSINESS

    Court orders SRT to stump up

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/04/2019

    » The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) may need to devise a new debt-restructuring plan, after a court ordered it and the Transport Ministry to pay almost 12 billion baht in compensation to Hopewell (Thailand) Co for scrapping a mega-transport project 20 years ago, a rail agency source said.

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