• OPINION

  Xmas spirit a Thai virtue

  News, Editorial, Published on 24/12/2018

  » The celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ is one of the few holidays so widely marked. It may not be a holiday in Thailand, but there is probably no one unaware of Christmas. Many Christians criticise the commercial atmosphere, but there's really no escaping it. The giving of gifts and the "Christmas spirit" of peace and joy is worth noting by everyone, everywhere.

• OPINION

  Five-star salaries too fat

  News, Editorial, Published on 17/11/2018

  » In a move that has perplexed many, the junta-appointed National Legislative Assembly (NLA) yesterday approved in principle a bill that aims to "legalise" the fat pay cheques of generals, admirals and air chief marshals who have been awarded the "special" five-star rank in the military.

• OPINION

  Asset declaration law angers academics

  News, Editorial, Published on 11/11/2018

  » A new regulation issued by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) that requires university council members to declare their assets and liabilities has drawn mixed reactions.

• OPINION

  Military needs to step back

  News, Editorial, Published on 20/10/2018

  » While Thailand is still being ruled by the coup-installed government, the newly appointed army chief has already laid the foundations for a siege of the country's future democracy.

• OPINION

  Level political playing field

  News, Editorial, Published on 19/10/2018

  » Despite vehement denials by his close aides that Prime Minister and regime leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's social media campaign is all about his political future, the facts speak for themselves.Gen Prayut's launch of personal Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts over the weekend has caused a major stir.

• OPINION

  Time to lift rights bans

  News, Editorial, Published on 17/09/2018

  » The best thing that can be said about last week's action by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is that the all-male group understands it has created a problem. It has returned to the public a tiny bit of the civil and human rights it removed 52 months ago. On Friday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha used his extraordinary powers under Section 44 to give some small but important freedoms to political parties. While the order restores the right to organise party affairs, it falls lamentably short of restoring basic and constitutional rights to all Thais.

• OPINION

  Pheu Thai has point to prove

  News, Editorial, Published on 18/08/2018

  » The executives of the Pheu Thai Party may end up thanking their three former colleagues who have been busy siphoning a chunk of the party's former MPs into the fold of a party that backs the military regime. How it handles the poaching saga may prove a yardstick in the party's evolution into an entity less dependent on, and free from the influence of, the Shinawatra clan.

• OPINION

  Playing games with democracy

  News, Editorial, Published on 24/06/2018

  » Today in 1932, Thailand experienced a drastic transformation when a group of young soldiers and civilians known as the People's Party -- or Khana Ratsadorn -- staged the "Siamese Revolution" with an aspiration to introduce democracy to the country.

• OPINION

  Walls close in on free press

  News, Editorial, Published on 06/04/2018

  » With news reports and commentaries swapping between praising and criticising the ruling regime, most mainstream media staff survive direct state intimidation. But two senior journalists recently ran foul of the junta.

• OPINION

  Regaining some balance

  News, Editorial, Published on 06/10/2017

  » The recently concluded visit by Prime Minister and coup leader Prayut Chan-o-cha to the United States has helped clarify many questions about Thailand's geopolitical positioning that Thais have asked since the military government seized power.

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