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    Combatting fake news the Asean way

    Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 06/06/2023

    » Three weeks have passed since the general election, and the Thai media is still flooded with fake news and disinformation of all kinds. Essentially, these are designed to harm a particular individual, a political group or the country. Overall, the country's domestic environment is very fluid. Aside from efforts to form a new coalition government, the most important issues are related to national security and diplomacy.

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    How Belgium does it

    News, Published on 29/05/2023

    » Re: "Building roads safely", (Editorial, May 27).

  • News & article

    'Flash mob' leaves FFP with work to do

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/12/2019

    » There were as many bystanders as party supporters among the few thousand people who converged in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and the Pathumwan skywalk on Saturday evening where the Future Forward Party (FFP) held its "flash mob" to test public response to its call for justice for the party after the Election Commission (EC) last week asked the Constitutional Court to dissolve the party over a 191-million-baht "loan" to the party by its leader, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.

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    Thai army needs to march to a new tune

    Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/05/2023

    » I always get feelings of fear when I hear the army's famous propaganda song, Nak Paendin, which in Thai means "burden of the country". As a child born during the 1970s, this song reminds me of military putsches.

  • News & article

    End military interrogation

    News, Editorial, Published on 27/09/2018

    » In a court ruling on Tuesday on what has been dubbed the "budu bomb" case, the legitimacy and transparency of the military's unusual role in the justice process has again been questioned.

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    Ruling is inconsistent

    News, Postbag, Published on 27/02/2020

    » I agree with the spirit of the Constitutional Court's verdict on the FFP's loan saga: loans should be considered as contributions. But have the Thai Election Commission or courts previously ruled that loans are, legally speaking, contributions? The Bangkok Post's Feb 21 editorial said: "The EC never ... informed political parties that there are regulations barring them from taking out loans. That's because there are no such rules." Also, if we had such specific and clear rules and laws, our EC and CC would have explicitly based their decisions on them, quoting the section -- but that's not the case.

  • News & article

    Expose the culprits

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/04/2023

    » Re: "App won't end pollution", (Editorial, April 18).

  • News & article

    EC has its back against a wall

    News, Published on 19/01/2019

    » The Election Commission (EC) remains under the microscope as the poll delay saga drags on with no end in sight.

  • News & article

    Election rules need legal clarity

    News, Editorial, Published on 19/02/2023

    » After parliament's final session ended on Friday, there were calls for the government to dissolve the House earlier than the deadline of March 23. Needless to say, voters want to exercise their rights while parties want to start campaigning.

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    Little to smile about

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/03/2023

    » Re: "Happiness Index", (BP, March 23).

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