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  • OPINION

    Message to despots

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/04/2024

    » Re: "Pita 'most favoured' to be next PM: poll", (BP, March 25).

  • THAILAND

    Pita to resume MP duty

    News, Published on 25/01/2024

    » Pita Limjaroenrat, advisory chairman to the Move Forward Party (MFP), will retain his MP status and the party's prime minister candidacy following the Constitutional Court's ruling that the iTV shares he holds did not make him ineligible to run for a House seat.

  • OPINION

    Delicate art of being nasty and nice

    Roger Crutchley, Published on 31/03/2024

    » One word we have been subjected to almost on a daily basis recently is "diplomacy" as politicians grapple with the world's woes without much success. A dictionary definition of diplomacy is "tact or skill in dealing with people". Unfortunately it is more complex than that as the world is in such a mess. Perhaps Ambrose Bierce was nearer the mark in his Devil's Dictionary when he described diplomacy as "the patriotic art of lying for one's country".

  • OPINION

    Oh no, he's put his foot in it again!

    Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/11/2023

    » Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is no stranger to verbal gaffes, which may hurt the feelings of Thais or, worse, inflict political damage. His latest "slip of the tongue" at a meeting of the Pheu Thai Party's executive and MPs over special favours for police promotions is a case in point which could also expose him to legal action.

  • OPINION

    What reputation?

    Postbag, Published on 24/03/2024

    » Re: "RTP rift probe 'will find truth'", (BP, March 22).

  • THAILAND

    More hospital time for Thaksin

    News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/12/2023

    » Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been allowed by the Department of Corrections (DoC) to stay on at the Police General Hospital as he marked 120 days on Friday of receiving medical treatment there.

  • OPINION

    Short-term thinking

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/01/2024

    » Re: "Govt vows cut in energy prices", (BP, Jan 2). Instead of temporarily cutting energy prices, PM Srettha should heed Lao Tzu's wise words: "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." For example, Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga is mulling subsidising oil for farmers. But when the handout ends, farmers will revert to their old ways.

  • GENERAL

    Mini-dramas key to pushing soft power

    Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/03/2024

    » The Commerce Ministry recommends entrepreneurs use mini-dramas to promote the country's soft power to the global market in terms of culture, traditions and tourism.

  • THAILAND

    Paetongtarn talks up Cambodia ties

    News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/03/2024

    » The leader of Thailand's ruling Pheu Thai Party, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, also known as Ung Ing, is currently paying an official visit to Cambodia, emphasising the close ties and cooperation between the two countries.

  • OPINION

    Parnpree to diplomats: 'Don't give up'

    Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 28/11/2023

    » 'Do not take no for an answer" could be the new hashtag for all Thai diplomats from now on. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahidha-Nukara instructed his lieutenants not to give up or allow themselves to be turned down too easily when they are pursuing a "proactive economic policy".

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