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Prawit dismisses Thaksin's forecast of Pheu Thai polls win
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 30/03/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has shrugged off former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's prediction that the Pheu Thai Party will see a landslide victory in the next general election.
Police to get wage hikes
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 29/03/2018
» Work on the much-anticipated reform of the police force has been completed with highlights including a pay rise for more than 100,000 officers and brighter career prospects for inquiry officers, the panel in charge said Wednesday.
Government urged to blitz corruption
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 26/03/2018
» The government is under pressure to provide results in its fight against corruption amid the many scandals that have erupted involving state officials.
Prayut orders close watch on protesters
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 26/03/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered security forces to closely monitor political groups which are currently launching campaigns to unseat the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), according to a government spokesman.
Not time
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 23/03/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon on Thursday brushed aside former National Reform Council (NRC) member and human rights activist Thicha Nanakorn's call for his resignation over his luxury watch scandal.
To avoid sex assault, don't be sexy, says government
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 22/03/2018
» Local authorities are telling women to avoid dressing in 'sexy' outfits as they try to prevent sexual harassment or sex assault cases during next month's Songkran festival.
Regime under fire as it rains cash on villagers
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 21/03/2018
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government plans to inject 30 billion baht into more than 82,000 villages nationwide amid criticism it is aiming to score political points ahead of the general election that is expected next February.
Nitirat chief warns of new 'Black May'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 20/03/2018
» Thammasat law lecturer and Nitirat group leader Worachet Pakeerut has warned against appointing an outsider prime minister after the election, saying the country should have learnt its lesson after the bloodshed of Black May in 1992.
85% of aid for poor stolen, now exceeds B100m
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/03/2018
» Graft-busters investigating systemic embezzlement of funds from protection centres for the destitute report the total theft uncovered now exceeds 100 million baht and has been found in 49 provinces.
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has died at 76
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 14/03/2018
» Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space even though his body was paralysed by disease, has died, a family spokesman said early on Wednesday. He was 76.