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Asian elections, democracy in 2024
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 29/12/2023
» Billed as the biggest election year ever as more than half of the global population goes to the polls, 2024 will be critical to the debate about democratisation and autocratisation. Asia will lead the way with elections in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Indonesia, while the most recent polls in Myanmar and Thailand offer long-term lessons about democracy and dictatorship. The salient themes next year will be about the self-perpetuating tendencies of incumbent regimes and the resilience of democratic rule when authoritarianism seemed to have the upper hand.
New Year's traffic safety perils mount
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 29/12/2023
» The People's Safety Foundation has called on the government to tighten safety measures to curb road accidents during the New Year holiday.
Details of Srettha's wealth made public
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 29/12/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said yesterday he can't deny that he is wealthy, after many years of hard work and successful investments.
PM rallies govt allies to back budget
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 29/12/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has asked the government coalition parties to prepare for the upcoming House debate on the Budget Bill for the 2024 fiscal year.
Teen boy’s interrogation ‘unlawful’: prosecutors
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/12/2023
» Prosecutors have returned to police a summary of their investigation into the Siam Paragon shooting involving a 14-year-old suspect, saying it lacks a sufficiently clear mental health assessment of the teenager.
Thousands of families affected by flooding
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/12/2023
» Nearly 100,000 families are struggling to recover from devastating floods in Pattani, Narathiwat, and Yala as the water begins to subside in some locations, according to the authorities.
Sri Lanka FTA set for February
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 29/12/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will travel to Sri Lanka to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) in February following the latest round of talks between the two countries, according to the Commerce Ministry.
'Post' will still publish over NY
News, Published on 29/12/2023
» Thailand is going on a long holiday to usher in the New Year.
Hotel fined B1.3m for removed gargoyle statue
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/12/2023
» The company operating the Bazaar Hotel Bangkok has paid a fine of 1.3 million baht for allowing Khru Kai Kaew, a controversial half-god, half-demon represented by a gargoyle-like sculpture, to be installed on its rented premises.
An unfair practice
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/12/2023
» Re: "SET poised for upbeat finish", (Business, Dec 25).