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Anutin dismisses 'sick man of Asia' label for Thailand
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/02/2026
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has expressed confidence in Thailand's economic outlook following the recent general election, rejecting foreign media portrayals that labelled the country the "sick man" of Asia.
Conservative vote could consolidate around Bhumjaithai
News, Published on 07/02/2026
» The Bhumjaithai Party has emerged as an unexpected wedge within the conservative camp, prising apart supporters who once reliably backed ultra-right and establishment parties such as Palang Pracharath and United Thai Nation.
The election's last-mile test
News, Published on 31/01/2026
» For weeks, opinion polls have consistently shown the People’s Party (PP) maintaining a narrow but persistent lead over the Bhumjaithai Party ahead of the Feb 8 general election. The surveys have fostered a prevailing narrative of a two-horse race, with the People’s Party positioned as the frontrunner and Bhumjaithai as the most serious challenger.
Govt to brief Asean on clash
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/12/2025
» Thailand will present Asean members with updates on the Thai-Cambodian border clashes at the Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) in Malaysia on Monday, amid rising international pressure for the two nations to de-escalate tensions.
Three Thai women arrested for alleged involvement in Nigerian romance scam
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/11/2025
» Three Thai women have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a romance scam network run by a group of Nigerians that defrauded victims of more than six billion baht.
PM sets terms for Trump
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/10/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has responded to US President Donald Trump's offer to act as a mediator in peace talks between Thailand and Cambodia, saying that while the gesture reflects goodwill, any negotiations must adhere to previously agreed principles.
Gaza Strip pantomime ending at last
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 29/07/2025
» The coordinated chorus of despair by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and their various henchpersons and flacks was quite impressive. The message was that everybody should stop hoping for a negotiated peace. Mr Netanyahu has stared Mr Trump down once again, and the four-month pantomime search for a new ceasefire in Gaza is at an end.
We've all seen this war game play out before
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 20/06/2025
» I've seen this movie already. I don't want to see it again."They lied," said Donald Trump in 2016, running for the Republican presidential nomination against the neo-cons in his own party who had started the "forever wars" in Afghanistan and Iraq. "They said there were weapons of mass destruction. There were none. And they knew there were none."
Medical council to review Somsak veto
News, Apinya WipatayotinAekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 12/06/2025
» All eyes are on the meeting of the Medical Council of Thailand on Thursday as it reviews Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin's recent veto of its resolution to suspend the licences of two doctors involved in the controversial transfer of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra for treatment in a premium hospital ward.
Mar-a-Lago accord may aid China
News, Yao Yang, Published on 07/06/2025
» The provisional trade deal reached by China and the United States in Geneva last month exceeded expectations, with the two sides agreeing to roll back for 90 days the majority of tariffs and other countermeasures they had imposed in the preceding weeks.