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Ishiba's exit may lead to turmoil
News, Tomoyuki Tachikawa, Published on 28/07/2025
» Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's resignation could herald a political turmoil in Japan, as no decisive winner emerged from the latest House of Councillors election, in which the ruling bloc suffered a major setback.
There's no reward for loyalty
News, Published on 16/09/2023
» Pol Gen Sereepisuth Teemeeyaves, leader of the Seri Ruam Thai Party, and a Pheu Thai loyalist, is thought to have swallowed the pain inflicted when Pheu Thai repaid his loyalty by omitting him from the cabinet line-up.
Japan is facing a fiscal dilemma
News, Takatoshi Ito, Published on 06/02/2023
» Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently unveiled an ambitious plan to double the country's defence budget to ¥43 trillion, roughly 2% of Japan's GDP, over the next five years. Notably, the country's massive rearmament programme, its biggest since the end of World War II, has not triggered a political or public backlash. With Japan facing multiple security threats, including North Korean missile tests, Chinese coast-guard ships encroaching on its territorial waters and Russia's militarisation of the disputed Kuril Islands (known in Japan as the Northern Territories), polls show public support for the proposed increase.
Race for PM's chair wide open, survey finds
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/09/2022
» Most voters have yet find to settle on their preferred PM candidate in the upcoming general elections, according to an opinion poll by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida).
Thais leaving their mark in the law
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 20/12/2021
» In 2021 Thailand benefited from at least two good pieces of news in regard to international law, a subject closely interlinked with international relations.
Chinese dams cloud Mekong River relations
News, Montree Chantawong, Published on 23/08/2021
» The new Chinese Ambassador to Thailand, Han Zhiqiang compares relations between the two countries and their collective effort to combat Covid-19 pandemic as being "one family".
Pedestrian roadkill
News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2021
» I found Japanese ambassador Kazuya Nashida's observations about Thailand fascinating, especially when he contrasted the customary politeness of Thais to their behaviour when driving (BP, Feb 22).
Far-right politicians seek to make gains during pandemic
News, Federico Finchelstein & Jason Stanley, Published on 09/05/2020
» In stark contrast to the effective leadership shown by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Singapore's autocratic technocracy, the world's far-right nationalists have met the Covid-19 crisis with something not seen in decades: the fascist politics of disease. And no one typifies this brand of politics better than Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro.
Working hand in hand for a brighter future
News, China's Premier Li Keqiang, Published on 02/11/2019
» It is a great pleasure for me to come back to Southeast Asia as the annual leaders' meetings on East Asian cooperation are about to open in Bangkok. This is my third visit to Thailand, the "Land of Smiles", as Chinese Premier. Coming to Thailand gives me a heart-warming feeling of visiting a relative or a close neighbour. I wish to express my appreciation to Thailand for its efforts in organising the meetings, and I look forward to renewing friendship with other leaders and jointly discussing ways to promote East Asian cooperation.
Once upon a time it was smooth as silk
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/10/2019
» Judging from what a leading executive of Thai Airways International (THAI) said last week, the national airline is in a spot of bother and needs to turn things around quickly. Quite what the solution might be is unclear, although one suspects a "miracle" would come in quite handy. It is common knowledge that things have not been "smooth as silk" for many years.