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THAILAND

Cannabis activists demand parties clarify stance

News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/01/2026

» A network of medical staff, academics, and civil society groups has called on political parties to clarify their cannabis policies and positions during the election season.

OPINION

When societies rise, fall, and face catastrophe

News, Antara Haldar, Published on 11/10/2025

» When the United Nations emerged from the rubble of two world wars 80 years ago, it represented humanity's most ambitious attempt ever to turn catastrophe into cooperation. But while the scarred world of 1945 had hope following the Allied victory, that optimism has since curdled. The UN today is underfunded, risk-averse, and paralysed.

THAILAND

Court jails 11 for life for wedding shooting

News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/09/2025

» The Criminal Court has sentenced 11 individuals to death for a fatal wedding shooting linked to a long-running feud between two technical institutes.

THAILAND

Give same basic wage for all, govt told

News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/06/2025

» The People's Party (PP) and the Thai Labour Solidarity Confederation have called on Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn to reconsider the latest minimum wage rise, arguing all workers across Thailand should receive the uniform rate of 400 baht per day.

THAILAND

Charter change looks like a lost cause

News, Published on 08/03/2025

» The charter amendment business has reached its climax, and it is expected to fade away from this point, according to one political analyst.

THAILAND

Gender titles emerge as new battleground

News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 27/01/2025

» The pathbreaking Marriage Equality Bill might ensure equal marriages for all, yet many of those who obtained marriage registration when it came into effect last week have another worry to contend with: their gender title did not match their gender identity.

OPINION

An early look at the 2025 market

News, Javier Blas, Published on 12/01/2024

» The 2024 oil market is still in its infancy, but attention is already shifting to 2025. If the global economy is starting to abandon its oil addiction, as optimists contend, the first signs of the energy transition should emerge by next year. Spoiler alert: early indications are that the beginning of the end of the fossil-fuel industry remains elusive.

OPINION

Fragile supply chains will rebuild

News, Tim Culpan, Published on 27/12/2023

» Pick a single item from an array of shocks and you can see just how fragile global supply chains truly are. But combine climate change, decoupling from China, unprecedented technological development, wars, rising costs and labour shortages, and we now have an amalgam of catalysts that will change global trade for the better.

OPINION

Karabakh offensive brings wins to Erdogan, Putin

News, Peter Apps, Published on 26/09/2023

» As Armenia called on Russian peacekeepers in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region to step in to stop an offensive by Azerbaijan this week, pro-Kremlin pundits in Moscow took to social media to mock Armenia's leaders for their recent efforts to build relations with the West.

THAILAND

Pheu Thai looms large as potential coalition leader

News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 15/07/2023

» The Pheu Thai Party has a good chance to become the leader of a new coalition if the Move Forward Party (MFP) and its leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, can't win the parliamentary selection of the new prime minister, a political science academic said on Friday.