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OPINION

Jimmy Lai, the HK tycoon who stood up to China

News, James Pomfret & Jessie Pang, Published on 17/12/2025

» Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, was found guilty on Monday on two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of sedition under a China-imposed national security law that could see him jailed for life.

THAILAND

Illegal recyclers run out of luck

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

» The Industry Ministry has dismantled an illegal "zero-dollar" recycling operation in Prachin Buri, uncovering more than 8,000 tonnes of hazardous and toxic waste during an inspection yesterday.

OPINION

Mixed signals at border

News, Editorial, Published on 03/06/2025

» The skirmishes between Thai and Cambodian troops in Chong Bok district, Ubon Ratchathani, risk turning into a full-blown conflict, after a recent clash resulted in the death of a Cambodian soldier.

THAILAND

PM brushes off talk of rift in coalition

News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/12/2024

» Government unity remains intact despite the Bhumjaithai Party voting to apply the contentious double-majority rule in a charter amendment referendum in defiance of other coalition parties, according to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

OPINION

Is the writing on the wall for Prawit?

News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/09/2024

» The first rule for every MP or senator is to attend parliamentary meetings on a regular basis. There are two sessions, each lasting 120 days, within a year. That means parliamentarians work only 240 days in a year, but the days they are supposed to sit in parliament to deliberate bills are even less.

OPINION

Deck reshuffle carries risks for Thaksin

News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/09/2024

» It was a classic case of killing two birds with one stone. That was the incorporation of the Democrats into the Pheu Thai-led coalition to substitute for the fragmented Palang Pracharath Party.

OPINION

Will Move Forward be stopped for good?

News, Published on 05/08/2024

» Four years ago, on Feb 21, the Constitutional Court ordered the dissolution of the Future Forward Party, the predecessor of the Move Forward Party, and banned its executive committee members from contesting elections for 10 years.

THAILAND

NACC requested to investigate PM's asset declaration

News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 25/06/2024

» Political activist Ruangkrai Leekitwattana is seeking a corruption probe against Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for allegedly omitting to declare his wealth and certain senior executive positions he once held.

OPINION

Broken Dems fail to rise from the ashes

News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/12/2023

» The dust has finally settled in the Democrat Party. A new party leader, Chalermchai Sri-on, has been elected after two failed attempts to hold a general meeting for the party's leadership election.

OPINION

If Prigozhin's gone, long live Putin – and Wagner?

News, Andreas Kluth, Published on 26/08/2023

» Yevgeny Prigozhin might have retired in peace some day. Or he could have been found writhing in the throes of Novichok, a nerve agent favoured by Russia's spy agencies. He might also have fallen out of a window, crashed in his car, or slipped in his bathroom -- like so many Russians lately, and like any of us potentially.