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India's 'no' at WTO may just mean 'not yet'
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 27/02/2024
» As trade ministers gather at the World Trade Organization's (WTO) summit in Abu Dhabi this week, one of the villains will, as usual, be India. And, certainly, there's some justice to the complaint that Indian negotiators are far too ready to block consensus at such confabs unless granted concessions on their own priorities. Saying "no" often comes too easily to them.
First coalition dinner 'went well'; BJT to host next one
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/11/2023
» The first coalition party dinner on Wednesday was cordial, with no haggling for political favours between parties in the government, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Cabinet horse-trading ongoing
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/08/2023
» Speculation is intensifying about the lineup of the next cabinet with coalition-leader Pheu Thai and its ally, Bhumjaithai, haggling over the interior portfolio, according to sources.
Teen machete antics, frenzied shooter, tarp bridge tragedy
News, Mae Moo, Published on 26/03/2023
» Drunken boy runs amok
Seducing shoppers with special offers
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/02/2022
» In many Bangkok retail establishments there are frequent special offers with variations on the "buy one, get one free!" theme. It is known in the trade as BOGO or BOGOF which actually sounds a bit rude. The immediate reaction to this sort of offer, especially when the word "free!" appears with an accompanying exclamation mark, tends to be "what's the catch?"
Cops fine flat-rate airport cabbie
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/08/2019
» A taxi driver operating out of Suvarnabhumi airport has been fined for switching off his meter and telling customers to pay a flat rate, according to police.
Weathering a storm
News, Published on 06/07/2019
» Apolitical storm came early for the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) and it almost tore the main government party apart.
Post-poll transitions and directions
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 14/06/2019
» Almost three months after the March 24 poll, Thailand has barely managed to come up with a new government leader, who remains Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, but a cabinet has still yet to be announced owing to haggling and bargaining over portfolios.
Prayut gets royal mandate
News, Wassana Nanuam, Chatrudee Theparat and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/06/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has reportedly agreed to keep the ministerial post quotas the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) had promised to the Democrat and Bhumjaithai parties, a military source said on Monday.
Anti-regime? Join the opposition ranks
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 17/05/2019
» Five years after it seized power in May 2014, Thailand's military junta, known as the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), has achieved what it envisaged.