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Move to scrap MP pensions tipped for this week
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/03/2026
» A motion to abolish MPs' pensions is expected to be raised in parliament this week amid concerns over fairness and the growing financial burden on the state.
Stepping up against discrimination
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 14/03/2026
» Amidst the global turmoil happening today, it is easy to yield to a sense of despair and despondency. Yet, there are positive changes at the national-local level which seem incremental at first glance, but which are, in reality, monumental; they act as a gentle palliative projecting hope. On this front, Thailand experienced a sense of elation a year ago, when the possibility of same-sex marriage became the norm in the country due to reform of the Thai Civil Code.
Trump ready to act after 'solving eight wars'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/12/2025
» US President Donald Trump has claimed credit for resolving "eight wars", adding that Thailand is "starting to shape up" amid renewed attention on Thai–Cambodian tensions.
Sad litany of flood missteps
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/11/2025
» Entrenched patronage networks, political meddling in appointments, and a lack of professional disaster-management leadership created a cascade of preventable failures in the catastrophic flooding that tore apart Songkhla's Hat Yai district, a major economic engine of the South, according to academics.
Another day, another massacre
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 08/11/2025
» The ceasefire in Gaza, however shaky, is freeing up some bandwidth for the world's media to fret about other ongoing massacres, and UN Secretary General António Guterres wasted no time in turning the spotlight on Sudan. "The horrifying crisis in Sudan … is spiralling out of control," he said on Monday -- but he didn't explain why.
PM Anutin’s wife apologises for calling reporters ‘mean’
News, Online Reporters, Published on 01/11/2025
» The wife of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul apologised on Saturday for asking reporters why they were being so “mean” to her husband.
Poll says 44% don't comprehend Thai-Cambodian MoUs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/10/2025
» Nida Poll suggests 44.1% of the public do not understand the function of the two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed with Cambodia in 2000 and 2001.
PM pledges sustainability
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/10/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has declared sustainability will be the new cornerstone of Thailand's economic strategy and emphasised the need to build resilient foundations in industry, trade and investment to navigate global volatility.
A new page as France quits key bases in Africa
News, John J Metzler, Published on 02/08/2025
» It's a turning of the page in Franco-African diplomatic relations. For the first time since the decolonisation of the French colonies in the 1960s, there will be no formal French military bases on the African continent.
Central banks caused own woes
News, Otmar Issing, Published on 02/08/2025
» US President Donald Trump's fierce attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell have attracted global attention, rattled markets and, perhaps most importantly, sparked debate about the wisdom of central-bank independence -- a complex issue with constitutional and economic implications.