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New tactics to topple old guard
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 13/09/2021
» Despite the severe Covid-19 situation in the capital, the pro-democracy movement has ramped up its campaign in recent months, with mobs taking to the streets almost on a daily basis.
Death by bureaucracy
News, Published on 07/08/2021
» A chorus of criticism is circulating accusing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of being out of touch with reality and underestimating the gravity of the Covid-19 crisis.
Protests feared to be losing steam
News, Published on 17/07/2021
» The anti-government protests are a mix of old and new groups disgruntled by the prolonged grip on power by the generals who are living proof that there is political life after the dissolution of the coup-engineering National Council for Peace and Order, according to a political expert who asked not to be named.
Capital braces for day of rallies
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/07/2021
» The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) yesterday advised motorists to avoid certain roads where large gatherings are set to take place today during rallies being staged by groups demanding the government stands down.
Don't squabble, fix nation
News, Postbag, Published on 28/02/2021
» Re: "Prayut, Prawit disagree over candidates for cabinet reshuffle", (BP, Feb 27).
Protesters' major omission
News, Postbag, Published on 15/11/2020
» I agree with Fireman Sam's "Cast votes with care" and Burin Kantabutra's outline of a better way for the students to deliver their goals message.
New kids on protest block
News, Published on 07/11/2020
» For many weeks now, anti-government protests have converged at different locations in Bangkok almost on a daily basis, although the gatherings are anything but protracted. The protests have assumed a routine where they rally for three to four hours on average before dispersing, each time with a parting remark echoed by their leaders that the movement is edging ever closer to victory in expelling Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from office, having the flawed constitution fixed and pushing for reforms of the monarchy.
Rally retorts a childish tactic
News, Editorial, Published on 26/10/2020
» Political tension has intensified and could escalate into violence unless all the parties show restraint.
Govt struggles with 'tech-savvy' protesters
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/10/2020
» The government is struggling to deal with tech-savvy youth-led demonstrators who make the most use of information and communication technologies and social media platforms as a major tool in their anti-government campaign, academics and former protest leaders said.
Cheerleading without fans
News, Editorial, Published on 11/10/2020
» It seems like the Royal Thai Army can't catch a break lately.