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Cornered Orban at risk of losing next election
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 28/03/2026
» Viktor Orban has not aged well. When I met him in Budapest two months before the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, he was a typical hyper-ambitious student leader. Anybody who has been to university knows the type: fluent, ruthless, perpetually on the look-out for the main chance, and oddly old still to be a student. (He was 26.)
Klatham 'waiting in the wings'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/03/2026
» In Thailand's fluid and transactional political landscape, the emergence of the Klatham Party as a "waiting wing" opposition reflects a calibrated strategy.
Fuel frustration mounts
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Apinya Wipatayotin and Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 21/03/2026
» Public frustration is mounting across Thailand over restricted access to fuel, despite repeated government assurances that national reserves remain ample.
Fuel price rises start to bite
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Prasit Tangprasert and Panumet Tanraksa, Published on 05/03/2026
» Fears of a prolonged Middle East conflict disrupting global energy supplies are rippling across Thailand, triggering price anxieties, panic buying and warnings of logistical strain.
PM orders aid for South after blasts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/01/2026
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has instructed the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC) to urgently provide relief and compensation following coordinated bomb and arson attacks on 11 PTT petrol stations in the deep South.
Exit the Snake, enter the Horse
News, Curtis S Chin and Jose B Collazo, Published on 30/12/2025
» As we bid farewell to 2025, and welcome 2026 -- and soon, the lunar Year of the Horse -- we once again highlight the winners and losers of the year gone by in Asia.
Police put to the test
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/12/2025
» In 2025, Thailand faced a convergence of crimes and scandals that shook public confidence in institutions meant to protect society. From a deadly mass shooting in Bangkok to sprawling online scam networks, monk misconduct and a senior police scandal, the year exposed deep vulnerabilities linked to crime, governance and accountability, leaving lingering questions about reform and public trust.
Vatican honours Thai leaders for faith and service
News, Published on 11/12/2025
» The Vatican has conferred papal decorations on eight distinguished Thais in two ceremonies in Bangkok, recognising their devoted service to the Catholic Church, humanitarian action and efforts to strengthen interfaith harmony.
Arab fraternity weakens and hegemons rule
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/11/2025
» 'This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper," wrote T S Eliot in 1925, probably responding to the profoundly unsatisfactory aftermath of World War I (although with a poet, you never really know). At any rate, it's happening again, this time in the Middle East.
Cabinet list will go to King this week
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 16/09/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has confirmed the new cabinet list is complete and will be submitted for royal endorsement within the week.