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Paetongtarn feels heat over leaked call
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/06/2025
» Thai-Cambodian relations have sharply deteriorated following the leak of a phone call between Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen. Speaking on Wednesday after the audio surfaced, the premier admitted she had lost trust in Hun Sen.
SAO collapse probe shreds reputations
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/04/2025
» Out of the blue and rather belatedly, former auditor-general Phisit Leelavachiropas offered a ridiculous apology over the collapse of the State Audit Office (SAO) building in Chatuchak district, saying he was sorry for using feng shui in his selection of the building's location.
Congo: Where the tail is still wagging the dog
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 26/03/2025
» 'Joseph Kabila boycotted the election and is preparing an insurrection because he is the AFC," said President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo last October, and lo! It is coming to pass just as he predicted. But you can't tell the players without a programme, so a little bit of explanation first.
America can learn a lot from Botswana polls
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/11/2024
» Botswana's elections have always been seen as a model for Africa, but the one last week has a somewhat wider relevance. The way its politicians handled victory and defeat could serve as a model for politicians in the United States.
From Europe to the Pacific, world weighs risk of war
News, Peter Apps, Published on 31/01/2024
» As last week's North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) defence chiefs' meeting drew to a close, Nato Military Committee Chairman Adm Robert Bauer outlined the steps he believed households within the alliance should already be taking in the event of war.
Pure science research 'worth it'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/11/2023
» A Nobel Prize awardee says putting more money on pure science research and development is worth it due to the unexpected results that could end up changing the world or, in the very least, turn out to be a good commercial business.
Those happy days of family albums
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 25/06/2023
» For most of June I have been squirrelled away in Chaiyaphum and very pleasant it has been too. There has been a fair amount of rain which is good news for our rubber trees which were looking decidedly thirsty.
The reason why I still have Jackie on my mind
News, Maureen Dowd, Published on 06/06/2023
» I think about Jackie Kennedy several times a day.
Unfair trade
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/05/2023
» Re: "30% not a majority", (PostBag, May 25).
Poster boys and girls near final straight
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/04/2023
» Try as you might you just cannot escape the forthcoming election with all those posters dangling from lampposts and the few remaining trees. The posters have been there for several months now and some are beginning to look a little the worse for wear, especially after this week's welcome rain in Bangkok. There is possibly nothing less appealing than a soggy political poster... apart from a soggy politician.