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Crash victim to get payout
News, Published on 19/02/2025
» The motorcyclist who hit a South Korean tourist at a pedestrian crossing on Phaya Thai Road in Bangkok's Ratchathewi district in late January has been ordered by a court to pay about 240,000 baht in compensation to the victim.
Beware of rogue presidents (this time in Korea)
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 07/01/2025
» Turning yourself from a democratically elected president into a dictator is a tricky operation, and most people who try it fail. It's called a "self-coup", from the Spanish auto-golpe, and to try it without first gaining the support of the armed forces is sheer lunacy. Yet, from time to time, an elected president tries to do exactly that.
Here's looking forward to a calmer 2025
News, John J. Metzler, Published on 06/01/2025
» In the swirling whirligig of world events, the past year 2024 was nearly like no other. Extraordinary but often jarring occurrences mixed in a hodgepodge of hope, joy and despair as crucial elections were won and lost, regional conflicts exploded and humanitarian crises boiled over with sickening predictability.
South Korea's charter needs fixing
News, Yoon Young-kwan, Published on 30/12/2024
» The events that have unfolded in South Korea this month, beginning with President Yoon Suk-yeol's short-lived declaration of martial law on Dec 3, have underscored both the remarkable resilience and underlying fragility of the country's democracy. The system survived this time, but no democracy is safe if it constantly faces severe stress tests.
Don't expect the 'Korea discount' to disappear
News, Manishi Raychaudhuri, Published on 19/12/2024
» South Korea has recently been in the news for all the wrong reasons, with a brief spell of martial law, continuing political uncertainty and market ructions. But the sharp underperformance of the country's equity market long predates the turmoil involving recently impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol. The deep-rooted problems suggest the so-called "Korea discount" is unlikely to budge even after political calm has been restored.
Inside rightist YouTube world embraced by Yoon
News, Ju-min Park and Tom Bateman, Published on 17/12/2024
» When South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol cited claims of election hacking and "anti-state" pro-North Korean sympathisers as justification for imposing a short-lived martial law, right-wing YouTuber Ko Sung-kook had heard it before.
Ukraine War: South Korea to the rescue?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 20/11/2024
» The consensus assumption is still that Donald Trump will force Ukraine to yield to Russia as soon as he takes office on Jan 20. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky himself said on Friday that once Mr Trump becomes president the war with Russia will "end sooner" than it would otherwise have done.
PM helps Thailand shine at Asean talks
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 12/10/2024
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra successfully represented Thailand at the Asean summits in the Lao capital of Vientiane, which ended on Friday, government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub said.
Srettha lists challenges at Seoul forum
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 21/03/2024
» Rising inequality and social media's divisive influence are global challenges that democracy needs to confront, said Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
PM's 'salesman diplomacy' in view
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 05/01/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, after just four months in office, announced his "salesman diplomacy" strategy during a meeting with Thai ambassadors and consuls-general at Thailand's Foreign Ministry in November last year.