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Reversing Myanmar's internal strife
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 10/02/2023
» This month marks two anniversaries of ongoing conflicts in Europe and Southeast Asia, namely 12 months after Russia invaded Ukraine and two years since Myanmar's military seized power by toppling a democratically elected and civilian-led government under Aung San Suu Kyi.
Pheu Thai must fix internal rifts
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/01/2020
» 'Cobras", a term referring to Thai MPs who usually vote in parliament against their party line, reared their ugly heads and hissed on Saturday night during the vote on the government's 3.2-trillion-baht-budget bill for the 2020 fiscal year.
Bell tolls for coups
News, Postbag, Published on 24/10/2018
» Re: "Army at the centre of our vicious circle", (Opinion, Oct 23).
Isoc needs major review
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/11/2023
» The Srettha Thavisin administration's decision to keep the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) is a reminder to voters that politicians are prone to changing their minds as soon as they become a part of the government.
A higher principle
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/02/2021
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon is quoted as saying "It's (Myanmar's) internal affair."
NACC opaque as ever
News, Editorial, Published on 16/12/2019
» As an anti-graft agency, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) under its current leadership has been widely criticised for not doing enough to probe corruption allegations against certain members of the former military junta and the military. Few, however, would expect the NACC would recognise the army as the country's most transparent agency. But it did last week in a debut of its transparency rankings of state agencies.
Distress signals from FFP?
News, Published on 22/12/2018
» The Future Forward Party (FFP) has gone through a rough patch lately and the internal cracks are all too conspicuous.
Cruise ships myth
News, Published on 08/11/2021
» Re: "Calls for new Samui cruise ship terminal", (BP, Oct 19).
Death of democracy
News, Postbag, Published on 16/12/2019
» It seems to me that Thailand and the US have the same problem in that their justice personnel are not unbiased or impartial. Both countries have reached a point where the followers of two political sides refuse to accept any decision made by a member of the opposition. In these cases, where a neutral judicial system is badly needed, we are finding judges that were selected for their party political opinion and owe their jobs to the chief.
Bitcoin shows Bitmain ghost of crises past
News, Tim Culpan, Published on 20/09/2018
» A look at Bitmain Technologies Ltd's financials reveal the Chinese company sold a lot of shovels during the crypto gold rush of the past two years. Its mistake was to take digital gold as payment instead of cash.