2024 the Year of Soft Power Thailand?
Hardly a week passed without the Paetongtarn Shinawatra mentioning the term “soft power”. Earlier this week the PM even launched a “one family one soft power” initiative, whatever that is supposed to...
View ArticleThe Gradual Bifurcation of the Monarchy-Reform Movement
The year 2024 saw a gradual bifurcation of the now inactive monarchy-reform movement. Not only have they lost some supports from those who are now supporting the Pheu Thai government, some key former...
View ArticleEasy to Fully Take Sides, Politically, But at What Price for Thailand?
The just concluded 2024 saw the intensification of the toxicity, and animosity, between supporters of the ruling Pheu Thai Party and those of the main opposition People’s Party. Propagandists on social...
View ArticleCrackdown on Call Centre Scammers Won’t be Easy for Thailand
Phone, and online, scammers, the so-called “call centre gangs” operating from two neighbouring countries, are getting out of control and severely affecting Thais. The problem suggests at least three...
View ArticleSame-Sex Marriage Right in Thailand Should Not Be the End But a Beginning
Many people will rejoice come Thursday, January 23, 2025, when same sex marriage will finally be made legal in Thailand – the first it Southeast Asia. For many decades in the past, gays, lesbians, or...
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