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How Japan Contributed to the Development of Thailand
L ooking at the past seven decades of Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Thailand was like looking at how Thailand modernised herself. Japan has dispatched 12,000 technical experts and...
View ArticleThe New Battlefront Between Pheu Thai and People’s Party Will Be Fought in...
Having failed to form a government despite winning more votes and MP seats than any other party in last year’s general election, the main opposition party, now known as People’s Party, is now focused...
View ArticleThais Can Learn More from South Koreans on How to Protect Their Political...
The South Korean people have made it clear earlier this week that they were not going to tolerate a return to dictatorship. The short-lived martial law imposed by President Yoon Sok Yeol on Dec 3,...
View ArticleThe Naked Truth About the Rogue Thai Army
Forbes Magazine named Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra the 29th most powerful woman in the world in 2024 earlier this week. Her father, ex-convict-cum-former-premier Thaksin Shinawatra,...
View Article2024 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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