Opinion

That Thailand currently has lost it credibility to talk about democracy three years after the coup was evident in its conspicuous omission at a...

There’s a conventional path to indoctrinate a society with a new political ideology. Whether that ideology is fascism, communism or any other -ism. Democracy is no different. The path is through death and destruction.

Just as worrying as the recent and second attack on anti-junta activist Sirawith "Ja New" Seritiwat is the gratification that has been expressed by some junta supporters.

The future of the de facto use of marijuana for recreational purposes, a by-product of the decriminalization of marijuana for medical purposes, is now hanging in the balance.

What kind of people vote for which parties, and why?

Key members of the Pheu Thai Party visited Thaksin Shinawatra in Singapore, and perhaps also elsewhere. These weren’t just friendly calls by old-time pals; there was a political motive behind it. The general election is coming – later rather than sooner – but it’s coming.

Recently, Move Forward Party announced that Mr. Wiroj Lakhana-Addisorn was chosen to be their candidate for Governor of Bangkok. The 44-year old parliamentarian was considered by many to be the rising star of the party, as well as of Thai politics as of late.

After five long years, the junta is officially dissolved as of Tuesday. But it has left a damning inheritance. The military government, formally known as...

It never occurred to me that what I write could be seditious.

After the Pheu Thai Party failed to win the most seats, beaten by the new kid on the pro-democratic bloc, the Move Forward Party, it vowed to “rebrand” the party. Two months and a half on and we are seeing Pheu Thai shifting towards the conservative pole of the political spectrum.