Opinion: US Must Not Exploit South China Sea Issue to Contain China
China's position on the South China Sea issue has been consistent, clear-cut and firm.
Let Thai Buddhism Be Reborn
There are two divergent paths for Thai Buddhism, veteran French journalist Arnaud Dubus predicts in his latest book.
Opinion: Slowly, Thais Are Waking up From 1976 Massacre Amnesia
BANGKOK — The location of the Oct 6, 1976 massacre reflects how unsettling the history of that incident remains in Thailand.
Opinion: How Coronavirus Lays Bare Gov’t Inefficiency, China-Bashing
While Thai health professionals have won worldwide praise for their success in treating coronavirus patients, our politicians may need a serious lesson in managing national crisis.
Opinion: Thailand Can Do the Right Thing For #Hakeem
Is Thailand merely an innocent caught in the middle of a diplomatic power play between Australia and Bahrain over the fate of refugee footballer Hakeem AlAraibi?
Media’s Self-Inflicted Punishment is the New Censorship
Public and foreign diplomats are routinely told by the military regime that Thai media enjoys freedom to criticize. That’s only half true at best. The reality is that, two years after the 2014 coup, the selective pressures being applied on some media critical of the junta have just become more subtle and sophisticated, thus rather invisible.
Through Wounds Self-Inflicted, Thai Media Gatekeepers in Terminal Decline
The withdrawal of an ultraconservative newspaper from the largest national media association last week was another chapter in the ongoing debate and struggle over the role of Thailand's mass media.
Voranai: Take Charge of Our Own Destiny
The generations that have run Thailand for decades are fading away.
Voranai: May the Force Be With You
The Yubamrung is a famous and powerful political family. The patriarch is Chalerm Yubamrung, a former police captain with a doctor’s degree in law. He’s also one of many politicians who had been accused of having “unusual wealth.” But nothing was ever proven.
How to Live Under Military Rule? Yue Paen Do it!
Arriving to interview TV host Nattakorn Devakula earlier this week about the suspension of his Voice TV news discussion show, I was ushered into a waiting room where another TV host was preparing for his program.