Opinion

PARIS — There is something about architectural wonders which transcends national borders and religion. Notre Dame is one such wonder.

The biggest question in Thai politics today is whether Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha will continue to be Prime Minister after completing eight years in office on Tuesday, Aug. 23.

Invited to the White House? He loves it. Photo ops with Miss Thailand Universe? Loves it. Look at the way he struts and swaggers. Listen to his know-it-all tone and holier-than-thou voice. Power is an aphrodisiac. He loves it all.

Examine the just-concluded APEC 2022 Summit in Bangkok positively and one can learn a few things about the propaganda.

Barely a week has passed since the Constitutional Court’s January-31 ruling that the Move Forward Party’s pledge to amend the controversial royal defamation law was unconstitutional when the issue of monarchy reform is back on the media front pages.

On the evening before the one month anniversary of the March 24 general election, two soldiers sat aimlessly, guarding Victory Monument. It was a...

For Thais, following the ongoing police-military blockade of Wat Dhammakaya by the regime is like watching a movie unfold. The problem is two competing sagas are unspooling in tandem, depending on your political and religious predispositions.

The heated clash of views on whether it is appropriate for Chulalongkorn University students to carry the university’s emblem, known as Phra Kiew coronet and a symbol bestowed to the university by King Rama VI in memory of his then late father, Rama V or King Chulalongkorn, on the roof of a golf cart during the parade of the Chula-Thammasat Varsity Football Match on March 31 is emblematic of the deep persistence debate about the appropriate place and role of the monarchy in the 21th century.

Trump or no Trump, Prayuth or no Prayuth, the relations between the people of Thailand and the United States shall endure, and hopefully positively when we look beyond the narrow mindset of nationalism.

In a sane and democratic society, there is no way a former junta leader and his deputy could be running for the post of prime minister – not after they have committed treason by overthrowing an elected government.