Opinion

There is no escaping toxic politics in Thailand. The much-anticipated Bangkok gubernatorial elections is no exception.

Has it been 15, 16 or perhaps 17 months we’ve lived under military rule? Some, myself included, have begun to lose track of how long we’ve lived under the junta since the May 2014 coup. And we have no idea how many more years we’ll have to endure.

As with any action, there are different points of view on this week’s decision by junta leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha to end the use of military tribunals to try civilians.

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Recently, Prayut Chan-o-cha reckoned himself as the “pilot” who was behind the helms of a metaphorical “Air Thailand” for eight years, symbolizing his supposed competency of running the country for so long.

Police monitoring soc­ial media for booze p­ictures is just anot­her step toward Thailand becoming a military nanny state.

Exactly a week after Hamas’ savage and merciless attacks against Israel, PM Srettha Thavisin made it clear that Thailand is not taking side in this war in a faraway land despite 24 Thai workers having been killed in Israel after a week and over ten taken hostage. This follows Srettha’s earlier condemnation of Hamas’ attacks.

One of the more disturbing news items last month was the withdrawal of Transparency Thailand from Transparency International.

My organization sees the world at its worst, which is why I want world leaders and governments to listen carefully: I am scared.

An article by "Wong Tawan" in Khaosod Newspaper raised concern a possible link between the hacker "9near", who hacked the personal data of 55...