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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

​Hat Yai Flood: A Flood of Failures and Irresponsibilities

After a week of a major flood submerging the southern city of Hat Yai, the region's largest city and a major tourist destination, and what appeared to be a systematic failure in warning people

​Notes from a Thai Journalist Amidst Ongoing Thai-Cambodian Conflicts

This week I received an email from the Head of the World Press Freedom Index Desk of the Reporters Without Borders, headquartered in Paris, inviting me to help in the survey for Thailand's annual media freedom again.

Cross-Border Cooperation Is Essential for Peace Journalism in the Cambodia–Thailand Conflict

When the Cambodia–Thailand border heats up, the most dangerous escalation unfolds not in the theatre of conflict but in competing narratives that follow — misinformation, ultra-nationalist spin

Myanmar’s Sham Elections: A Stage for Traitors, Not Freedom Fighters

Myanmar’s military is staging a political circus and calling it an election. The world knows it’s a fraud — yet some international actors are already applauding from the audience

Anutin, the Accidental PM, and How He Mishandled the US

When Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul declared on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, that “I’m not interested in how the trade talks or tariffs are going anymore. If we can't sell to [the US]

Thai Army Must Be Outright Honest in Dealing With Cambodia and the Thai Public

The Royal Thai Army for initially reporting that they did not return fire, and then admitting an hour later that they did return fire

No Real Peace Yet: Lessons from the Thai–Cambodian Landmine Incident

The recent landmine explosion in Kantharalak District, Sisaket Province, on Monday morning severely injured a Thai soldier, resulting in the loss of his leg — the seventh casualty since renewed clashes

​What Could Possibly Have Gone Wrong Between Thailand and Cambodia Again?

With both sides accusing one another of being responsible for yesterday's landmine incident, where two Thai soldiers were injured one lost his leg

Pheu Thai X Sondhi?

WTF was how a journalist colleague from another news outlet reacted on Facebook regarding the news and photo of Pheu Thai Party leaders,

It Wasn’t Just a Quarrel But Execise of Crude Authoritarian Culture at Miss Universe...

The incident is an example of the vertical, authoritarian use of raw and crude power that many Thais have been made so familiar with since childhood, unfortunately.

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