Today, 15 May, at 2pm, a group of former yellow-shirt PAD and whistle-blowing PDRC leaders will gather at Phayathai Plaza to request government resignation. (At least, that’s the plan.) On his Facebook Page, Taikorn Polsuwan posted the announcement “A request for the government to make the sacrifice and resign.” TaikornContinue Reading
Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak calls it “Letter of Freedom,” the first of others to come. He published the letter on 12 May, one day after his bail release. The following is a translation of the letter. “The 93-day imprisonment and 57-day hunger strike to protest against injustice are now over. Yesterday,Continue Reading
Those old enough to remember the 1990s should also remember how Thailand talked enthusiastically about competing with Singapore to become the leading nation in ASEAN. For the past two decades, however, the silence on this topic is deafening. If there’s any silver lining in the COVID-19 Pandemic, it is thatContinue Reading
Following the 1991 military coup, Narong Wongwan became the military’s candidate for prime ministership in the 1992 election. It turned out he was blacklisted by the US for drug trafficking. Narong vowed to fight on, but in the end, he bowed out. Perhaps back then, there was some sense ofContinue Reading
It goes to show, getting rid of General Prayut Chan-o-cha won’t change much. Getting rid of the Prayut Regime, or Traditionalist Regime is what will bring real changes. Case in point. Ask a friend who’s the new Minister of Digital Economy & Society is, likely the friend won’t have theContinue Reading
Today, 5 May, the court deemed what happens in Australia, stays in Australia. Hence, there’s no bearing or consequence to the Prayut Chan-o-cha Regime. Therefore, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Thamanat Prompow is free to continue his service for the Kingdom of Thailand, in spite of his previous prisonContinue Reading
Over the weekend, #ย้ายประเทศกันเถอะ (let’s move countries) went viral. Group members are now north of 640,000 and still climbing. Twitter and Clubhouse are abuzz with banter about which country people would like to move to. Some reports said it started with Pepper Hananya, a young transgender person who faces SectionContinue Reading
“Face Culture” is of utmost importance for us Thais. We all want to “dai-nah” (ได้หน้า, receive good face or image), not “sia-nah” (เสียหน้า, to lose face or image), and definitely not “nah-taag” (หน้าแตก, embarrassed, shattered face or image). Otherwise, people would “som-naam-nah” us (สมน้ำหน้า, laugh at our face). Therefore, weContinue Reading
There is no love like a mother’s love. There is no hurt like a mother’s hurt when she sees her child suffers, including suffering under injustice. Imprisoned pro-democracy activist Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak has been on a hunger strike for 46 days. According to his lawyer, his health is failing, butContinue Reading
Many Thais cling to the belief that General Prayut Chan-o-cha is a good man, therefore his incompetence is forgivable. While a person might be a lovely friend, a nice brother, husband, and uncle. That doesn’t mean he’s a good person. Even if he’s a good person, what’s the point ofContinue Reading
