On 22 April, Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith cautioned the country about our high household debts, which he said are high compared to other countries and are even higher now due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Finance Minister said this is a risk for our aging society and urged saving discipline.Continue Reading
On 27 April, Thailand’s government cabinet agreed, this is the only way to save the kingdom. In order to combat the surging COVID-19 Pandemic, General Prayut Chan-o-cha shall be given “full” but “temporary” power over 31 laws, bypassing the ministries and relevant agencies. Here are the 31 laws. Please countContinue Reading
According to BBC Thai, there’s a family of three elderly ladies, aged 84, 75, and 70. They contracted COVID-19 and waited too long for the ambulance to arrive. On 22 April, the oldest passed away. On 23 April, the ambulance arrived. Prachachart reported a man who went on Facebook LiveContinue Reading
What if you’re a tax-paying, law-abiding, foreign residence with a proper work permit? It doesn’t matter. What if you’re also married to a Thai citizen? It doesn’t matter either. Richard Burrow (@RichardBarrow) has for years delivered some of the best news updates on what’s happening in Thailand. Today, he tweetedContinue Reading
Remember the beginning of The Godfather Part 2 when Fredo’s trophy wife was drunk at the party and caused embarrassment all around? Fredo tried dragging her away and even threatened to hit her. She just laughed and mocked him. Michael gave a signal to his bodyguard, who came up toContinue Reading
On 25 May 2019, Bhumjaitai party-list MP Weerasak Wangsuphakijkosol took office and became Deputy Commerce Minister (he’s now a Deputy Transport Minister). According to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), the Deputy Minister declared his assets as followed:Wealth, 99,662,809 million baht. Debt, 11,138,404,713 billion baht. Of the debt, 9,636,125,937 billion bahtContinue Reading
The Songkran holiday ended on a high note for hardcore traditionalists and fans of vigilante (in)justice everywhere. Here’s the story. There’s a group of vigilantes calling itself “Ong-dam Warriors of the Two Seas” (นักรบองค์ดำสองคาบสมุทร). Ong-dam (องค์ดำ) is a name of His Majesty King Naresuan the Great. Sumet Trakulwoonnhoo is theContinue Reading
The government can’t get away with abuses of power if the people don’t let it. But if the people are ready to throw a high-five and a chest-bump whenever the government stomps on liberty, then we have what we have in our beloved Thailand. The Prayut Chan-o-cha Regime can countContinue Reading
When Thanathorn Juangrungruangkit cautioned that Thailand shouldn’t put all bets on one horse, the Astra-Zeneca vaccine, he received a storm of condemnations, including Section 112, lese majeste charges. With the record-breaking third outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday (16 April) announced that he’s looking intoContinue Reading
“Regime’s forces kill two, loot donations from mosque” “Husband and wife shot dead on motorbike by junta’s armed forces” “Locals flee as soldiers raid more than 1,000 homes” These are just some of the headlines from the news website Myanmar Now over this Songkran holiday. Since the military coup onContinue Reading
