After two months of the Budget Committee’s debate, 16,362 billion baht has been allocated to the central budget. Translation: Instead of allocating the budget directly to the departments and local administrations lacking in resources to fight COVID-19, they give the money directly to General Prayut Chan-o-cha. Because, you know, heContinue Reading
After Thaksin Shinawatra challenged him to put on a PPE suit and be out there with the people, General Prayut Chan-o-cha has awakened from his Work From Home (WFH) duty. To meet the challenge, he conducted an interview in which the interviewer acted as a cheerleader to everything the generalContinue Reading
General Prayut Chan-o-cha is not a good person.Thailand has no good people.I’m not a good person.The world has no good people. Each individual has good and bad in us. We are all capable of love and hatred, of compassion and cruelty, of justice and injustice, of generosity and greed, ofContinue Reading
On 21 July, Minister of Digital Economy and Society Chaiyawut Thanakamanusorn said: “Celebs, stars, and influencers are public figures who the people love and trust. So please, do not use your position to attack the government as this constitutes distorting information and making fake news on social media.” Dear minister,Continue Reading
Flip through any management or crisis management book and find that leadership or lack thereof is the key to either success or disaster. Welcome to German Chancellor Angela Merkel versus Thai Fuhr… sorry, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha. There’s a clip (https://youtu.be/hVDyE-e3gqE) done by a Thai and shared by manyContinue Reading
The 18 July protest was another rinse and repeat clash. Thousands gathered at Democracy Movement, the site of the first official protest exactly one year ago. They marched towards Government House with three demands: mRNA vaccines, cut the military and monarchy budgets, and the resignation of General Prayut Chan-o-cha. TheyContinue Reading
“By the third quarter, hospitals and the arms of our fellow Thais will be full of the AstraZeneca vaccine produced in Thailand,” said Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on 18 February. “Why don’t you admire the Thai healthcare system?” he asked. “Thailand is the only country in the region that canContinue Reading
Two songs recently released echoed the people’s sentiments. “Na-ja Your Daddy” (“นะจ๊ะพ่อมึงสิ”) is a single by young country singers Porn Jantraporn and Joobjang Janjira, currently approaching 3.8 million views on Youtube. “Na-ja” is a favorite word of General Prayut Chan-o-cha, a cutesy, playful way young lovers whisper much ado aboutContinue Reading
It was quite a weekend. Connor McGregor broke his ankle, England lost the Euro Cup, and the democracy caravan honked and yelled, “Prayut, get out!” Meanwhile, singer Jirayut “Joe Nuvo” Watanasin appealed to the nation, “we are all in the same boat.” Social media went nuts, but the singer isContinue Reading
Even in quarantine, there’s no stopping General Prayut Chan-o-cha from empty rhetorics that smell like passing gas.To prevent the smell from seeping through your screen, we shall not quote the general from the 7 July PR stunt, but discuss the psychology of the setup.In a video conference, national leaders preferContinue Reading
