Education Minister Trinuch Thiengthong is new to the job and hence, deserves the benefit of the doubt. No, not really. In an educational crisis where there’s a witchhunt of students who express democratic opinions. With teachers calling the police, threatening parents, and denying graduation. The only way to save theContinue Reading
“The court has been turned into a prison,” Anon Nampa said in court on 8 April. While Thailand is preoccupied mainly with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Songkran Holiday, let us not forget, there are those sitting in jail for the crime of demanding democracy. 21Continue Reading
Last week, Chulalongkorn University’s Professor Doctor Thira Woratanarat slammed Thailand’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy, calling it “a Teletubby measure, ineffective, and the people cannot rely on it.” Specifically, he said China’s Sinovac vaccine is “only 2% effective.” Following the Saturday, 10 April meeting at the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA),Continue Reading
Not getting the attention from the mainstream media yesterday is this story. A document from a school in Phuket reveals a list of students denied graduation from Mathayom 3 to Mathayom 4 for several reasons, none of which have to do with academic performance. Gang fights. Participation in gang fights.Continue Reading
General Prayut Chan-o-cha can no longer blame the people. The high and mighty of Bangkok society can no longer blame poor people. In Thailand, inequality is a disease that eats at your brain and swallows your conscience whole. At the beginning of Thailand’s COVID-19 outbreak in January of last year,Continue Reading
When new ministers take office, when they leave office, and one year after they leave office, the ministers must declare their assets in the interests of transparency. It’s a checks and balances system on corruption by monitoring if they have become “unusually wealthy” (“รวยผิดปกติ”) throughout their tenure. At least, that’sContinue Reading
It’s the proverbial “กลืนไม่เข้าคายไม่ออก” (“can’t swallow it, can’t spit it out”) situation for an international organization operating in a country like Thailand. On the one hand, you can’t do humanitarian work without collaboration from the local government. On the other hand, you fear the wrath of the local government ifContinue Reading
“Would you put your leg down? Would you not cross your legs in front of me? Would you put your leg down? You, your leg, your foot.” On 31 March, at a press conference, Government House, General Prayut Chan-o-cha scolded a female reporter for sitting crosslegged. Later, Nattreeya Taweewongse, DirectorContinue Reading
To date, more than 500 people have been reportedly killed in the crisis in Myanmar. Over 2,000 have fled across the border to Thailand. According to General Prayut Chan-o-cha, those who fled said the situation wasn’t a “crisis,” and so they “shook hands” with Thai authorities and went back acrossContinue Reading
Today, 29 March, Section 112 (lese majeste) defendant Somyot Prueksakasemsuk asked the court to give him the death penalty. He reasoned that due to his age, 59, and the lengthy trial process for lese majeste charges, he’s likely to pass away before the verdict. Moreover, he said that his decisionContinue Reading
