Artikel tagged “politics”

  • Thai PM hints at a ‘solution nobody wanted’ if he can’t solve Cabinet squabbles

    Thai PM hints at a ‘solution nobody wanted’ if he can’t solve Cabinet squabbles

    Yesterday’s mea culpa by the Thai PM Prayut, rather than providing a reassuring tone for the Thai electorate, has ended up stirring up rumours of another coup. Though the aim of the apology was to help mend the ongoing struggles within the Palang Pracharat Party over cabinet positions (let alone the other 19 parties involved in the pro-junta bloc), Prayut also hinted that he wanted things to move forward instead of returning to old problems, “which could lead to a solution nobody wanted”. But Thai social media, weary of the over three months to form a Cabinet, took Prayut’s reference to an “undesirable solution” as a threat for an impending military coup.

  • Future Forward MP uncover new ‘Ja New’ assault video

    Future Forward MP uncover new ‘Ja New’ assault video

    PHOTOS and VIDEO: Facebook/Rangsiman Rome A Future Forward Party MP says they’ve got their hands on CCTV footage which shows four men violently attacking Thai political activist Sirawith “Ja New” Seritiwat. The anti-Junta activist has been the subject or earlier assaults and many threats. The attack happened on a main road in Bangkok yesterday

  • Thailand to sit on UN committee from 2020

    Thailand to sit on UN committee from 2020

    PHOTO: Thailand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Don Paramudwinai Thailand has been selected as a member of the UN Economic and Social Council from 2020 to 2022 on behalf of Asia and the Pacific region, alongside China, South Korea and Bangladesh. Thailand won 186 votes in the selection process. Thailand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Don Paramudwinai also participated in the session

  • Malaysia’s Deputy PM sympathises with Azmin’s family over gay sex video scandal

    Malaysia’s Deputy PM sympathises with Azmin’s family over gay sex video scandal

    Malaysia’s Deputy PM Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has expressed sympathy for the family of Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, who has been linked to a sex video scandal. Read The Thaiger story HERE . She said she rejected any practice of gutter politics as she had experienced it before.

  • Not negotiable. Democrats and Bhumjaithai draw a line in the Thai political sand

    Not negotiable. Democrats and Bhumjaithai draw a line in the Thai political sand

    PHOTO: Bhumjaithai leader, Anutin Charnvirakul Bhumjaithai want to retain the Transport portfolio, as promised. The Democrats say they will not ‘return’ the Agriculture or Commerce portfolios, as it was promised. The deals were struck with the Palang Pracharat in the final hours before the parliamentary election of the next PM to secure votes for their candidate, Prayut Chan-o-cha

  • We cast our eyes into Thailand’s political crystal ball

    We cast our eyes into Thailand’s political crystal ball

    The new Thai government, still being legoed together after more than two months since the election, is fragile at best, terminal at worst. The government faces serious problems, no matter if you see it as a defacto military rule, a democratic hatchet job or a fair election (cough).

  • Is Thanathorn the new Thaksin? Will the ‘establishment’ tolerate his new political vision?

    Is Thanathorn the new Thaksin? Will the ‘establishment’ tolerate his new political vision?

    Is Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit a popular fad or does he, and his party, have the staying power to make him a sustainable threat to the entrenched Thai political elite? Many analysts are comparing Thanathorn to Thaksin in his early days. They say there are clear similarities.

  • Boom Boom on the Border

    Boom Boom on the Border

    On one side of the Thai/Malaysian border is Sungai Golok, on the Malaysian side it’s the town of Rantau Panjang.