Current Affairs
Opinion: Joe Biden must clearly present his China policy or the free people of Asia will support Trump
The Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper the Apple Daily published an editorial this week arguing that Donald Trump must be reelected as the free world depends on his confrontational stance with China. (Read here)You might remember that the owner...
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Students rally in Bangkok and Pattani as leaders call for renewed protests
Hundreds of student protesters held rallies in Bangkok and Pattani late Wednesday as student leaders called for renewed protests in September.Student-led protests have gripped the country over the past two months with students calling for a rewrite of...
Current Affairs
CESA fails to come up with Phuket Model but approve measures worth 68 billion baht instead
The newly formed Center for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) has announced plans to reinforce previous stimulus measures while failing to move forward with the Phuket Model on Wednesday. With the absence of the former finance minister, Predee Daochai, who abruptly...
Current Affairs
Opinion: We can’t really blame Predee, no one wants to work with Prawit
The government is running out of good people to work with.The hostile takeover of the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) by General Prawit Wongsuwan is beginning to backfire.Replacing an economic tsar like the former Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak was...
Covid-19
Thailand discovers eight new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday
Thailand’s government said on Wednesday that it had discovered eight new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours in state quarantine and alternate state quarantine.The Thai patients in state quarantine were returning from the US (2), Australia (1)...
Current Affairs
Finance minister resigned because of internal politics, staff appointments
Finance Minister Predee Daochai's shock resignation on Tuesday was the result of internal political conflicts within the cabinet over staff appointments, multiple sources told Thai Enquirer.Predee resigned less than one month after being appointed to his position. The...
Current Affairs
Thai government arrests one more protest leader on Tuesday
The Thai government has arrested one more protest leader on Tuesday. Jutthathip “Oua” Sirikan, one of the leaders from the Student Union of Thailand, was arrested on sedition along with other charges for organizing a protest on July 18. It was...
Covid-19
Thailand discovers five new cases of coronavirus in state quarantine on Tuesday
Thailand’s government said on Tuesday that it had discovered five new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours.The new discoveries bring the total number of cases up to 3,417.The new cases are Thai returnees from the Philippines.There were...
Current Affairs
New hashtag on depression trends on Thai Twitter
The hashtag #โรคซึมเศร้า (depression) trends on Thai Twitter on Monday as netizens come together to share their experiences with depression and bring awareness to the mental illness.Under the hashtag, which has now amassed more than 25k tweets, users are...
Current Affairs
Students rally to save sacred shrine
Students formed a human chain in front of Chulalongkorn University’s Property Management Office in an attempt to block the school from relocating the Chao Mae Tubtim Shrine on Monday. The shrine is due to be relocated today as the office...
