Main News
The history of the Angyi – secret Chinese societies – in Siam
Tucked into Bangkok’s Yaowarat Chinatown is a thronging alleyway crowned by a Chinese-style gate, known as Soi Phalit Phon or – by its local name – Soi Sun Yat Sen. Halfway down the street, a small plaque marks the place where...
Current Affairs
Students prepare for long fight as calls to end the coup-cycle goes viral
Following the largest anti-government protest since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the country, student leaders said on Monday that they were ready to hold continuous rallies until the government listened to their demands or resign.The rallies this weekend...
Current Affairs
Opinion: Thai education needs reform; we can start with how we teach our history
The recent furor over school haircuts and how teachers have continued to cruelly enforce them even after clear directives from the Ministry of Education has put the authoritarian culture underpinning Thai education into stark focus. But it is also common...
Main
Experts say that new economic team has unenviable task as the global and local economy will take time to recover
Thailand’s economic team led by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana resigned from their posts on Thursday, forced out by internal politics within the ruling Palang Pracharath Party.With the economy set to contract by at...
Main News
Millions sign up for domestic travel programs but tourism industry says government aid still needed
More than 1.7 million people registered online for the government’s domestic tourism on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Finance, but unless the government continues to bail out the industry, businesses say they will continue to flirt with bankruptcy....
Current Affairs
Four ministry officials resign from positions
Four ministers will resign from their ministerial posts, local reports said on Wednesday. Reports said Somkid Jatusripitak, the deputy prime minister in charge of economic affairs, will lead members of his economic team collectively known as “the Four Kuman” to...
EnquiStock
Analysis: Market euphoria could burn some investors as economic turnaround is not around the corner
The momentum of trading on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) seems to have returned as daily trading values have seen a marked increase over the past months.As investor’s confidence
returns the daily trading volumes over the past 3-months has...
Current Affairs
Anti-army and anti-government hashtags trend online after COVID-19 foul up
Several anti-government and anti-army hashtags trended on social media in the past 24 hours after government administrative errors led to a possible coronavirus cluster in Rayong and Bangkok.The hashtag #อีแดงกราบตีนคนไทย (Daeng should prostrate before the feet of the...
Covid-19
An interview with the CCSA Spokesman on disinformation, virus numbers, and spreading the right message
Natapanu Nopakun is a Deputy Director-General at the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs but is better known as the face of Thailand’s English-language Covid-19 public communications. At the height of the pandemic in March and April,...
Current Affairs
Analysis: The Decline of Pheu Thai Party
"With respect, I must say that if the government is unable to answer my aforementioned questions, I will not be able to support this budget.” A threat issued by no lesser a figure than the leader of the opposition to...
