Opinion

There is one ritual that many Thai men will undergo if they are privileged enough at the end of their secondary education.Ror Dor, as it is known colloquially, Territorial Defense students officially, and ROTC to the rest of...

No one expected the movement to escalate so quickly. Looking back just one or two years ago, the student's protest movement has seemingly come out of nowhere and has become a significant force in Thai politics.But they continue...

On Friday, a human rights lawyer and a student were arrested on sedition charges by the police for peacefully calling for democratic reform. They were eventually released on bail after a protest in downtown Bangkok, with more than 1,000...

Today mark four years since the constitutional referendum and the ramifications from the undemocratic social contract is clear, the coup-makers are still in power. After they overthrew an elected government, the junta drafted a constitution that allowed them to maintain...

“Don’t worry, the only reason we’re joining up with the is because we want to fix the constitution and make it more democratic,” my friend, a Democrat Party MP candidate told me right after the 2019 election.The...

There are only a handful of countries in the world that would call themselves “democratic” when the military still have so much influence on its government and politics.The prime example in Africa is the Democratic Republic of the Congo....

The pressure is building for the Prayut Chan-ocha administration after a massive ruling party shake-up and a cabinet reshuffle spurned on by widespread student protests and a struggling economy.In normal democracies, having a clear majority in parliament, a...

If you ask the people in Thailand, ‘who is the biggest mafia here?’ The most likely answer will be the Thai police.Don’t get me wrong, the majority of police officers in Thailand are extremely nice and they do...

Ever since I started my undergraduate degree in the school of Political Science, people always look at me with either wonder or suspicion.Whenever some news or events occurs involving politics, friends from other fields of studies or even...

The protest on June 25 in front of Democracy Monument was a landmark moment in our recent history. Unlike the other protests of the past 20 years, this one was filled with colorful outfits, colorful hair, distinct personal style...