'Everything starts at home' if we want foreign policy to regain dynamism
MONDAY, AUGUST 03, 2015
Former foreign minister Kasit Piromya expresses his concerns over Thailand's posture in the international arena in this exclusive interview with The Nation's Wiraj Sripong a week before he was appointed by the People's Democratic Reform Foundation to e
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday lashed out at those insinuating something between him and Suthep Thaugsuban's reform before election movement, saying he had to treat everyone the same under the same law.
Time now up for strife over Taiwan curriculum guidelines
MONDAY, AUGUST 03, 2015
Lin Kuan-hua's suicide yesterday is a wake-up call for Taiwan's politicians: Mishandling of ideological conflicts can have explosive and harmful consequences.
Thailand's continuance in Tier 3 on the US government's Trafficking in Persons report might have something to do with the lawsuit that the Royal Thai Navy filed against the Phuket Wan News website and two of its journalists.
Thailand should be grateful to the US regarding the latest Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) because it helps to expose what are really inside the hearts and minds of Washington's policy-makers and how the world's most powerful country views others an
'Need to cut political interference in police force'
MONDAY, AUGUST 03, 2015
THE POLICE force should be restructured to reduce political interference and promote efficiency and partnership with local bodies, a senior officer at the Royal Thai Police's Office of Human Resources told a recent Bangkok forum.
Thailand seen as unlikely to meet EU's fishing standards
MONDAY, AUGUST 03, 2015
THE AUTHORITIES, the business sector and NGOs all predict that Thailand's rank on the illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) list will not improve, despite the strict measures being implemented by the government.