News from Thailand – July 4, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Safeskin in Hat Yai closes; 3.000 workers are on the street
• Beached whale died after shock
• Two Cambodians arrested for kidney trafficking
The army keeps a firm finger in the pie when an interim government takes office. This is evident from the draft of a provisional constitution, according to sources at the junta. The junta leader remains responsible for security-related tasks, which are normally the portfolio of the interim prime minister.
The survival of the Yingluck government hangs in the balance
Another setback for the Yingluck government. The Constitutional Court has rejected a bill for the second time.
News from Thailand – December 1, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Violence in South reduced this year; 160 days without attacks
• Suvarnabhumi Airport hunts stray dogs
• Hearings about waterworks are against the constitution
News from Thailand – November 21, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Bonds should save the rice mortgage system
• Bridge in South collapses; train traffic blocked
• Actress Tangmo targeted by anti-Democrats?
The ruling party does not care about the Constitutional Court ruling
Pheu Thai has no regard for the ruling that the Constitutional Court will make tomorrow about a constitutional amendment. According to the ruling party, the Court is not authorized to intervene. A red shirt group even threatens rallies at the judges' homes.
News from Thailand – November 18, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Rally leader Suthep: Sunday is 'major battle day'
• Campaign against domestic violence launched
• Tips for a contract killing; the Jakkrit file
What is the government afraid of; police ask 'weird' questions
You wonder: what is the government afraid of? The riot police are standing by with 1.200 men, the area around the parliament and government center has been hermetically sealed, the strict Internal Security Act (ISA) has been declared in force for three districts of Bangkok and now the Royal Thai Police are bombarding the Bangkok city council with questions, which it never did at previous demonstrations.
News from Thailand – April 9, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Thai banks like China; KBank opens second branch
• Mor Chit bus station is outgrowing its size; moves to Rangsit?
• Forgotten toddler in school bus in coma; condition worsens
Bangkok Post: Opposition is petty and petulant
On the second day of the parliamentary debate on the proposal to amend four articles of the constitution, the opposition benches remained empty. Small-minded and petulant, writes Bangkok Post.
News from Thailand – April 2, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• File: Minibuses and buses drive much too fast
• Rangsit has Thai version of Pisa tower
• Former Prime Minister Thaksin tweets: I'm not dead
News from Thailand – April 1, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Cabinet has a generous mood during meeting in Chachoengsao
• Bus 552 burned out; passengers warned in time
• Democrats are sharpening their knives against constitutional amendments
News from Thailand – December 22, 2012
It's pour oan, ruling party Pheu Thai has decided on the referendum. Further in this news overview: former Prime Minister Abhisit has been discharged from military service, and Airports of Thailand is being upended: it took much too long for the runway of the airport in Phuket to be cleared after an Air Berlin aircraft made an emergency landing.
News from Thailand – December 6, 2012
The entire front page of Bangkok Post is dedicated to the king's birthday today. In his short speech from the balcony of the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall yesterday, the monarch called on his people to be virtuous.
News from Thailand – July 23, 2012
The 2-year-old girl who died on Wednesday at Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital in Bangkok has succumbed to Enterovirus 71 (EV-71) or a mutated form. The girl is the first fatality this year from foot and mouth disease (HFMD).
Why the bickering about a new constitution? (2 and lock)
Yesterday I explained what moves ruling party Pheu Thai to almost compulsively pursue constitutional amendment. The question is: what is the opposition so afraid of? There is also a simple and complicated answer to that question.
Why the bickering about a new constitution?
Loyal readers of Thailand blog must gradually begin to wonder: why do they complain about the constitution in Thailand? There is a simple and complicated answer to that question.