How corrupt is Thailand’s military: The following are examples from Thai Press Development institute (ISRA) of corruption in the Thai military over the years: 1) 2 firms have a virtual monopoly on selling tear gas to Thailand (see) 2) Isra News shows cross share-holding structure of 4 big arms seller to Thailand’s military (see) 3)…
Thailand’s most well know national secirity journalist, WASSANA NANUAM, works for the Bangkok Post and her latest article for Bangkok Post, as massive numbers of Thailand’s students, across the board, from all institutions, are holding mass protest of Prayuth, & calling for real democracy in Thailand & are against Thailand’s judicial coup traditions (as relate…
Like wow, the following from Bloomberg, an opinion piece, is just so great (& my apology to Bloomberg, for posting the aritcle in whole, if this violates the copy right to extent of demanding I take this post down, I of course, will & a note, this blog is non profit & for educational purpose)…
The World Bank has warned that Thailand’s average annual economic growth will be stuck below 3% if there is no significant increase in investment and productivity growth. In doing so, World Bank implies Thailand’s education system, meant to help the establishment, is costing Thailand’s US$ billions in GDP growth. But increase in productivity is linked…
Thailand’s struggling traditional media, Bangkok Post, citing UK’s think tank EIU, ran a report with the headline, Thailand now only a flawed democracy. The headline cause a stir on social media, like Twitter, which said a “Flawed Democracy” is a serious matter that mush be fixed, not made less important by Bangkok Post’s used the…
Transparency International found that Vietnam is now more transparent than Thailand, as Thailand’s ranking tanks big time, as other countries made improvement. Transparency International says the information in Thailand’s society on transparency is not adequate. Thailand had been governed under a dictatorship for five years with no check and balance, yet Thailand’s establishment that supports…
A Thai government minister, tells a local media, Matichon, he and a team of representative from Thailand’s government, have went to America and visited Facebook headquarter, after over 10,000 cases were lodge with Facebook. The minister said Facebook and Thailand’s government had set up a working group to tackle various issues. The Thai minister said…
The rich and poor gap in Thailand is among the greatest globally, and with a new warning from mIMF, this bodes ill for Thailand. The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on the world’s financial sector to address near-record levels of inequality within countries that could be a harbinger of a new…
I came across several Western expat friends, who tells me, young Thais, are learning from social media, skills that Thai school and universities skip, and that is how to think independently. “They are learning from social media, about the real Thailand and they do not like what they see, the generation gap will be a…
I am quite confused reading the Bangkok Post, Thailand’s only English language newspaper left. often, in the editorial section, the Bangkok Post touts liberal values such as democracy, freedom/liberty, justice (including social justice) & human rights, but often, in the news section, the Bangkok Post attacks the forces trying to bring those values to Thailand,…
In a country like Thailand, where the military have had a long-standing position of dominance and untouchable, corruption becomes a problem, not just because there is little check and balance for transparency so the problem is seen and know, but since news and suspicion of corruption always tend to find a way to the public, even…
The Economist : After an ineptly rigged election, Thailand’s junta will cling to power Apart from what Wikipedia says, countries and regions have expressed concern, such as UK and USA and EU, so the combination, information from wikipedia, from UK, USA and EU, the questions that begs answering, is where is UN. But then UN…
มาถึงจุดนี้ พวกเราจะตระหนักหรือยังว่า การเอาชนะฝ่ายเผด็จการ ฝ่ายอำมาตย์ และฝ่ายเจ้า ไม่สามารถทำได้ผ่านทางกระบวนการทางการเมือง นั่นหมายถึง กระบวนการเลือกตั้งตามระบบรัฐสภา เพราะแม้ฝ่ายเราจะเล่นมันด้วยความสุจริตเพียงใด แม้ว่าจะมีประชาชนสนับสนุนแค่ไหน ผลที่ออกมาหากไม่ถูกใจฝ่ายนั้น มันก็จะหากลไกเปลี่ยนผลลัพธ์เพื่อประโยชน์ของฝ่ายมันเอง กี่ครั้งแล้วที่ฝ่ายประชาธิปไตยชนะเลือกตั้ง แต่จัดรัฐบาลไม่ได้ ถึงจัดได้ก็ถูกรัฐประหาร เราไม่มีทางเอาชนะมันด้วยกระบวนการทางการเมืองที่เป็นอยู่ ….มีวิธีเดียวที่จะเอาชนะมันได้ นั่นคือการโค่นล้มจากพลังมวลชนบนท้องถนน ใช่ครับ มีความเสี่ยง อยากถูกยิงกะโหลก แต่วิธีนี้เท่านั้นที่จะเอาคืนอำมาตย์ที่กดดัน เอาเปรียบ และทำร้ายเรามาหลายทศวรรษ (There is a bit more here, however due to lese majeste, I have to censor it)
Thailand’s Election Commission is under great pressure because of several massive non transparent activities and currently, there is a argument in Thailand on Popular Vote vs MP Votes, and despite Thailand being a Parliamentary Democracy, meaning people select MP, and not a Presidential system where the people select the President, the EC just held as…
The military side does not have much credit left with the Thai people and its insistence that the military side form the government with Prayut as Prime Minister, is eating more and more into what credit they have left with the Thai people. Meanwhile, the spirits of the Thai people is being lifted with the…
