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The state-owned Teachers Council of Thailand Trade Organization, or the Khurusapha Trade Organization, today announced the mass layoff of 961 employees, claiming it has operated at a loss for 15 consecutive years. The announcement, which was signed by Mr. Disakul Kasemsawat, secretary-general of the Office of Informal Education, in his capacity as acting director of
Jurin Laksanawisit promised to bring change and restore unity among members when he was elected as Democrat Party leader in May last year. One year on, that mission has yet to be fulfilled, and he is now facing a power challenge from party members. Some Democrats want to remove Jurin from his post – though
The Thai Government’s spokeswoman, Mrs. Narumon Pinyosinwat, appears unperturbed by doubts being expressed about her capabilities and economic expertise, after she was recently chosen to lead the economic team of the ruling Palang Pracharat party. She dismissed the criticism as normal, saying that she had previously been a member of the party’s economic team, responsible
Most respondents to a recent poll say that they don’t see anyone qualified to be their first choice as Thailand’s next Prime Minister, but some chose General Prayut Chan-o-cha as their preferred choice, citing his honesty, his several years of experience in national governance and his straightforwardness. The same poll shows that the opposition Pheu
It was no surprise that Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, Palang Pracharath’s chief strategist, was elected the party’s new chief at its general meeting on Saturday, replacing Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana, who lost his position in the new executive board. As expected, Prawit was the only candidate and won the top seat uncontested. He
The election of General Prawit Wongsuwan, as the new leader of the ruling Palang Pracharat Party, will bring changes in the right direction for the party, said Education Minister Nuttapol Teepsuwan and Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta on Saturday. The general assembly of the party elected General Prawit, the party’s chief strategist, as
Campaigns to mark the birth of democratic Thailand almost a century ago appear to be more active this year, as a politically aware new generation calls authorities to account over the disappearance of monuments celebrating of the 1932 Siamese Revolution. Human rights lawyer Anond Nampa, who led a rally at Bangkok’s Democracy Monument on the
Thailand’s Supreme Court has dismissed the pleas for leniency by five former and active core members of the red-shirt movement. The court upheld the two year and eight month sentence, issued by the Appeals Court, for their leading roles in the violent siege of the residence of the late Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda in
Unless there is another postponement, tomorrow (Friday) the Criminal Court is due to read the Supreme Court’s verdict in the cases of five core members of the red-shirt movement, officially known as the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), for their alleged roles in the violent siege in 2007 of the Ban Sisao Thewet
Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has postponed the declaration of the official result of Sunday’s by-election, in the northern province of Lampang, until next week, due to allegations of vote buying. The election committee in the province said today that representatives of the Seri Ruam Thai party had lodged a complaint of alleged election fraud, after
It is appears unlikely that the state of emergency will be extended, when the associated executive decree expires at the end of this month. Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngarm said this morning (Tuesday) that the issue of extending the decree was not among the agenda for discussion by the Cabinet today. “So, if the decree
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has, as had been widely anticipated, accepted the invitation, from a group of core party members, to become the new leader of Thailand’s ruling Palang Pracharat party. Among party members who went to the Pa Roi Tor Foundation to meet General Prawit, who is also the party’s chief strategist, to
