EDITORIAL

Cabinet 'ugly' even by lowest standards

Somchai's line-up a product of the quota system, with the country's best interests placing a distant....

OVERDRIVE

From an old Cabinet to an ugly one to the ugliest yet
Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat called on the public and the business sector to give his government a chance.....
NEWSMAKER

The would-be finance tsar
Over the past 10 years or so, the name of Deputy Prime Minister Olarn Chaipravat has appeared in newspaper....
Southern security detainees and the stories they'll never forget
"Bae Aea", not his real name, is one of 40 detainees being held for offences against national....

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Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat forces a Cabinet on us but can't show us their job-relevant....

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