1 04 2021
It has long been known that Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha is thin-skinned. Some of this is in his nature but much of it is learned behavior. As a senior military man, he has become used to deference, order, and hierarchy. He’s also a royalist and loyalist, which reinforces his notion of “good order.”
As such it should be no surprise that the General has ordered a “Thai reporter, working for a Japanese news agency, … temporarily banned from Government House, because of her alleged negative attitude towards the working environment there.”
The ban was later “explained” as resulting from “the woman involved released misinformation.”
Bangkok Post snapper wins pic award
published : 6 Mar 2021 at 04:00
309 Bangkok Post photographer Wichan Charoenkiatpakul poses with his Safe Love photo which won Best News Photo of the Year from the Isra Amantakul Foundation and the Thai Journalists Association, announced on Thai Journalists Day yesterday. (Photo by Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
Bangkok Post photographer Wichan Charoenkiatpakul has won the Isra Amantakul Foundation and the Thai Journalists Association s (TJA) Best News Photo award for his Safe Love photo.
The announcement was made yesterday during an event marking Thai Journalists Day.
The photo shows a bride and groom and their family members wearing face masks while taking a group photo at a wedding at Bangkok s Priest Hospital in March last year.
MPs deny pushing for reshuffle sway
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Old guard play it cool over no new faces pledge
published : 28 Feb 2021 at 05:00
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Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon on Saturday insisted the prime minister has confirmed to him that no outsiders will be brought in at the next cabinet reshuffle.
The deputy premier dismissed claims that Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MPs had signed a petition urging Gen Prawit to leverage his favourable ties with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ahead of the expected rejig.
Gen Prayut has insisted he will wait for the PPRP and the coalition to agree on nominations for the vacant positions before he decides, the deputy premier said yesterday.