PDF File Summary Heads clashed for another week as debate over Thailand’s reconciliation continued. In a move that has drawn fierce criticism, the Democrat Party representatives withdrew from the reconciliation committee, calling the committee’s support for a general amnesty an attempt to exonerate former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Meanwhile, the King Prajadhipok’s Institute (KPI) is [...]

PDF File Summary The atmosphere was tense as key players in Thailand’s political milieu discussed and debated reconciliation at a conference this week. In response to controversial recommendations that were to be considered during the meeting, protests formed outside the hotel where the conference was held in what one local newspaper described as a “furious, [...]

PDF File Summary In politics, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra returned from Japan, touting the successes of her trip. Meanwhile, the specter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s conceivable return is still rattling nerves in Thailand’s parliament. On the economic scene, the industrial sector is considering salary rises to compensate for conflict with the government’s proposed [...]

PDF File Summary Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra made an important visit to Japan this week to rejuvenate investor confidence in Thailand after last year’s catastrophic flood which resulted in heavy losses and disruption for the business community. The Thai government announced several water management plans in seeking to assure investors such disasters would not occur [...]

PDF File Summary This week  came two court rulings which shook Thailand’s political scene. One involved the sentencing of a red shirt leader to jail for lese majesty, and the other was the guilty conviction of media mogul and PAD core leader, Sondhi  Limthongkul, for falsifying documents to secure loans for his business empire in [...]