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Opinion – Historic Victory for Thai Students: Supreme Court Rules School Haircut Rule Unconstitutional

One thing is certain for all Thai commoners: bad education, bad schools. How? One of the most oppressive and traumatic experiences shared across generations is the school haircut rule. For decades, students were forced to have the same haircut,...

Interview: AOT President Kerati Kijmanawat on Streamlining Airport Experience with Biometric Technology

Thai Enquirer spoke with Airports of Thailand (AOT) President Kerati Kijmanawat in a two-part interview on efforts to make airports more sustainable, focusing on carbon reduction and biometric technology for seamless travel.In this second installment, we explore how Thailand’s...

Opinion – Lessons in Beauty: Saving Sam Yan Shrine and What We’ve Lost

Six years ago, if you had passed by the parking lot near Chula Block 28, you might not have noticed much. The Sam Yan Shrine, seemingly stranded in the middle of nowhere, sat surrounded by dusty emptiness—a neglected remnant...

Opinion – The Quiet Victory: A Reflection on the Fight Against Haircut Rules in Thai Schools

For decades, Thai schools enforced rigid haircut rules: boys were required to maintain short, military-style cuts, and girls had to wear their hair cropped above their ears. These regulations, relics of authoritarian educational policies, symbolized a larger system that...

Key Storylines Shaping Thai Politics in 2025

After an unexpectedly eventful 2024, which saw the fall of the Srettha Thavisin administration, the dissolution of the Move Forward Party, and the appointment of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister, 2025 is shaping up to be another year to...

Thailand in 2024: Year in Review 

On the first day of the year, then-prime minister Srettha Thavisin declared that Thailand was about to enter a new era “that will make up of nine years of missed opportunities.” As 2024 comes to a close, it is...

Opinion – Thailand’s SEC under scrutiny as listed firm’s executive in spotlight for possibly repeat insider trading

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once again become the talk of the town after yet another possible issue of ‘insider’ trading surfaces on one of Thailand’s leading companies.Reports suggest that a person who has in the past...

Analysis – Economists applaud govt’s plans for 15-15-15 tax plans, but media backlash prompts setback

Economists have come out to applaud the suggested move by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Pichai Chunhavajira, in which the minister came out to suggest that Thailand should follow the 15-15-15 formula for the corporate-income and...

Opinion – Weekend’s PAO election results points to a need for People’s Party strategy rethink

For superstitious Thais, a lot of factors go into determining fortunes — hence why expert astrologers are needed to help everything from names to founding times. For the newly formed People’s Party (PP), successor to the Move Forward Party,...

Thaksin Shares Insights on Thailand’s Economy, Govt., and Future Vision

A summary of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s interview at the Forbes Global CEO Conference last night.Journey from entrepreneur to politician:Thaksin: It has been “heaven and hell.” He started a business from scratch, facing many challenges before seeing success...

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