Another 12-month journey around the sun and another trail of ironies and unpredictability. This year is ending with the planet earth telling humans again that nothing is certain, that no knowledge shall be regarded as foolproof, and that moral lessons shall never be monopolised.
Biggest news stories of 2023 revolved around the uncertainty, hypocrisy, injustice disguised as justice, law-enforcement scandals and how man inexplicably reacts differently to sufferings of the innocent.
In Thailand, no news is bigger than Move Forward winning the May 14 election but winding up in the opposition. In the process, Pheu Thai became the ruling party, forming a government with the conservatives, installing Srettha Thavisin as prime minister and ushering Thaksin Shinawatra back from exile. The Democrat Party’s hemorrhage continued, with Abhisit Vejjajiva being the latest high-profile…
