• OPINION

  Temple row needs fixing

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/07/2023

  » A long-standing row between the abbot of Wat Kalaya and the noble Pravitra family demonstrates loopholes in conservation laws and poor enforcement as several heritage places are being threatened in the name of development.

• OPINION

  Solutions available to start wind projects

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/02/2017

  » A Supreme Administrative Court ruling last Tuesday on the illegality of the use of agriculturally designated land by Thep Sathit Wind Farm Co's project to convert wind into electricity in Chaiyaphum province could jeopardise other planned wind power projects or the country's overall development of this type of renewable energy.

• OPINION

  Come clean on Yingluck

  News, Editorial, Published on 12/09/2017

  » The official version of the "great escape" by ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is coming apart. More importantly, the public is rapidly losing confidence in the government's ability to reconstruct what occurred -- or concoct a credible account.

• OPINION

  Reforestation rethink required

  News, Editorial, Published on 24/07/2022

  » The military was given an earful early this month for using invasive alien species in their aerial reforestation mission, and rightly so. The blunder, however, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Thailand's reforestation policy, which puts dictatorship and money before ecological health. To save the forest, this self-serving mindset must end.

• OPINION

  Court offices out of place

  News, Editorial, Published on 30/03/2018

  » Similar to the demolition of the historical Supreme Court buildings in Bangkok, the leveling of a green area in Chiang Mai to pave the way for the construction of houses for judicial staff and court offices is unnecessary, costly and damaging.

• OPINION

  High cost of stupidity

  News, Editorial, Published on 27/07/2020

  » The Supreme Administrative Court's decision to dismiss a petition filed by the Transport Ministry and State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to resurrect the Hopewell Project case last week has confirmed the elevated road and rail project's place in the country's hall of shame.

• OPINION

  A law inviting contempt

  News, Editorial, Published on 31/08/2019

  » Two recent cases involving criticism of the judiciary by two academics have sparked questions over what constitutes contempt of court. The debate centres on provisions in two laws governing court procedures.

• OPINION

  Stop abuse in our homes

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/08/2018

  » On Tuesday, Nitiwadee "Mor Nim" Pucharoenyos, a victim of domestic violence, was spared the death sentence as the Appeal Court found her not guilty of killing her estranged husband. Instead, the court gave her mother the ultimate punishment for masterminding the murder.

• OPINION

  Cambodian press in peril

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/08/2019

  » The fate of two Cambodian journalists accused of espionage -- Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin -- hangs in the balance as their trial resumes in Phnom Penh today, although the charges against them are based on absurd grounds and flimsy evidence.

• OPINION

  Saffron swindlers

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/03/2024

  » The news of the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct this week handing a 480-year-plus jail term to a former abbot for embezzling temple donations is shocking enough. But the story gets even more convoluted.

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