• OPINION

  Credibility lost over sub

  News, Editorial, Published on 26/04/2017

  » The handling of the purchase of submarines from China was extremely distasteful. By refusing even to tell the country what it was doing, the cabinet has raised several questions and reduced its credibility. The arrogant and unnecessary argument that "the public doesn't have to know everything" about cabinet proceedings is insulting.

• OPINION

  No avoiding taking tax cheats to task

  News, Editorial, Published on 10/04/2016

  » In response to the massive Panama Papers leak, which has revealed the names of individuals linked to 214,000 companies which park their money overseas, Thailand's Anti-Money Laundering Office announced on Friday that it would investigate those whose names appear.

• OPINION

  'Deeds' under microscope

  News, Editorial, Published on 01/07/2019

  » When deputy Democrat Party leader Nipit Intarasombat floated an allegation that the return of land title deeds to debtors, who used them as collateral to borrow from loan sharks, held at ceremonies in a number of provinces was fake, many people were not surprised.

• OPINION

  Is Thailand a manipulator?

  News, Editorial, Published on 22/10/2018

  » The Thai economy dodged a bullet last week, and not many people noticed. Newspaper headlines, when they appeared at all, noted the US government opted not to label China as a currency manipulator. The attention to China is understandable, given the existing and escalating "trade war" instigated by President Donald Trump. But most accounts of the biannual report of the US Treasury Department failed to note that the top target as a currency manipulator wasn't China, but Thailand.

• OPINION

  Keeping up with crypto

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/12/2021

  » Thailand's digital financial service industry is doing well when giant retail businesses have intergrated cryptocurrency into their business transactions.

• OPINION

  Bitcoin craze needs order

  News, Editorial, Published on 15/02/2021

  » Bitcoin mania, which has driven its price to a record high above 1.4 million baht, has sent signals to authorities as to whether they are ready to handle the rise of digital currency transactions.

• OPINION

  Keep the central bank politics-free

  News, Editorial, Published on 11/08/2019

  » A clash of ideas between the government and the central bank which inevitably leads to a blame game often paints a picture of the critical economic situation. This time is no different.

• OPINION

  Solar vital to energy plans

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/10/2018

  » With the Energy Ministry having recently set a new target for Thailand to make a gradual transition away from fossil fuels to decarbonise energy generation in the country, recent research by two Harvard University scholars provides useful information for the policymakers. It gives a realistic assessment of the pros and cons of two renewable energy sources -- wind and solar.

• OPINION

  Bank on right track with transparency

  News, Editorial, Published on 15/07/2018

  » It is not often to see the Bank of Thailand (BoT) announce its intervention in the Thai currency even though such practice is a normal duty of a central bank.

• OPINION

  In better shape but still much to do

  News, Editorial, Published on 02/07/2017

  » The omnipresent sight of construction works on the streets of Bangkok comes in stark contrast to the situation 20 years ago when the Bank of Thailand was forced to devalue the baht during the financial meltdown.

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