• OPINION

  More than just thugs

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/12/2023

  » The premiere screenings of 4Kings (Part 2), a local drama-action film that depicts violent scuffles among vocational school students, attracted a big police presence.

• OPINION

  Raw deal for Covid patients

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/03/2022

  » Two weeks after the Health Ministry and the National Health Security Office (NHSO) rolled out a scheme for coronavirus patients with mild symptoms, its implementation remains a mess, riddled with too many loopholes.

• OPINION

  Let's clear up ganja haze

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/06/2022

  » It all began quite innocently. A staff member of a well-known public organisation ate a snack before starting a shift. Soon after, the person began babbling incoherently, unable to walk in a straight line -- let alone work -- with a supervisor claiming the staff member was "worse than drunk". As it turned out, the snack was a cookie containing an unspecified amount of cannabis extract -- the use of which was recently decriminalised by the government.

• OPINION

  Assault on the game

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/03/2022

  » 'Shocking moment footballer FLOORS opponent with Muay Thai elbow", "Thai footballer fired for brutal elbow attack on rival", "Thai footballer sacked by Bangkok FC after shocking attack".

• OPINION

  'Rap nong' still too brutal

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/06/2021

  » It is hard to believe in this day and age that a university student could find his life snuffed out by a hazing prank, given the publicity surrounding such ceremonies and repeated efforts by universities to stamp out the violent and degrading treatment which is often involved.

• OPINION

  Patients left in disharmony

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/07/2020

  » The Medical Council yesterday gave people a rather unpleasant surprise with its announcement detailing the obligations of patients seeking medical services.

• OPINION

  Challenge of contagion

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/03/2020

  » The exodus of illegal workers from South Korea, the world's No.2 hotspot for Covid-19, has given rise to grave concerns that the disease which has claimed more than 3,200 lives worldwide may well become a pandemic.

• OPINION

  Cash won't cure malaise

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/03/2020

  » Predicaments arising from the Covid-19 outbreak -- from face mask distribution issues to sluggish control measures and a controversial cash handout scheme -- have put the government in hot water, with a crisis of confidence looming on the horizon.

• OPINION

  Hypocrisy on abortion

  News, Editorial, Published on 21/11/2017

  » The arrest of a nurse for providing abortions in Nakhon Ratchasima should serve as a wake-up call on this important social issue. Suwanna Kaewsawang, 56, a certified health care professional, was charged with operating an abortion service in her converted apartment. While her legal case continues, it is clear that officials of the Ministry of Public Health -- who directed the police raid -- are far behind the curve on a subject no one really wants to talk about, but must.

• OPINION

  Too brutal for Asean

  News, Editorial, Published on 04/01/2016

  » The shocking photos and video of last week's whippings in Indonesia's Aceh province have refocused attention on a serious problem within Asean. On the eve of the Asean community becoming an economic union, a woman and five men were caned in public in Banda Aceh. Four were whipped for gambling and a couple were caned for "indecency". Such barbarity has no place in a modernising and progressive Asean Community (AC), which was formed to bring prosperity.

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