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Call time on call scams
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/03/2022
» The handling of the so-called "call-centre" scam by the authorities has been a disappointment.
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Courthouse death casts an ugly pall
News, Editorial, Published on 29/07/2018
» When Supachai Kanlahasunthorn learned that the Criminal Court acquitted a defendant whom he believed killed his son two years ago in Bangkok's Din Daeng area for "lack of evidence", the man was devastated.
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Solar power fizzles
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/04/2022
» Early this month, Deputy Agriculture Minister Praphat Phothasuthon unveiled an energy-saving project with the fancy name "Solar Panels NFT for Thai Farmers".
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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.
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Time for cops to come clean
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/08/2021
» The Royal Thai Police should have seen an image boost after so quickly rounding up seven policemen accused of killing a drug suspect in custody. Unfortunately, the post-arrest press conference on Thursday night only served to reinforce the negative stereotypes that haunt Thai law enforcement.
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PCD needs clean sweep of its own
News, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2021
» The quick compromise which the Pollution Control Department (PCD) offered a sugar mill blamed for polluting surrounding communities in Nakhon Ratchasima's Phimai district with harmful levels of dust and noise over the past few years has left many with the impression that the agency has no teeth.
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Big trouble in little Chana
News, Editorial, Published on 16/12/2020
» A quick look at the cabinet resolution on plans for the controversial Chana industrial complex in Songkhla province could lead many to believe that the government pays heed to local concerns and is taking a step back. Unfortunately, the chances are high that this would be an extremely naive, or optimistic, interpretation.
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A country for old men no longer
News, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2020
» Last week, outspoken hardliner Maj Gen Rienthong Nanna, who operates Mongkutwattana Hospital, called on Thai businesses and government agencies to stop hiring students found to have been involved in pro-democracy protests in a move he claimed was "a project to protect the future" of these young demonstrators by somewhat counterintuitively creating "list of individuals which companies, government agencies, and educational institutions must ban from being employed, enrolling for study or receiving scholarships".
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Speech curbs hold back nation
News, Editorial, Published on 05/07/2020
» Last week's final acquittal of rights activist Andy Hall by the Supreme Court, whilst certainly welcome and the correct verdict, was also a stark reminder of just how damaging to free speech Thailand's laws are.
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Our car-free days just token effort
News, Editorial, Published on 22/09/2019
» For another year, today's Bangkok Car Free Day, the local version of an annual awareness-raising event observed in cities across the world, has been reduced to a PR stunt by the city administration and central government.
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