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    Music Is A Weapon

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 30/04/2021

    » Last Friday, singer-songwriter Trai "Boy" Bhumiratna released a song in support of the medical frontliners in the ongoing battle against Covid-19. He later said in a Facebook post that someone had criticised him for not reflecting on the government's shortcomings. He replied, in gist, that music isn't a weapon but is healing and consoling, and he doesn't think of politics with every breath he takes. This didn't sit well with netizens who brought up his past involvement with the PDRC movement that ultimately led to Prayut Chan-o-cha's premiership.

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    Shipping is worse than aviation

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 30/03/2021

    » 'We're waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we've got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon goods on there, all sorts," said Steve Parks of Seaport Freight Services in England, who is awaiting twenty of the 18,300 containers aboard the Ever Given. Which of those things cannot be sourced from somewhere closer than Asia?

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    A just post-pandemic transition

    Oped, Published on 24/07/2020

    » It will take time for Covid-19's economic consequences to come into full view. But some of the costs are already becoming apparent, beginning with the devastation the crisis will wreak on the global workforce. With climate change also threatening to hurt the world's most vulnerable workers, the need for a holistic crisis response that emphasises both justice and sustainability could not be greater.

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    The Mekong's calling you, Sue Perkins

    News, Vasana Chinvarakorn, Published on 08/04/2021

    » When my award-winning investigative journalist friend Supara Janchitfah first suggested Sue Perkins' name during our conversation on the Mekong, I thought she was making a joke. Or perhaps being satirical. What could a British comedian hosting a baking contest show contribute to helping locals in Southeast Asia thousands of miles away?

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    Engagement key to Sino-Thai ties

    News, Published on 07/07/2020

    » Gone are the days when policymakers could sit back and relax to watch Sino-Thai relations moving ahead in autopilot mode. These days, Thailand and China have to intensify mutual engagement and consultation at all levels to ensure there is no room for misunderstandings that could lead to diplomatic wrangles.

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    Forging an ever-deepening bond, 45 years on

    Oped, Published on 01/07/2020

    » On July 1, 1975, Premier Zhou Enlai and Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj signed the Joint Communique on the establishment of diplomatic relations in Beijing, opening a new chapter in China-Thailand relations. Over the past 45 years, the two countries have made remarkable achievements in their respective development paths and bilateral relations have always maintained such sound and stable progress that China-Thailand relations today have become more comprehensive, pragmatic and dynamic.

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    What If?

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 04/10/2019

    » What if the government decides to allocate budgets for weaponry and freebies and spend them on other causes? Let's entertain that thought. Shall we?

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    Win-win in Bang Saen

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/09/2019

    » A recent article on Thailand's Bang Saen seaside town undergoing a major makeover to accommodate an ageing society put a smile on my face as the reality of reaching the day I become a senior citizen fast approaches.

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    Ailing patient needs help

    News, Editorial, Published on 03/02/2020

    » The novel coronavirus outbreak has sent a shock wave to the world economy, and Thailand is among countries bearing the brunt of the impact.

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    Outbreak unveils worst side of some Cambodians

    News, Sek Sophal, Published on 04/02/2020

    » It was 1.25am on Saturday, April 16, 2016 when a series of earthquakes hit the city of Kumamoto in the southern part of Japan's Kyushu region. With a main shock of magnitude 7.3, the earthquake was strong enough to shake the city of Beppu in nearby Oita Prefecture. Fearing that my old apartment would collapse, I dashed out to the street barefoot.

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