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    Conscription panic isn't the debate Europe needs

    News, Published on 06/04/2024

    » 'The French are all soldiers and must defend their homeland." So decreed the 18th-century law that made military service mandatory in France, until the end of the Cold War banished it to the history books and replaced it with a kind of glorified recruitment day -- which I dutifully attended as a teenager and promptly forgot about. Nobody under the age of 45 in France has forcibly worn army fatigues or picked up a weapon, including Emmanuel Macron.

  • OPINION

    Why don't Japanese give to charity?

    Oped, Koichi Hamada, Published on 06/04/2024

    » On Jan 1, as Japan celebrated the new year, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula, causing buildings to crumble, forcing mass evacuations, and leading to more than 200 deaths. But in the wake of the tragedy, something beautiful happened: an outpouring of support by philanthropic organisations and individuals, including support from beyond Japan's borders. More than 140,000 people donated US$5 million (183.7 million baht) through the Nippon Foundation alone.

  • OPINION

    It's not entertaining

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/04/2024

    » Re: "Parents and children explore a maze at 'The Maze Adventure'", (BP photo, April 1).

  • OPINION

    Save children from toy pods

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/04/2024

    » The news about "toy pods" -- a new type of e-cigarette that is proving popular among young students -- might be quite shocking for parents. The lukewarm reaction from the government is more shocking still.

  • OPINION

    We need climate adaptation now

    Oped, Published on 05/04/2024

    » The announcement made by the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) is a grim warning of record-high temperatures. The entire nation is bracing for scorching hot weather this month, with forecasters saying temperatures look set to reach 44.5 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country. For example, the mercury level in the Thoen district of the northern Lampang province reached 42C on Monday and yesterday, the hottest temperatures for this year’s summer so far. Meanwhile, the TMD reported the temperature of Muang district was not far behind at 41.8C.

  • OPINION

    Deliver riders work rights

    News, Editorial, Published on 05/04/2024

    » The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recently issued a praiseworthy landmark ruling regarding the status of hundreds of thousands of food delivery platform riders in Thailand, many of whom have been complaining of unfair treatment from the platform owners.

  • OPINION

    Economics, at its core, is irredeemably sexist

    Oped, Published on 05/04/2024

    » Economics has an intractable "women problem". High-school girls avoid it. Female undergraduates abandon it. And the problem runs deeper than the difficulty of attracting enough women to mathematics, science, and engineering. Even women who have reached the discipline's summit, like Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, consider economists "a tribal clique" and their models defective.

  • OPINION

    Russian moves block UN probe of North Korea

    Oped, Published on 05/04/2024

    » In a classic under-the-political radar ploy, Russia has vetoed a UN committee investigating North Korean nuclear missile and banking sanctions violations. The low-profile but highly significant sanctions committee regularly monitors illicit actions by Pyongyang to develop, improve and implement the regime's nuclear weapons and offensive missile programmes.

  • OPINION

    Care across lifespans

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/04/2024

    » Re: "Gender gaps in politics and business", (Opinion, March 30).

  • OPINION

    Democracies can win tech race

    Oped, Published on 04/04/2024

    » The world is on the precipice of a technological cold war. As authoritarian regimes develop new digital tools that endanger open societies and threaten democratic values, the West must decide whether to compete or concede. Today, the battle for freedom is being fought in Ukraine; but the frontline could one day be in Taiwan, a global technology hub, producing the world's most advanced microchips, and a flourishing democracy less than 160 kilometres off the coast of China, which seems bent on annexing the island.

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