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    Durian powers Sino-Thai friendship

    Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 04/07/2023

    » When it comes to the evolution of Sino-Thai relations, one must put aside all the geopolitical determinants and even such subjects as the current Russia-Ukraine war, the ramifications of the US-China standoff and tourism. The topic is durian, which serves as the weathervane of their long-standing bilateral ties. The durian, known worldwide as the "King of Fruits", is more than just a sticky, thorny and, yes, smelly fruit; they also define the nature of the five-decade-old Sino-Thai relations.

  • OPINION

    Crossing into despair

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/07/2023

    » Early this month, there was a short news report about the death of a railway staffer in Muang district of Udon Thani province. Local news rarely gathers much mainstream media attention, but this shed light on safety issues related to the infrastructure of the railway system.

  • OPINION

    Will gentrification respect city's people?

    Oped, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/06/2023

    » We've lived for over a century in the shadow of grandeur: near the Customs House, known to Thais as rongpasi. "We" means my maternal family and the community of Haroon Mosque. Each day before sunrise, the muezzin's sing-song call rings through the neighbourhood, carried on the river wind towards the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the French Embassy and Assumption Cathedral.

  • OPINION

    Prigozhin and the aftermath of Russian folly

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 30/06/2023

    » 'I said to Putin: 'We could waste [Prigozhin], no problem. If not on the first try, then on the second.' I told him: 'Don't do this'," said Aleksander Lukashenko, long-ruling dictator of Belarus, clearly delighted at having upstaged his arrogant Russian counterpart. The worm had turned, and it was the Russian dictator who needed help.

  • OPINION

    Thai politics needs checks and balances

    Oped, Published on 30/06/2023

    » The hopeful sentiment following the May 14 elections has gradually evaporated following fierce horse-trading between the two winning parties -- the Move Forward Party (MFP) and the Pheu Thai Party over which party will secure the House speaker's seat.

  • OPINION

    Hopeful step for justice

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/06/2023

    » Having the names of innocent people on the police's criminal suspect database is a blatant form of injustice. Yet for decades, more than 13 million people suffered and were denied job opportunities and various legal rights because of their status.

  • OPINION

    Dress-code dilemma

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/06/2023

    » Re: "Conflicting values", (PostBag, June 23).

  • OPINION

    Adam Smith 300 years later

    Oped, Published on 30/06/2023

    » This year marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith, the founding father of modern economics. It comes at a time when the global economy faces several daunting challenges.

  • OPINION

    Would technology-enabled communism work?

    Oped, Published on 30/06/2023

    » Friedrich von Hayek is best known for his influential 1944 polemic The Road to Serfdom. But his most celebrated work in economics is "The Use of Knowledge in Society", a rather short article on how society uses and acquires dispersed information about economic fundamentals such as preferences, priorities, and productivity.

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    We need to act for our future generations

    Oped, Published on 22/06/2023

    » Conservatives often make a big show of worrying about the debt burden that we are passing onto our children. This moral argument featured prominently in congressional Republicans' refusal to support a routine increase to the US debt ceiling. The GOP supposedly is so committed to reducing spending that it is willing to hold the global economy hostage and risk permanent damage to America's reputation.

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