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    A call for vigilance and education

    News, Published on 29/01/2024

    » The United Nations recognised the importance of preserving the memory of the Holocaust when it designated Jan 27 as a day for global reflection. While the memory is important in itself, it would be meaningless if we do not use the lessons of history to educate future generations. Lessons of the terrible consequences that create a society that accepts and even encourages anti-Semitism, racism and hatred.

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    A lesson in geopolitics

    News, Editorial, Published on 29/01/2024

    » The hiccup in the planned salvage operations for the US-built HTMS Sukhothai of the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) serves as a stark lesson for Thailand. It underscores the need for greater prudence in navigating security issues, especially amid escalating geopolitical conflicts and power struggles among superpowers.

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    Has McKinsey & Co finally become unleadable?

    News, Published on 27/01/2024

    » It's a big year for elections -- and that includes McKinsey & Co's poll to pick the Global Managing Partner for the next three years. As in so many elections, there's a difference between the skills needed to get the job and those required once elected.

  • OPINION

    A promising turn in the quest to treat long Covid

    News, Published on 25/01/2024

    » A study published this week in Science makes a compelling case that people with long Covid have a chronic imbalance in their immune response. The findings don't explain why that immune response is out of whack, and needs confirming in larger studies. Still, this is an important new piece to the vexing puzzle that is long Covid.

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    Asia is fighting back against the diversity backlash

    News, Published on 24/01/2024

    » A new year always brings some hand-wringing about how little headway we've made to achieve equality in the workplace. Complicating the picture: Corporate diversity programmes are facing a backlash, particularly in the US, where a court ruling on affirmative action has reverberated through boardrooms.

  • OPINION

    Eruption is a warning to others

    News, Published on 23/01/2024

    » Volcanic eruptions are mesmerising. The glowing red lava, explosive power and widening fissures serve as reminders that we stand and build not on static ground, but on a very dynamic Earth. For the Icelandic port of Grindavik, the escaping magma is less of a marvel and more of a nightmare. For the rest of the world, it should be a lesson that preparing for natural disasters is ever more important during the climate crisis.

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    Public needs accurate info

    News, Editorial, Published on 22/01/2024

    » Conflicting statements from government officials regarding potential lithium sources in Phang Nga province have underscored a troubling issue within state agencies, revealing a focus on public relations rather than facts and accuracy by the government spokesman team.

  • OPINION

    Investors can boost plastic goals

    News, Published on 22/01/2024

    » Southeast Asia has emerged as a hotspot for plastic pollution in recent years, exacerbated by rapid urbanisation and a lack of proper waste management infrastructure. In Thailand alone, about 2 million tonnes of plastic waste is generated annually -- of which only a quarter is recycled.

  • OPINION

    India's great employment challenge

    News, Published on 22/01/2024

    » India seems to be a favourite growth story nowadays. Despite valid concerns about the accuracy of official statistics, the economy is projected to expand by 6.3% in 2024 -- an undeniably remarkable feat given that its GDP exceeds $4.1 trillion. While it remains a lower-middle-income country with a per capita income under US$3,000 (106,500 baht), its rapid growth suggests that its economic potential may be greater than expected. But any optimism about economic prospects must be tempered by its inability to address two challenges. The first is the unequal distribution of the benefits of rapid economic growth, which have accrued predominantly to the top 10–20% of income earners.

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    Nasty legacy of Thaksin prison drama

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/01/2024

    » The buck stops at the Corrections Department. Or, in other words, stops in the lap of Sahakarn Petchnarin, the department's new director-general who assumed the hot seat last October.

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