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Covid doesn't discriminate
News, Editorial, Published on 22/12/2020
» The Covid-19 surge with hundreds of infections in Samut Sakhon and other provinces has come as a profound shock.
Outbreak highlights our complacency
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 21/12/2020
» We are seemingly paying a high price for Covid-19 complacency.
No police apology for monk's violent arrest
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/05/2018
» Nobody doubts why the Crime Suppression Division police had to make the arrest of Phra Buddha Isara, the abbot of Wat Or Noi in Nakhon Pathom, before dawn of May 24 at his living quarters on the temple grounds.
Can technology transform patronage politics?
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 30/03/2018
» By the time it takes place after evident foot-dragging by relevant authorities, the next election in Thailand will be unlike its precursors. There will be new parties with new policy ideas, new vote-gathering technologies and first-time voters who came of age during Thailand's political tension and polarisation more or less over the past two decades. At issue during the next poll is whether and to what extent Thailand's entrenched and endemic patronage-driven and vote-buying political system has really changed. The evidence is mixed but it is plausible that a new kind of politics will emerge not directly in the next poll but in the 2020s.
It's time to get tough on graft at temples
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 18/06/2017
» The government's latest bid to probe alleged corruption conspiracy of state assistance funds by former and current officials of the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) and 12 temples across the country has received great applause from the public, and this will be a big success for the government if the alleged suspects are convicted and serve jail terms for their unscrupulous actions.
Chartthaipattana faces an uphill struggle
News, Published on 26/04/2016
» The passing of veteran politician and former prime minister Banharn Silpa-archa deals a heavy blow to the Chartthaipattana Party.
Bangkok dangerous
News, Postbag, Published on 09/04/2016
» Sitting with friends outside a corner coffee shop and watching traffic passing by was indeed very entertaining.
The big issue: Sacred space
Alan Dawson, Published on 24/01/2016
» Muang district of Pattani is one of Thailand’s loveliest provincial capitals, and of course one of its least visited, what with the inconvenient war and all.
Koh Tao dashes reform hope
Oped, Published on 27/12/2015
» I’m surprised at the lack of reaction in the Bangkok Post regarding the Koh Tao murder verdict; social media is awash with outrage. Clearly, though not unexpectedly, this whole trial was a farcical charade from day one, paraded before the world to accentuate our ineptitude in achieving justice.
Making a smart move
News, Postbag, Published on 15/08/2015
» The Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) decided to introduce the Smart Classrooms project to replace the tablet PC project for students which was scrapped by the National Council for Peace and Order. The 1.17-billion-baht leftover budget, which was earlier earmarked to procure tablets for Mathayom 1 students in the North and Northeast, would be shifted and will be complemented by 3 billion baht from the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology.