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Acting on reform
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/01/2023
» Re: "DSI under fire as Chuvit alleges high-level bribery" and "Thailand's untouchables", (BP, Jan 18).
Thais split over Russia-Ukraine conflict
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 15/03/2022
» The Russia-Ukraine war has managed to divide the Thai public with three different outlooks on the crisis -- strong condemnation, non-partisan, or support for the UN charter. For the first time since the Cambodian conflict four decades ago, Russian military action has caused divisive debates among Thai intellectuals, diplomats, and media personalities about the country's position on the situation.
Russia's ties built on mutual respect
News, Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 03/11/2019
» Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev shares his views on Russia's evolving relationship with the regional bloc, during the 35th Asean Summit and Related Summits being held in Bangkok and Nonthaburi, in an exclusive interview with the Bangkok Post.
Picture ban is telling
News, Postbag, Published on 17/12/2018
» Re: "Campaign poster rules ban familiar faces", (BP, Dec 16).
No new beginnings
News, Postbag, Published on 06/01/2018
» Re: "A year of living dangerously in Thailand", (Opinion, Jan 5).
Connectivity issues in e-commerce
News, Lurong Chen, Published on 15/09/2017
» Cross-border e-commerce has been a major development trend of international trade and globalisation which provides Southeast Asia and East Asia with greater opportunities. However, the digital economy presents both opportunities and challenges, and the difference between them is determined by each country's economy, geography, politics, society, culture, as well as market reactions to the new trend of economic digitalisation. Among all determinants, connectivity is the cornerstone of development.
Handouts to poor do harm
News, Postbag, Published on 30/07/2017
» The military government plans to spend 40 billion baht on cash handouts and subsidies.
Plight of the stateless
News, Editorial, Published on 07/12/2016
» The United Nations is taking a meaningful step tonight. Its UN High Commission on Refugees is to launch a new project, "Every Child's Right to a Nationality". Recently, the UNHCR named Thailand as one of its few official "Friends of the Campaign to End Statelessness". That should not cloud us from acknowledging existing hurdles. It is true that there are legal changes to help stateless people becoming Thai citizens. For all that, much more effort is still needed.
Put meat on bike laws
News, Postbag, Published on 03/12/2016
» Re: "Children told not to drive motorbikes", (BP, Nov 30).
Learn from the Scots
News, Published on 21/02/2015
» Re: “Unlike Greece, our ‘corruption trap’ has no end in sight,” (BP, Feb 18).