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Fairer welfare threatens the status quo
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 20/02/2021
» Early this week, Krungthai Bank branches throughout the country were swarmed by large mobs of people wanting to register for the Rao Chana assistance programme.
Class beatings symptom of ill system
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 03/10/2020
» Abuse in schools? That's an old story.
The best in us, the bureaucratic worst
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 18/04/2020
» The past week has been dominated by news of the government's bungling of its cash relief programme for those affected by the Covid-19 infection.
Pandemic offers chance for real change
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 04/04/2020
» Seeing how Covid-19 has transformed the way we live, it's tempting to say life will not go back to the way it was after this is all over.
Haze crisis a symptom of state of failures
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 25/01/2020
» The current air pollution crisis is just one of many symptoms of a system going haywire. The pollution crisis has been an annual occurrence for the past several years. Every dry season, we brace ourselves for the onslaught of toxic smog caused by exhaust fumes, construction dust, forest fires, and fires deliberately set on pre- or post-harvest fields.
We're an ageing society. More sex please?
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 20/01/2018
» The Thai government wants its citizens to have more sex. Yes, really.
Don't only blame drivers for road tragedies
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 18/11/2017
» Every fatal accident is a tragedy and all serious accidents carry heavy human and financial costs.
Fight like a bulldog, persevere like a bee
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 12/08/2017
» Two decades ago, Jintana Kaewkhao found herself thrust into the public limelight as she led local opposition against a coal-fired power plant project close to her home in Ban Krut of Prachuap Khiri Khan province.
'The Thai Way' clogs up our flooded city
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 02/06/2017
» After a long period of hot and humid but rainless weather, the sky finally opened up in Bangkok. The rain came in torrents that quickly overwhelmed the city's drainage capacity.
Farms provide crucial economic safety net
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 11/11/2016
» The only qualifications I can claim as a rice expert is that I have been eating rice for more than six decades and I know a rice plant when I see one.