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East beats West
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/12/2023
» Re: "How to assess COP28's outcome", (Opinion, Dec 20).
ATK answer
Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2022
» Re: "Hospitals filling up with kids," (BP, Feb 22). First, the headline, "Hospital filling up with kids", may be alarmist/misleading -- for it gives information only for one hospital -- and that institution specialises in children.
Kashmir an 'internal affair', India tells Pakistan
AFP, Published on 08/08/2019
» NEW DELHI - India on Thursday hit back at nuclear rival Pakistan's downgrading of diplomatic ties over its clampdown on Kashmir, saying its decision to strip the restive region of its autonomy was an "internal affair".
No foresight
News, Postbag, Published on 18/06/2019
» It was disappointing to read "Single-ticket Bangkok public transport pushed back to 2020", (BP, June 16). Bangkok has a mostly functional, and rapidly expanding, public transport system, yet it lags so very far behind other large cities in the implementation of very basic technology to allow passengers to use one card (or device) to travel on the entire network.
Competing to be the noisiest
News, Postbag, Published on 14/10/2018
» Re: "Keeping the noise down", (Opinion, Oct 12).
Old boyz n the Charoen Krung hood
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/08/2018
» The boys once ruled Charoen Krung Road -- the boyz from the hood, sons of Chinese merchants and Muslim roti-makers, rough-around-the-edges teen bred and drilled in the network of sois, who leapt into the Chao Phraya every evening and caught catfish when the river swelled every November, who roamed Bang Rak market when it was still sludgy with vegetable scraps and sneaked into the Prince Rama Theatre when it was still showing, err, adult movies.
Innovation and the pharmaceutical industry
Business, Peerapan Tungsuwan, Published on 09/10/2017
» In this series of articles we have been discussing various aspects of innovation in healthcare and how advances in technology have been transforming the field. We have focused mainly on computer and communications technology but in this final article we will look at the role and significance of innovation in the pharmaceutical industry.
Graft as strong as ever
News, Postbag, Published on 17/10/2015
» Re: “Dubious new charter looms with Meechai”, (Opinion, Oct 16). Despite so many charters and coups, why is the “road to Thai democracy” still riddled with potholes and patches? Mr Pandey is correct in pointing out that the key reason for the failure is the charter drafters’ undemocratic mindsets.
Holding Asia-Pacific's security balance
News, Published on 07/01/2015
» Confidence in the capacity of the Asia-Pacific region to preserve a flexible but fundamentally robust security order weakened noticeably over the past year.
Week of epochal events in Asia
News, Published on 25/05/2014
» A week, it is said, is a long time in politics. But events in Asia during the past week may define the region for decades to come.