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Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 18/05/2024
» The election of the Senate to replace the junta-appointed high chamber, which ended its term early this month, kicked off rather slowly.
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/05/2024
» By Saturday the term of the junta-appointed Upper House will come to an end, and the process of starting a new chamber will begin.
Editorial, Published on 05/05/2024
» The Senate election will start by the middle of this month, with the race shrouded with ambiguity and confusion. While the appointment of a new higher chamber is touted as part of democracy, members of the public remain in the dark.
News, Published on 18/03/2024
» In 2013, when I was 13, one of the oldest comedy TV programmes in Russia released a sketch in which a group of musicians performed a version of Queen's I Want to Break Free satirising the country.
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 31/01/2024
» Israel's defence minister, Yoav Gallant, dismissed the ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the accusation that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip with the words "Hague Schmague". US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was equally dismissive, saying that the case brought before the ICJ by South Africa was "meritless".
Editorial, Published on 12/11/2023
» The controversial bill to regulate the use and production of marijuana and hemp is back on the parliamentary agenda. However, the Hmong hill tribe people want the law to leave hemp out, fearing it would jeopardise the age-old use of hemp in their culture and traditions. The government should listen to their concerns.
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/10/2023
» Today, the cabinet will decide whether to renew the emergency decree for the deep southern provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. The decision will show whether the Srettha government has the audacity to change a hitherto hard-line security policy in the region.
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 19/04/2023
» The eldest child of missing Karen rights activist Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen enrolled in university this year, while her younger siblings are school students, some with financial help from kind-hearted donors. The youngest remains at home in Phetchaburi with his mum and Billy's widow Pinnapa "Mueno" Prueksapan.
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/03/2023
» Earlier this month, the Central Administrative Court gave a ruling that spells the end to the Chao Phraya River Promenade -- a lavishing 14-billion baht riverside landscape brainchild of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/03/2023
» The dictionary definition of "pogrom" is "an organised massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jewish people in Russia or eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries." So, there is something deeply strange about hearing pogrom used in Hebrew to describe what some Jewish people are doing to Arabs in 21st-century Israel.