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Suvarnabhumi can shine again
Editorial, Published on 10/03/2024
» When it was opened to the public in 2006, Suvarnabhumi Airport reflected the mood and aspirations of the entire nation. The airport's main terminal -- a sprawling glass-and-steel structure that covered an area of about 500,000 square metres before its subsequent expansions -- was designed to look like a floating pavilion, its undulating canopy creating an illusion of space. The airport's design language is worlds apart from Don Mueang's, and the message to arriving passengers that Thailand, like its gleaming, brand-new airport, is open and ready to take a step into modernity was clear.
Media laws need work
Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/01/2024
» A lucid ruling by the Constitutional Court on Pita Limjaroenrat's iTV media share case has brought down the temperature of Thai politics.
Carbon-offset market's dark side
Oped, Published on 09/11/2023
» The recent Climate Week NYC, which convened corporate leaders, policymakers, scientists, and others to discuss climate solutions and drive progress towards decarbonisation, underscored how forests have become big business.
Fishy business
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/10/2023
» Re: "Russia visa deal gets mixed reception", (Business, Sept 17).
Yet another missing rail link
News, Editorial, Published on 04/06/2023
» For decades, commuters wishing to travel from the city's north to its east (and vice versa) have had to deal with bottom-clenching traffic jams on Lat Phrao and Srinakarin roads, two heavily congested roads which form the city's main north-east corridor. In 2005, in a bid to clear up some of the congestion, the Yellow Line was first proposed -- initially as a heavy underground rail service -- but it wasn't until 2012 that substantial plans to build it as a monorail link along the north-east corridor began to surface.
Make BRT system work
Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/08/2022
» After 12 years of continuous service, Bangkok's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) -- a 15-km feeder bus route linking Sathon and Ratchaphruek roads -- should have been more popular, the way similar systems in Bogota and Guangzhou have been embraced by those cities' residents.
When the environment gets sidelined
Oped, Johanna Son, Published on 23/07/2022
» Myanmar's human, social and natural capital have been "rapidly diminishing" after the 2021 military coup, explains Win Myo Thu, a respected environmental campaigner who, for over three decades, has been working with local communities for better access to land, forest, water, food and a clean environment.
More Green Line upset
News, Editorial, Published on 30/06/2022
» With his strong work ethic, formidable education, illustrious background, willingness to engage communities and above all his earnest efforts to help them solve their problems, Chadchart Sittipunt has easily emerged as one of the nation's most popular politicians.
Politics in the pipeline?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/05/2022
» A ruckus over the bidding concession for a 25.6-billion-baht water pipeline project in the eastern region has become the latest setback for the government. Yet, the issue needs a clear mind for it to be best resolved.
PM Prayut's future hangs in the balance
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 26/02/2022
» Although the general debate earlier this month left the Prayut Chan-o-cha government with little, if any, bruises, the time ahead will be tough for the army chief turned politician.