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The 'pink tide' is rising in Latin America
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 15/06/2022
» 'Corruption isn't fought with slogans on TikTok," complained veteran Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro. But social media can win elections, and a right-wing dark horse called Rodolfo Hernández, who calls himself the "King of TikTok", may crush Mr Petro's hopes of becoming Colombia's first-ever leftist president next Sunday.
Shipping is worse than aviation
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 30/03/2021
» 'We're waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we've got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon goods on there, all sorts," said Steve Parks of Seaport Freight Services in England, who is awaiting twenty of the 18,300 containers aboard the Ever Given. Which of those things cannot be sourced from somewhere closer than Asia?
In the South, it takes three to tango
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 13/10/2020
» After a pause brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and unexpected circumstances, some positive signals are coming from the Peace Dialogue Panel, the Thai negotiating team, that the stalled peace process in the country's deep South is moving forward once again. This time, all concerned parties are hoping that dialogue will bridge the divide and forge a common roadmap that will bring an immediate end to the violence and lay firm foundations for peaceful coexistence, greater autonomy and mutual respect for religious beliefs, identities and cultural heritage.
Order in the House, Mr Speaker
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/02/2019
» Watching the live debates from the British House of Commons recently has been far more entertaining than anything else on television. It's a wonderful mix of drama, oratorical outrage, brazen showboating and dark comedy, not always intended. It is spontaneous theatre -- the Washington Post called it a "dramedy".
Gems galore in PM's baffling 'box' talk
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/01/2019
» What makes the junta leader think he is qualified to tell people how to think?
'Gangsta Islam' has very little to do with religion
News, Pankaj Mishra, Published on 21/04/2016
» 'Islam's borders are bloody," Samuel Huntington once wrote, "and so are its innards." Since the Sept 11 attacks, that conventional wisdom has fuelled a bizarre search for the Islamic roots of modern terrorism.
Uni hurts its own cause
News, Editorial, Published on 14/09/2015
» A military camp will play host to 53 transgender female students of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University from Monday until Wednesday, with the aim of adjusting their attitudes. They got in a spot of trouble late last month for participating in a poorly thought-out hazing ceremony that had them dancing and performing simulated sex. If that was out of line - and it certainly was - what are we to think of this university's punishment, its attitude toward the students in the first place and even its own record on hazing?
Global disarray as institutions falter
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 17/08/2015
» The international system as we know it is unravelling. Rules and institutions that were set up seven decades ago no longer hold the same weight and authority as they used to. As we grapple with an exacerbating global disorder, established powers and players and old rules and institutions need to be revamped and reinvented to accommodate new realities. Otherwise global tensions will mount, most probably accompanied by confrontation and conflict.
If the shoe fits, you’re wearing sneakers
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/07/2015
» Walking through one of Bangkok’s 689 shopping malls this week, I stumbled across a “Shoe Fair”. Actually, “Sneakers Fair” is more accurate because all items on display were sneakers, or what we English stubbornly call “trainers”.
E-Bracelets won't reduce crime
News, Published on 03/02/2013
» Regarding the article in the Bangkok Post on Friday, ''E-bracelets to keep tabs on teenage cons'', which explains that Corrections Department authorities plan to use electronic bracelets to keep tabs on juvenile delinquents, I don't think this is such a good idea. It seems strangely similar to placing microchips on animals to monitor their movements. What we need are ways to prevent crimes before they happen. For example, we have CCTV cameras all over the nation, but only a fraction of them are monitored around the clock. Therefore, most of them can only help in the arrest of suspects after a crime has been committed. Unless the juveniles who have these E-bracelets are monitored all the time, it will be a waste of money.