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Vaccinations for all
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/09/2021
» Chiang Mai's vibrant old town is decimated; by one estimate only 2,000 of its previous 10,000 restaurants remain in business.
Now Thailand's turn
News, Postbag, Published on 09/11/2020
» In a democracy, incompetent and morally corrupt persons can be voted out of office. In Thailand they stay on and on and on because of coups and doubtful electoral laws which are made up and get interpreted arbitrarily, while political movements are suppressed and non-status quo parties get outlawed repeatedly.
Drain army swamp
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/06/2020
» Re: "Get serious on environment", (Editorial, June 5).
Flimsy masks no good
News, Postbag, Published on 08/02/2020
» Regarding the virus outbreak and face masks, I'm not an expert in this field and I would be happy to be corrected on my understanding as follows:
A tax on the poor
News, Postbag, Published on 17/11/2019
» The recent figures quoted to justify the new Tax Saving Funds clearly demonstrate who this is intended for, if you take a moment to process the numbers.
Licence to kill
News, Postbag, Published on 20/07/2019
» Of all the retrograde events in Thailand over the past two decades, the death of a 15-year-old student at Phra Pratom Wittayalai School from so-called Thai "hazing" tradition is the worst.
Taking down the West
News, Postbag, Published on 06/02/2018
» Re: "Media microphones", (Postbag, Feb 3).
Some get no holidays
News, Postbag, Published on 12/05/2016
» Re: "Our long holiday from reality", (Asia Focus, May 9).
No way to treat water
News, Postbag, Published on 26/01/2016
» Re: “Mekong pumps to ease Isan drought”, (BP, Jan 24).
Honour pledges, PM
News, Postbag, Published on 06/10/2015
» I don’t want to diminish Vint Chavala’s pleasure at the prime minister’s achievements at the United Nations (PostBag, Oct 4), but nevertheless need to point out that Thailand was actually proposed as next chairman of the G77 during Yingluck Shinawatra’s tenure as premier. But I suppose it was a relief the vote still went Thailand’s way, despite the country’s dubious distinction of being a military dictatorship.