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Keeping our hopes up
News, Editorial, Published on 31/12/2016
» As 2016 is drawing to a close, it's time to take a deep breath, let go of all the misery that the year has brought and find the goodwill for a new beginning.
A time for reflection
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/12/2016
» The holiday season is coming, a reminder to all of us to keep aglow the spirit of compassion and inclusiveness.
Seoul offers timely lesson
News, Editorial, Published on 12/12/2016
» South Koreans by the hundreds of thousands have spent the weekend celebrating. With lit candles and cheering, they marked the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. The celebrations were as peaceful as the revelations and protests that brought Ms Park to her likely political end. Many Thais today will be noting that while Korea has a recent history of military dictatorships, the downfall of the president was both non-violent and without military interference.
Be clear on charter line
News, Editorial, Published on 10/12/2016
» As soon as the draft constitution endorsed by a majority of people in the Aug 7 referendum takes effect, which could be anytime in the near future, it should first and foremost serve as an agreement defining relations between the state and its people, not a bind confining one or the other.
Speaking out on Myanmar
News, Editorial, Published on 06/12/2016
» The unacceptable and growing violence along with the political fallout in western Myanmar has finally attracted important, outside attention. The United States has lifted more of the sanctions it imposed during the dictatorship years, but issued a strong warning about the Rakhine problem. Inside Asean, Malaysia has also gone fully public on Myanmar's problem. Prime Minister Najib Razak has led public protests against the Myanmar government's policies.
20-year strategy must remain flexible
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/12/2016
» No one can exactly predict what Thailand's social, economic and political landscapes will look like in the next 20 years. The current regime is indifferent and it should not act as the know-it-all team when it comes to writing a two-decade national strategy for all future governments to follow.
Uncertainty on the roadmap must end
News, Editorial, Published on 27/11/2016
» Uncertainty is the last thing the government would want the Thai public and international community to feel regarding its roadmap to democracy and the next election. That is why all government figures must stop generating such a tentative sentiment and express nothing but a firm commitment to its plan to hold an election and return the country to normalcy next year.
Climate progress faces dire threat
News, Editorial, Published on 20/11/2016
» Those not paying attention to the international climate-change talks happening in Morocco last week should have been. First, some sobering scientific facts. The Earth is on track for its third successive year of highest-ever average surface temperatures since records began in 1880. The first 10 months of the year have been the hottest in modern times. The average temperature for the year was set to reach 1.2C over pre-Industrial Revolution levels -- meaning that 16 of the 17 hottest years on record were this century.
TAO mergers a step back
News, Editorial, Published on 18/11/2016
» The latest effort by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and its appointed bodies to merge "small" elected tambon administration organisations (TAOs) will be a step backwards for Thailand's devolution process, with severe political, social and economic ramifications.
'Significant' Apec summit
News, Editorial, Published on 16/11/2016
» From a forum seen by many as "forgettable", the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit which is to take place in Peru this weekend has gained importance.