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We can move to a post-privilege era. Who's first?
News, Published on 06/09/2023
» Privilege is often carved into walls and etched into the landscape.
Flood ritual dies hard
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2022
» Fears of flooding have returned again with news the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will discharge more water from the Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat to accommodate run-off from the North.
It's enough to give anyone grey hairs
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/11/2021
» A recent letter to the Bangkok Post from the ever observant Ye Olde Pedant suggested that Bangkok's BTS and MRT executives should display more imagination in the naming of new rail lines and avoid colour coding. He cited the proposed Grey Line which for him immediately conjured up images of passengers with silvery hair, otherwise known as "the elderly".
Flood fixes need rethink
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/08/2020
» When the country is faced with major floods, policymakers typically resort to the same old solutions: dams and flood dykes.
Show leadership, drop promenade
News, Editorial, Published on 09/02/2020
» The Administrative Court last week shocked the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) by issuing an injunction on the Chao Phraya Riverside Promenade -- a controversial project that features a gigantic concrete structure, which many say will cause irreversible damage to the river, which is seen as the country's artery.
Loy Krathong luck not with Ong Ang canal
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 22/11/2018
» Last week, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) put forward the idea of reclaiming the city's reputation as the "Venice of the East". Now guess what? City Hall this week has proposed another plan that will turn a city canal into the famous Cheonggyecheon Stream of Seoul.
Rising sea shocks Pacific's Kiribati
News, New York Times, Published on 04/07/2016
» One clear bright day last winter, a tidal surge swept over an ocean embankment here in the remote, low-lying island country of Kiribati, smashing through the doors and windows of Betio Hospital and spewing sand and debris across its maternity ward.
Flawed DNA findings?
News, Postbag, Published on 05/02/2016
» There appears to be some misunderstanding as to whether DNA can determine nationality. As reported in the Bangkok Post on Feb 4, a forensic source states that according to DNA analysis the body parts discovered in the Chao Phraya river are not from a Thai national.
Busted buses
News, Postbag, Published on 21/11/2015
» I can only laugh at the so-called “landmark” Chao Phraya river embankment project which seeks to blitz through the many concerns of residents and the environmental impact advisers who are clearly against even the principle of such a sweeping development.
Act now to save Thailand's threatened plant species
News, Published on 27/06/2015
» For many people conservation brings to mind endangered animals. But unfortunately, endangered plants don’t share the same spotlight — even if they are equally important to the balance of ecology in their habitats. While Thailand may be most famous for its orchids, it is also home to a number of endemic and endangered plant species that are not widely known, yet which make up an important part of this country’s rich natural heritage.