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Climate wake-up call
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/01/2024
» As the rest of the country celebrated the festive season, people in the deep South provinces struggled with the effects of severe flooding.
Riders bid for rights
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/09/2023
» Move Forward Party (MFP) MPs wore vests usually worn by delivery riders during a parliamentary session this week to draw public attention to the plight of those working for food delivery platforms.
In search of some extreme heat relief
News, Editorial, Published on 23/04/2023
» Earlier this month, spirits were high as the nation celebrated its first full-fledged Songkran in four years. No fears of Covid-19 or the sweltering heat were going to scare people out of enjoying one of the country's most-cherished holidays.
Wildlife wars must end
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/03/2023
» As Thailand celebrates National Elephant Day this week, the country is facing a paradoxical experience, with a surge in human-elephant conflicts that sometimes prove fatal.
Big steps for our 'expanding' nation
News, Editorial, Published on 12/03/2023
» Two years ago, the Public Health Ministry changed its guidelines to confirm that the average Thai child was, in fact, getting taller. To mark World Obesity Day on March 4, the Department of Health released a report saying that not only are they taller, but they are also much bigger -- with one in 10 children aged under 15 found to be clinically obese.
Empty promises won't fix climate
News, Editorial, Published on 05/06/2022
» Today marks the 50th year of the founding of World Environment Day (WED). An international meeting called Stockholm+50 is being organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to commemorate WED.
Poverty slide can be arrested
News, Editorial, Published on 17/10/2021
» Covid-19 will have faded as an immediate threat in a few years. Yet its effect will last longer. Governments across the world, including Thailand, will face huge challenges in trying to finance the economic recovery programme that will be needed when countries get back on their feet.
Local polls may have big impact
News, Editorial, Published on 20/12/2020
» Today's elections for Provincial Administration Organisations in the 76 provinces outside of Bangkok are the first local polls to take place since the 2014 coup and will be seen by many as a barometer of the mood inside a nation gripped by political unrest and economic downturn.
Time for more like Yimsoo
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/10/2020
» The loss of Yimsoo Cafe's contract to operate an outlet at Thammasat University's Faculty of Law to a franchised brand has caused uproar in the online world.
Striving for safer food
News, Editorial, Published on 02/06/2020
» A gruelling campaign by food safety advocates to have two extremely toxic farm chemicals banned has finally borne fruit. The ban on chlorpyrifos and paraquat, which was announced in the Royal Gazette, took effect yesterday.