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Nuclear warning
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/01/2025
» Re: "New plan prepares for nuclear power", (Business, Jan 14).
Consider nature
Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/11/2024
» Re: "1 more dead dugong found", (BP, Nov 19).
How a teen can turn into a killer
Oped, Published on 25/01/2024
» Since the murder of Buaphan Tansu, 47, a woman with a level 5 intellectual disability, there has been growing alarm and fear among the public, especially considering who the perpetrators were and the nature of the crime.
Lame excuses
Oped, Postbag, Published on 31/03/2023
» Re: "Parties buck EC poll pact", (BP, March 30).
Saccharine sermon
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/01/2021
» Re "Govt 'gifts' need work," (Editorial, Jan 1).
The blame game won't cut it with Covid
News, Pirongrong Ramasoota, Published on 29/12/2020
» Taweesilp Visanuyothin, the spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), was right in pleading for tolerance and empathy amid anti-Myanmar hate speech and discrimination after the recent surge of new infections centred around Samut Sakhon shrimp market.
Drivers need screening
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/08/2020
» A suggestion by the Department of Land Transport (DLT) to have holders of the lifelong driving licence be re-evaluated to ensure that they are fit to drive has been aborted quickly in the wake of fierce public pressure in what was possibly the most short-lived proposal ever.
Govt in a fog on e-ciggies
News, Editorial, Published on 23/08/2019
» When rationalising his government's decision to maintain the ban on electronic cigarettes this week, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha did not seem to get all the facts straight. And that explains why his government is insisting on keeping the ill-considered prohibition on e-cigarette use instead of regulating it.
Alcohol crusade has gone too far
News, Editorial, Published on 08/10/2017
» Despite Thailand's tough regulations against alcohol advertising, sales and consumption, anti-booze advocates still find reason to demand more restrictions. This time, on Friday, an alcohol business watchdog group went against the latest attempt of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain to sell draught beer on tap at selected stores. Even though the pilot project is not a praiseworthy sales strategy, it is not illegal. But the anti-alcohol group temporarily won the fight as the chain decided to suspend its sales at 18 pilot branches in Bangkok and other provinces for now.
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News, Published on 21/03/2017
» Prachatai.com on Sunday reported that Chaiyapoom Pasae, a 17-year-old Lahu activist, was summarily killed by soldiers who claim he was a drug suspect and that he resisted arrest in Chiang Mai's Chiang Dao District.