Showing 1 - 5 of 5
Graft fight needs resolve
News, Editorial, Published on 17/01/2022
» The fight against corruption in Thailand is a long winding road without any encouraging sign that the country will reach zero corruption as hoped. The latest analysis prepared by the Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) shows the government must work harder to achieve its target of eliminating graft.
Big fish go uncaught
News, Editorial, Published on 28/06/2018
» The Auditor-General's Office has once again flaunted its stringent efforts in tackling corruption in the state sector. In its latest findings, the office accused three officials, one supervisor who has retired, and two others, at the Energy Office in Kanchanaburi of committing fraud.
Wider push would boost economy
News, Editorial, Published on 27/08/2017
» The past week had some really good news for Thailand as its think-tank, the National Economic and Social Development Board, announced that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of this year had grown by as much as 3.7% year-on-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.
Climate change: we need to do more
News, Editorial, Published on 06/12/2015
» Prayut Chan-o-cha’s trip to Paris last week had a certain elegance that has rarely been seen since he seized power, at least in terms of public relations. He was on message, was pictured seemingly statesmanlike laying flowers in tribute to the victims of last month’s terrorist attacks, and avoided making any embarrassing blunders. At the main event, the UN’s climate change conference, he delivered Thailand’s pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by between 20% and 25% by 2030, which received positive coverage at home and was even welcomed in some quarters as ambitious.