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New Khmer chapter opens
News, Editorial, Published on 02/10/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's recent visit to Cambodia marks a significant step in strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries -- a relationship historically characterised with border conflicts and armed disputes.
Trucks, haze and action
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/03/2023
» The high levels of PM2.5 air pollution seen this month revive the question of what national and local governments could have done but failed to do. Within this, the proposed relocation of Bangkok Port out of the capital city -- part of the national master plan to reduce PM2.5 -- attracted media attention.
Don't let rich snatch land
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/06/2020
» An initiative of Deputy Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow on land reform which will see the Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) "repossess" Sor Por Kor land illegally occupied by resorts and hotels, and then rent the land back to them is so outrageous that it should be dropped immediately if the government is serious about tackling landlessness among poor farmers.
Govt gifts are of little worth
News, Editorial, Published on 26/12/2019
» Like previous governments before it, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government has come up with a raft of "seasonal gifts" to make people happy during the festive period, starting this week.
NACC opaque as ever
News, Editorial, Published on 16/12/2019
» As an anti-graft agency, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) under its current leadership has been widely criticised for not doing enough to probe corruption allegations against certain members of the former military junta and the military. Few, however, would expect the NACC would recognise the army as the country's most transparent agency. But it did last week in a debut of its transparency rankings of state agencies.
Bangkok must remain capital
News, Editorial, Published on 02/09/2019
» Should Bangkok be stripped of its status as capital? The debate over whether Thailand's capital should be moved has been mounting since Indonesia's President Joko Widodo announced last week that he will relocate his country's capital from Jakarta to a site east of Borneo island.
Forest land justice needed
News, Editorial, Published on 04/07/2019
» More villagers in the Northeast are being thrown into jail as state versus people forest conflicts escalate.
Judiciary should accept its loss
News, Editorial, Published on 20/01/2019
» After a long period of hesitation, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government finally made a crucial decision on the controversial housing project for judicial staff in Chiang Mai, and approved a 17.5 million-baht rehabilitation plan.