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Bots mar SSO debate
News, Editorial, Published on 20/10/2025
» The Social Security Office (SSO) is once again at the centre of an embarrassing controversy following a recent online public hearing on reform of the pension formula for insured workers under Sections 33 and 39 of the Social Security Act.
Brothers' trial puts focus on 'Wild West of crypto'
News, Published on 18/10/2025
» Two brothers, both recent Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates, are going on trial this week in a case that promises to shed light on a secretive and controversial cryptocurrency trading strategy.
Thai rice prices extend slump to 18-year low
Reuters, Published on 17/10/2025
» Thailand's rice export prices fell for the fifth straight week to an 18-year low, while Indian prices held near their lowest level in more than nine years this week, as top exporters struggled to secure any major deals in the face of weak demand.
Haunted logic
Postbag, Published on 15/10/2025
» Re: "PM defends border tactics", (BP, Oct 14) & "Border tactics need review", (Editorial, Oct 14).
AI-made Bollywood videos pulled from YouTube
Published on 04/10/2025
» NEW DELHI - Hundreds of AI-generated Bollywood videos with 16 million views have been deleted from YouTube after Reuters reported they were similar to those at the centre of a legal challenge filed by a celebrity couple to protect their rights.
The school of trauma
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 03/10/2025
» Remember that Netflix documentary last year called The Program: Cons, Cults, And Kidnapping? It exposed the horrors young people endure through parent-sanctioned abductions to so-called academies designed to "fix" wayward kids. That documentary left many of us shaken with its raw look into an industry that preys on fear and promises false solutions.
South Korean ex-first lady faces bribery trial
Published on 24/09/2025
» SEOUL - Kim Keon Hee, the wife of ousted former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol, appeared in court on Wednesday at the start of her corruption trial, part of a criminal investigation that has ensnared high-profile political and religious figures.
What do some researchers call disinformation? Anything but disinformation
AFP, Published on 23/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - "Disinformation" is fast becoming a dirty word in the United States -- a label so contentious in a hyperpolarized political climate that some researchers who study the harmful effects of falsehoods are abandoning it altogether.
S. Korea court issues arrest warrant for Unification Church leader: Yonhap
AFP, Published on 23/09/2025
» SEOUL - A Seoul court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja over allegations of bribery linked to a former first lady and incitement to destroy evidence, the Yonhap news agency reported.
Prime Video drama presents mother versus girlfriend showdown
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 19/09/2025
» The story of a mother-in-law clashing with her son's partner -- and the hapless son stuck in the middle -- feels universal. It's a tale many people can recognise, either from personal experience or from watching families around them unravel in similar ways. Prime Video seems particularly fond of this theme lately, frequently pushing dramas about dysfunctional families. This year alone, they've released titles like Better Sister and We Were Liars. Whether or not you'll enjoy their latest entry, The Girlfriend, depends largely on how much patience you have for this type of conflict-driven domestic drama.