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OPINION

Flat fare a good start

Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/07/2025

» The 20-baht flat fare for electric trains that will run from Oct 1 this year to Sept 30 next year is a welcome move to ease the cost of living for city commuters.

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OPINION

Forgetting what democracy is for and all about

Oped, Published on 10/07/2025

» On June 2, I got a sense of history coming full circle in the Polish town of Sopot, on the Baltic Sea just a few kilometres from the Gdańsk Shipyard. Sharing a stage at the Plenary Session of the European Financial Congress with Lech Wałęsa, the legendary trade unionist who led the 1980 Solidarity strike at the Lenin Shipyard and later became Poland's first post-communist president, I felt I was witnessing the end of an era.

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THAILAND

Wage hike policy gets mixed reviews

News, Published on 04/07/2025

» When the minimum daily wage for hotel workers nationwide leapt to 400 baht on Tuesday, not everyone was in a celebratory mood.

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THAILAND

Not the right path to peace

Published on 28/06/2025

» If Thailand and Cambodia want to resolve their border issues they need to go about it in the right way, according to critics v The PM and her Pheu Thai-led government are in a fight for survival, but Bhumjaithai also has its problems to deal with.

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WORLD

New York mayoral vote floors Democratic establishment

AFP, Published on 26/06/2025

» NEW YORK - Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary is a seismic wake-up call for a party establishment out of step with younger Americans and failing to counter Donald Trump, analysts say.

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OPINION

A new economic order needs a moral compass

Oped, Published on 24/06/2025

» Even before US President Donald Trump launched his assault on the global economy, it was facing not only a structural crisis but a collapse in the values that once justified and guided international cooperation. The retraction of multilateralism reflects not just weakened institutions and geopolitical tensions but also a loss of shared principles for international cooperation and a shift toward unilateralism, transactional diplomacy, and zero-sum nationalism.

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THAILAND

Thai PM to meet army commander to defuse political crisis

AFP, Published on 20/06/2025

» BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will on Friday visit an army commander she called an "opponent" in a leaked phone call as she battles to defuse a crisis threatening to topple her government.

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OPINION

Can the 30-baht health scheme survive?

Oped, Published on 19/06/2025

» I recently met Dr Jadej Thammatacharee, secretary-general of the National Health Security Office (NHSO), at the home of a mutual friend to ask questions, of which I had many, about the so-called 30-baht scheme -- also known as the "gold card" scheme.

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GENERAL

Saha Group expects challenging year

Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 05/06/2025

» The Thai economy faces challenges this year potentially even more significant than during the pandemic, says Boonsithi Chokwatana, chairman of Saha Group, the country's leading consumer goods conglomerate.

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WORLD

Lee Jae-myung's rise from poverty to the South Korean presidency

AFP, Published on 04/06/2025

» SEOUL - Lawsuits, scandals, armed troops and a knife-wielding attacker all failed to deter Lee Jae-myung's ascendancy from sweatshop worker to the South Korean presidency.