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Digitisation needed
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/10/2025
» Re: "New DES minister urged to prioritise AI", (Business, Sept 23). My son, who completed a BBA, has just joined an MBA programme at a local university. For this, he had to cancel his existing visa from his college and apply for a fresh one through his new university. He reached the immigration office at 8am and was given token 78 for cancellation and 900 for issuance of a new visa. With each applicant's process taking about 10 minutes, he would easily be spending over 12 hours there. The officials work beyond 4.30pm and until 9pm to issue or reject every visa.
The people speak
News, Published on 12/06/2023
» Re: "EC to launch probe into poll candidacy," (BP, June 10).
Don't forget fringe parties in the election
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 02/05/2023
» A total of 70 political parties with 4,781 candidates are contesting 400 MP seats, and 1,898 candidates from 67 political parties are vying for 100 list-MP seats in the general election on May 14.
Licence to kill
News, Postbag, Published on 20/07/2019
» Of all the retrograde events in Thailand over the past two decades, the death of a 15-year-old student at Phra Pratom Wittayalai School from so-called Thai "hazing" tradition is the worst.
Defeating death
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 02/07/2019
» Losing people you love is hard. Accepting loss is extremely challenging. People from different cultures and religious backgrounds have their own beliefs on how to deal with grief, or whether or not there's life after death.
Do as Buddha did
News, Postbag, Published on 19/02/2019
» Re: "Cops crack down on criminal monks", (BP, Feb 18).
Religious fervour serves no god well
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 07/04/2018
» Aformer rock musician has embraced the role of online preacher and denounced, above other things, rock music. In fact, he objects to most kinds of music, deeming it against Islam. Weerachon "Toh" Sattaying, once the high-pitched frontman of the band Silly Fools (love the name), has over the past six years quit his former lifestyle and became a born-again Muslim. Bearded, skull-capped, fiery-eyed and charismatic, Weerachon runs a dry-aged beef business and hosts an online religious programme that has cultivated quite a following.
Pope Francis confronts the Myanmar challenge
Reuters, Published on 27/11/2017
» DHAKA - Pope Francis begins a six-day trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh on Monday.
About politics
News, Published on 22/07/2017
» Slung mud, burnt robes as temple money probe presses on v Organic bill regarding trials in absentia draws ire of Pheu Thai politicians v Rumours of Chatchai's appointment as permanent secretary to Interior Ministry ring true
Indonesia revokes legal status of hard-line Islamic group
Published on 19/07/2017
» JAKARTA - The Indonesian government on Wednesday officially disbanded the Indonesian branch of an international, pan-Islamic organisation over its activities regarded as unconstitutional.