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Is there anyone else involved?
Post Reporters, Published on 21/06/2025
» The ongoing legal tussle over alleged poll collusion by more than half of the country’s senators has several pundits wondering if the upper chamber can remain functional as a legislative body.
Possibly one gaffe too far
Published on 21/06/2025
» Most of the country's senators are in the frame for Senate poll collusion but observers feel many more people have questions to answer v PM Paetongtarn is in a very tight spot after showing weak statesmanship in dealing with Cambodia's Hun Sen.
US' DEI curbs spark local fears
Published on 17/03/2025
» US President Donald Trump's recent executive order to dismantle US federal policies of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has startled Thai advocates on gender equality and anti-discrimination, prompting them to urge people to adhere to anti-discriminatory principles, particularly in the workplace, as a means to advance both business and the public interest.
Put convicts to work
Postbag, Published on 22/09/2024
» Re: "Govt speeds up anti-flood measures", (BP, Sept 16).
Thaksin revels as backstage miscreant
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/07/2024
» Out of the blue, the retired national police chief and leader of the Seriruamthai Party, Pol Gen Sereepisuth Temeeyaves, dropped a bombshell that put former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the crosshairs.
Brazil awarded 2027 Women’s World Cup
Published on 17/05/2024
» Brazil was declared host of the 2027 Women’s World Cup after winning a vote at the annual Fifa Congress on Friday in Bangkok, beating the joint bid of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany to become the first South American country picked to stage the tournament.
Myanmar residents lobby Japan to act over conscription law
Kyodo News, Published on 15/05/2024
» KYODO - Members of Myanmar's expatriate community in Japan are lobbying local assemblies to pressure the central government to accept their fleeing compatriots in the wake of the enforcement of a controversial conscription law by the junta in February.
Diabolical toy pods merit firm ban
Oped, Published on 11/04/2024
» The latest news on the rising popularity of "toy pods" -- as well as the Bangkok Post's editorial titled "Save children from toy pods" -- reminded me of commercial determinants of health (CDoH), a topic which was addressed at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in January.
PM2.5 needs a bright spark
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/03/2024
» Air pollution woes in Chiang Mai grabbed national headlines after Pita Limjaroenrat, list-MP and chief adviser to the Move Forward Party, urged the Srettha administration to declare the northern tourist town a disaster zone to unlock more funding to fight pollution in the province.
Time to calm down about plastics
News, David Fickling, Published on 29/02/2024
» How to deal with the waste generated by the half-billion metric tonnes of plastic manufactured each year? One approach is to consume fewer polymers, recycle them more, and stop the rest from getting into the natural environment. Another is to declare the whole process a scam and hope the problem will somehow go away of its own accord.