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Keeping the noise down
News, Editorial, Published on 12/10/2018
» Once a largely overlooked issue, noise pollution has finally gained the public attention it deserves.
Ringing in the changes
News, Editorial, Published on 05/10/2018
» Accusations of excessively loud bell ringing by a Buddhist temple in the city's Bang Kho Laem area have drawn a mixed reaction and also confrontation.
Ministers must resign
News, Editorial, Published on 03/10/2018
» There is no significant disagreement that the next general election, whether in February or later, must be free and fair. But the military regime seems blind to the fact that it must be seen to be impartial, by all Thais and foreign friends alike. This is why Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha must release government ministers directly and actively aligned with political parties. This must start with the four cabinet ministers who took up leading roles within the Palang Pracharath Party (PPP) last week.
Conscripts aren't servants
News, Editorial, Published on 19/07/2018
» The army's tradition of allowing officers to use conscripts as personal houseboys was hit with more bad press this week as one of the newly enlisted men exposed his degrading and inhumane working and living conditions while serving at the residence of a military officer.
The dawn of a new year
News, Editorial, Published on 01/01/2018
» With a single exception, the past year for Thailand has felt like a quiet period. The nation hopes it was not the lull before the storm. The leader of the military regime, after more than three years of ordering one delay after another, has promised in writing to take the first step towards resuming democratic principles before this new year is out. The country expects Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to meet that promise within 11 months from today.
Regime's gifts must be of true value
Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/12/2017
» As the year draws to a close today, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's government has followed the tradition of gift-giving, which may be part of its "returning happiness" campaign it launched right after the power putsch in 2014.
Weapons buys need scrutiny
News, Editorial, Published on 21/09/2017
» The 340-million-baht airship saga brings to light serious problems regarding the weapons acquisition process and the need to make it more accountable.
Chula wrong on Netiwit
News, Editorial, Published on 02/09/2017
» Given the widespread suppression of human rights and freedom of expression under the current military rule, Thailand’s educational institutions could be playing a role in preserving and nurturing a more open and democratic society.
The right to assemble
News, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2017
» Both the security agencies and the government would be doing themselves and the country a service if they stopped obsessing over the Supreme Court sessions concerning ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Monk reform no easy task
News, Editorial, Published on 07/07/2017
» If the Prayut Chan-o-cha government has its way, Buddhist monks are to carry smart cards that show their backgrounds -- a move that is designed to enable the authorities to scrutinise those in saffron robes.