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Party politics risks economy
News, Editorial, Published on 03/08/2019
» For a country experiencing a fragile economy, with worsening economic prospects projected for the rest of this year and next, putting former junta leader and current Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha at the helm of a newly created "economic cabinet" seems to be an odd and desperate choice.
Dam disaster on the way
News, Editorial, Published on 20/07/2019
» It is now early on in the rainy season and the water volume on the Mekong River should have been high. But water levels on certain stretches of the international river, which runs from China through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, have reached their lowest points for 57 years.
Bursting the PM's bubble
Sports, Editorial, Published on 17/07/2019
» Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's televised speech on Monday, to bid farewell to his military government and National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), shows how big a bubble he has been living in these past five years.
Chemical ban needs support
News, Editorial, Published on 16/07/2019
» Support from a group of opposition politicians to consider banning three highly toxic chemicals, namely paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos, has lent some hope for members of the public who want to see food made safer in a country that boasts it is "the kitchen of the world".
Rail link a worthy effort
News, Editorial, Published on 09/07/2019
» The new train service between Bangkok and Ban Klong Luk border station in Sa Kaeo province that was launched on July 1 is a major step for Thailand to boost people-to-people ties with its immediate neighbour to the east.
Libra plan calls for care
News, Editorial, Published on 08/07/2019
» Facebook's plan to launch its own digital currency called Libra in 2020 has put global financial institutions on alert, pondering how to take action. Thailand is no exception.
Admit errors, cure the ills
News, Editorial, Published on 29/06/2019
» Unlike China's communist dictatorship, which has delivered rapid and sustained high economic growth since 1979, Thailand's authoritarian rule over the past five years has presided over only slow growth in the economy.
Toxic inaction on farm chemicals
News, Editorial, Published on 16/06/2019
» In staunch defiance against growing calls for a ban on extremely hazardous farm chemicals, including paraquat, the Department of Agriculture has started registering farmers who still want to use the chemicals on their plantations.
Thailand still lags in LGBT issues
News, Editorial, Published on 19/05/2019
» In what appears to be a historic move on LBGT rights, Taiwan has legalised same-sex marriage, with the law sailing through parliament by 66 to 27 votes.
Activists need protection
News, Editorial, Published on 14/05/2019
» Thailand's already battered human rights record has fallen another notch following reports of the mysterious disappearance of three activists accused of lese majeste while in exile in Vietnam.