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Can Thai passports' power get a lift?
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 19/09/2023
» At the first cabinet meeting last week, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced one of the government's priorities -- improving the power of Thai passports. It is a headline goal that will require extraordinary efforts to achieve. Upgrading a national passport to a higher level involves numerous factors -- economic, socio-cultural, and political -- as well as the general optics of the partnership countries. After all, the large number of visitors to a country is not an indicator of how powerful its passport is. A country might be given more visa-free accessibility and be popular for foreign passports, but its own passport's power can still be low.
Watch Apple TV's Extrapolations for the science, not the story
Life, Published on 10/04/2023
» Hollywood has long mined global warming to create terrifying scenarios of apocalyptic futures. Some of these aren't very realistic. Others are all preaching and no teaching. But the new Apple TV series Extrapolations takes a different, more science-steeped approach -- the episodes cascade through the future of this century, using real scientific projections and computer-generated special effects to show how global warming might play out under the most likely scenario.
Taxing for nature
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/08/2022
» Re: "BMA to levy land taxes in full," (BP, Aug 8).
Thailand's Big Brother is upping the ante
Oped, Thana Boonlert, Published on 06/08/2022
» In the late 18th century, British philosopher Jeremy Bentham visited his younger brother, Samuel, in Russia, who arranged unskilled factory workers in a circle so that he could supervise them. Inspired by this principle, Bentham developed "the panopticon", an inspection tower surrounded by cells. Its uniqueness was that it enabled a watchman to monitor prisoners without them knowing they were being watched.
Curses and blessings
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 01/08/2022
» Thailand has been hit with the sixth wave of Covid-19 and fears are abound that August will see a surge of new cases as well. Many doctors are predicting that the number will peak around the end of this month.
Laugh riot
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/05/2022
» You ought to hold a contest among your readers to select the most appealing character in your comics section. This is the worst comics section I have ever seen. The only bright light is the strip devoted to my personal role model, Andy Capp. But "Blondie," "Garfield," and "Peanuts" are sometimes not bad.
No living with virus
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/01/2022
» Re: "Quarantine quandary", (Editorial, Jan 19) and Re: "Anutin backs restoring Test & Go as Omicron fears ease", (BP, Jan 18).
Wolfman cometh
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/01/2022
» Re: "New narrative needed on getting rich", (Opinion, Jan 17). Paritta Wankiat is obviously being quite provocative with her emphasis that we need to create equal opportunity distribution in Thailand to ensure that the irreverent corrupt forces which become rich can somehow be stymied and Thailand can emerge as a land of free and equal.
Wild Wild Web's pandemic of lies needs a vaccine
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 11/12/2021
» We have all encountered false information spread on the internet before.
Too late to stop virus
News, Published on 07/12/2021
» Re: "Jabs not the Holy Grail", (Editorial, Dec 4).