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Covid app a privacy worry
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/05/2020
» As the Prayut Chan-o-cha government prepares to implement a second phase of reopenings that will see more businesses resuming operations, starting tomorrow, Thais are being told to accept a "new normal" that may compromise their privacy through a mobile application known as Thai Chana or "Thais win".
Endangered species among virus victims
News, Adam Minter, Published on 13/05/2020
» Social distancing may save human lives, but it's wreaking havoc on some of the world's most threatened species.
Adopt the 'new normal' until vaccine is here
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 04/05/2020
» Partial lifting of travel curbs in Phuket last Friday resulted in heavy traffic as many people, several of whom were migrant workers, scrambled to checkpoints in their bid to get back to their home provinces.
Rohingya crisis deserves notice
News, Editorial, Published on 03/05/2020
» Day by day, the effects of coronavirus on society's most marginalised are laid bare. From dollar-a-day Afghan day labourers forced to pick between face masks and food to Thais driven to suicide after failing to secure baby milk, the price of contagion is pushing many of those on society's margins off the edge.
House should have its say
Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/04/2020
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government should not brush aside calls by the opposition for an extraordinary House session to debate measures tackling Covid-19 and the adverse effects that put millions in a sorry plight.
Slap in Thai faces
News, Postbag, Published on 28/04/2020
» Thank you Burin Kantabutra for telling it exactly as it is and as it needs to be told in "Mixed up priorities" (PostBag, April 27).
Watershed Thai media moment?
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 28/04/2020
» A sea change in media-government relations stemming from the daily press briefings on the Covid-19 situation has been one huge side effect of the pandemic. Apart from wearing face masks and social distancing, is this the new normal for Thai media?
Broken by design
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/04/2020
» Re: "Covid-19 exposes our broken system" (Opinion, April 23).
A sombre Khmer new year break
News, Editorial, Published on 19/04/2020
» Across Southeast Asia, Covid-19 has dampened spirits for what is usually a joyous jubilee, with government's putting the kibosh on large-scale festivities that usually usher in the traditional new year.
'Terminal' fears as Thais left in limbo abroad
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 15/04/2020
» On my last day of self-quarantine, a nurse from a public health centre in my neighbourhood called me, checking if I had any symptoms or signs of Covid-19. She was nice, trying to collect all the necessary information to make sure I am free of the virus. Afterwards, the centre will issue me a certificate saying that I've completed the home-quarantine and can resume my normal life.