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Wrong approach
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/07/2025
» Re: "Porosity can reduce city flood effects", (Opinion, July 2). Nuntachart Ratanaburi, a researcher with the TDRI proposes that increased porosity should be incorporated in Bangkok by using porous cement, asphalt, and "green" strategies to reduce flooding. This idealistic strategy is simply wrong.
Iran ties go way back
Postbag, Published on 27/02/2025
» Re: "Iran and Thailand: 400 years of historical ties", (Opinion, Feb 11).
China acting out of order
Postbag, Published on 27/10/2024
» Re: "Middle Kingdom and 'boomerang effect'", (Opinion, Oct 25).
Just for defence
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/06/2023
» Re: "Defence body eyes reform", (BP, June 2).
Prayut's promise
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/09/2022
» Re: "Prayut apologises for snubbing Ayutthaya villagers", (BP, Sept 3).
Perfect scapegoat
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/07/2021
» Re: "'Sorry' for slow vaccine supply," (BP, July 22).
Stand up, 'People'
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/09/2020
» Re: "Time to elect city governor", (Editorial, Sept 4).
Clean up Klong Toey
News, Postbag, Published on 10/08/2020
» The "Thailand Country Report" by the Asian Disaster Reduction Center in 1999 records that in March 1991 a chemical fire and explosion occurred in Klong Toey port near the slum area, causing an estimated 60,000 people to be exposed to toxic chemicals, setting 642 houses on fire, and leaving 5,000 individuals homeless.
Poor meant to suffer
News, Postbag, Published on 21/09/2019
» Re: "Ubon flood saga catches govt napping", (Opinion, Sept 20). The whole problem has many answers. Corruption, low education, but mostly the higher-ups just don't care about poor people and especially those from the North and Northeast even more so.
Dark Ages, be gone
News, Postbag, Published on 06/09/2019
» Corporal punishment, eg, spanking, is common in Thai primary schools -- despite it being against Ministry of Education regulations and counter-productive to creating a love of learning.