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Catching the AI wave
News, Editorial, Published on 06/05/2024
» Microsoft's announcement that it will build a data centre in Thailand, seizing the momentum of AI-driven advances in Southeast Asia, is welcome.
Govt blinded by science
News, Editorial, Published on 24/01/2022
» The government's axeing of two science and math projects, despite a total cost for both of only 700 million baht, raises doubts about how serious it is about improving science and technology education.
Ramp up data safety
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/09/2021
» It is shocking to learn that hackers managed to crack into the database of a state hospital in Phetchabun and make a profit from selling the information of thousands patients on the dark web.
Save big cities in Asia from sinking
News, Editorial, Published on 23/05/2021
» Earlier this month results from a study by consultancy firm Verisk Maplecroft deemed densely populated Asia as the most environmentally at-risk area in the world. How badly did the region fare?
Stipend fiasco reveals flaws
Sports, Editorial, Published on 28/01/2021
» Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith made a timely move to intervene in cases of elderly people who are inadvertently indebted to the state for accepting monthly living allowances for years without being aware that they are ineligible. Such decisiveness is noteworthy.
We must all act to curb hate speech
News, Editorial, Published on 27/12/2020
» Reports of online hate speech against Myanmar nationals over the recent Covid-19 outbreak at a seafood market in Samut Sakhon are of grave concern.
Agri-pact unlikely to bear fruit for UN
News, Editorial, Published on 22/11/2020
» The newly developed partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the global agrochemical industry should be a cause for great concern. The collaboration shows the industry's tentacles reach deep even into organisations whose job it should be to insist upon rigorous standards and practices within the global food supply chain, both in terms of health and ethics.
PM must embrace youthful ingenuity
News, Editorial, Published on 25/10/2020
» Although the October 6, 1976 massacre marked a bloody end to the hope of student activists in the aftermath of the popular uprising three years earlier, the spark ignited by the 1973 generation has flickered back to life this year as protests led by a new student movement have flared up across the nation.
Unreliable bank apps
News, Editorial, Published on 04/09/2018
» The second failure this year of the bank transfer system once again came out of the blue, and once again came with assurances it can't happen again.
Battle for 5G is failing
News, Editorial, Published on 27/08/2018
» Almost from the moment they seized power, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and allies in the National Council for Peace and Order have spent time and treasure promoting their vision of the future. The two top meme titles are "Thailand 4.0" and "Digital Thailand". As defined, both are excellent and worthy goals. Lack of planning, absent government supervision and poor performance make both elusive.