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No tolerance for school violence
Editorial, Published on 04/08/2024
» Thailand's notorious authoritarian school system and its reliance on corporal punishment recently claimed a child's life -- a tragic reminder of the urgent need to abolish the practice entirely.
Skills crisis like no other
News, Editorial, Published on 26/02/2024
» Thailand has so many challenges and problems concerning politics, corruption and the environment.
National stadium woes
Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/07/2023
» The heavy downpour that resulted in the cancellation of the Spurs-Leicester friendly football match on Sunday evening not only upset local football fans but it has cast a shadow over the competency of the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT).
EC is failing keen voters
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/04/2023
» As of April 9, over 2.3 million eligible voters had registered for advance voting in the May 14 election. However, the number could have been much higher had the online registration system not crashed.
Test before it's too late
News, Editorial, Published on 10/03/2020
» On Jan 23, as one of the countries most exposed to Covid-19, Thailand reported four infections -- the largest number outside China since the virus outbreak was first reported on Dec 31.
A step in the right direction
News, Editorial, Published on 23/03/2019
» After almost five years under military rule, the electorate will tomorrow cast their votes in the first general election in eight years. It won't be a vote that will transform the country into genuine civilian-led democratic rule, but the start of a process that can help pave the way for the rebuilding of a true democracy.
Virachai's death loss to the nation
News, Editorial, Published on 17/03/2019
» The untimely death of Virachai Plasai, the Thai ambassador to the United States, is a great loss to Thailand's diplomacy and the country's state service.
Who trusts the NACC?
News, Editorial, Published on 27/12/2018
» The court procedures in a case involving former executives of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Inc, who breached Japan's antitrust law by allegedly bribing a Thai official over a power plant project in the southern province of Surat Thani, are worthy of note.
Police stifle free speech
News, Editorial, Published on 13/09/2018
» It has happened again. the Thai police have forced the cancellation of a public forum by citing concerns over security, which is a broad and dubious term.
Censorship gone wrong
News, Editorial, Published on 27/03/2018
» The recent suspension of two of the evening shows on Voice TV could be a textbook example for journalism and political science students of the future. It was a trifecta of errors. The wrong censors made the wrong programming ban for the wrong reasons. The station, known to have strong red shirt and Pheu Thai sympathy, lost an evening talk show for two weeks. But the form and result of the two-week shutdown of the TonightThailand programme goes well past the inevitable court case over the order.