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Time to return artefacts
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/07/2025
» The Culture Ministry does not need to review a pledge to return 20 ancient artefacts under its custody to Cambodia. Instead, the repatriation, as a long-overdue promise, should be completed without further delay.
14th floor back again
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/06/2025
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) deserves a praise for launching a probe into another case of a wealthy recipient of privileged treatment who spent a month in a special patient room on the 14th floor of Police General Hospital (PGH).
Invasive fish battle goes on
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/09/2024
» Last Wednesday, over 1,400 fishermen in Samut Songkram province initiated legal action against government agencies and agro titan Charoen Phokphand Foods (CPF) over the invasive fish species blackchin tilapia.
Tablet plan prone to risks
News, Editorial, Published on 01/07/2024
» The House of Representatives recently approved the 2025 fiscal budget bill, totalling more than 3.75 trillion baht, at its first reading. Notably, the bill aims to allocate 340.6 billion baht to the Education Ministry, making it the largest budget recipient after the Finance Ministry.
Kidnap cases alive and well
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/12/2022
» On Thursday, activists gathered in front of the Lao Embassy in Bangkok to mark the 10th year of the disappearance of Sombath Somphone, the award-winning Lao social activist. Every year, activists have launched campaigns to keep the memory of his mysterious vanishing alive.
Isoc in need of oversight
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/09/2022
» The phenomenon of "ghost recruitment" has cast a long shadow over how the government spends tax money to recruit staff to work in restive southernmost provinces.
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.
Apply law of the land to all
News, Editorial, Published on 29/11/2019
» The poor had it before. They were accused of encroaching on protected forests or national parks. Thirteen landless forest dwellers were convicted of forest encroachment by the Appeal Court this year and sentenced to imprisonment. Now, an MP from the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), Pareena Kraikupt is facing an accusation of committing a similar offence. Given the influence of the PPRP, all eyes are now on law enforcement officers over whether there will be "double standards" in their handling of the case.
Save govt cash for real needy
News, Editorial, Published on 26/08/2019
» If being judged on the government's criteria by which recipients of the state welfare card scheme for low-income earners are selected, Bhumjaithai Party MP for Pathum Thani Phitsanu Poltee could have been one of them. Unlike many of his fellow Bhumjaithai MPs who are billionaires, his total assets amount to 5,064 baht in savings, and nothing else, according to the asset declaration he recently submitted to the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
Give FFP boss a fair trial
News, Editorial, Published on 24/05/2019
» From a legal standpoint, two shareholding cases that the Election Commission (EC) filed with the Constitutional Court -- one submitted this month against Future Forward Party (FFP) leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and the other made one year ago against Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai -- are almost identical, as there could be a slight difference in technicalities. However, they were given different treatment by the EC.