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Court image in the dock
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/08/2024
» It is unusual for Thais to criticise courts and jurists. But such anxiety comes with good reason. Thai law levies hefty penalties on those found to be in contempt of court -- imprisonment of one to seven years and fines of 2,000-14,000 baht.
Neutral safety body needed
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/04/2024
» Another accident on Wednesday is a reminder for drivers in Bangkok that they have a new risk to heed. On top of Rama II Road's reputation for multiple accidents caused by construction sites, drivers must now watch out for danger from above as they drive below the structure of the Yellow Line monorail service.
Yok case shows need for a rethink
News, Editorial, Published on 25/06/2023
» A recent controversy involving a prestigious high school refusing to enrol 15-year-old political activist Thanalop "Yok" Phalanchai reflects a lack of protection for rule-defying students.
PM's advisers aplenty
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/01/2023
» As the end of the government's term approaches, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appears not to be busy winding things up. Instead, he keeps adding new aides to his team at the Thai Koo Fah building.
PM tenure a timebomb
Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/09/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's controversial tenure is set to become another political timebomb that might plunge the country into crisis.
Keep elderly payment as is
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/09/2021
» A proposal to limit recipients of the old-age allowance to only the poor -- shifting from a universal principle -- is a step in the wrong direction.
Don't block new charter
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/03/2021
» A political crisis is looming amid ominous signs that the charter rewrite process could have hit a hurdle.
Clear up cuts to 30-baht scheme
News, Editorial, Published on 25/08/2019
» Confusion appears to reign supreme over the budget for the universal healthcare or 30-baht card scheme. Activists have complained that the Prayut Chan-o-cha government, which is about to go on a heavy spending spree on populist policies, is excluding sick people who depend on the universal healthcare scheme (UHC) to meet their needs.
Students must beat machines
News, Editorial, Published on 14/09/2018
» As he painted a bleak picture on Tuesday about how rising automation would affect Thai graduates in the future job market, Deputy Education Minister Udom Kachinthorn failed to illustrate a clearly mapped out plan to help them not only survive the onslaught but succeed in the age of technological disruption -- if the ministry has formulated one at all.
Stealing from students
News, Editorial, Published on 26/06/2018
» The decades of rot and wrongdoing are starting to emerge at the Ministry of Education. Dozens of cases of greed and conspiracies to defraud children and the nation have been exposed. Up until now, the minister, his bureaucrats and the government have been silent or even engaged in cover-ups.