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Bring peace to the border
Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/05/2025
» The brief clash between the Thai and Cambodian armies over a disputed area in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani underscores the urgent need for the Joint Border Commission (JBC), which has been dormant for some time, to resume its tasks promptly.
Red Bull case must rev up
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/02/2024
» After a long delay, justice is starting to take its course in the notorious hit-and-run case involving Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, the Red Bull scion who allegedly killed a policeman in the Thong Lor area of Sukhumvit in September 2012 before fleeing the country.
Forest dwellers get raw deal
News, Editorial, Published on 16/10/2022
» Two lawsuits on forest encroachment made headlines late last month. One involved a powerful family charged with encroaching over 6,200 rai of national forest. The other was a landless peasant charged with encroaching on 10 rai of forest land. The legal outcomes highlighted yet again the gross disparity, legal double standards and injustice involved in such cases.
High-speed rail dilemma
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/06/2022
» The medieval Dutch canonical cleric Thomas van Kempen once said, "The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid." Kempen the cleric was obviously talking in a metaphorical sense, using basic construction jargon to drive home his point on spiritual development.
Karen woes unresolved
News, Editorial, Published on 19/01/2021
» For years, state authorities have claimed that the Karen issue in the Kaeng Krachan National Park has been settled -- that the indigenous forest dwellers who were evicted from their ancestral land in Bang Kloy village to a resettlement site down the hill have accepted their new life and are happy, while the registration of the forest complex as a Unesco World Heritage Site is well underway.
Parks must be made safer
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/01/2021
» A lone traveller's trip to Khao Yai National Park ended in tragedy as the tent he slept in was attacked by a wild elephant in the wee hours of yesterday morning.
Fight for rights, not for awards
Editorial, Published on 07/07/2019
» Abid by Thailand to have a forest reserve in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi listed as a Unesco World Heritage site (WHS) has brought public attention to the cultural identity of the ethnic Karen people. Experts at Unesco’s World Heritage Committee have delayed their decision to add Kaeng Krachan National Park — which was nominated in 2013 — on the heritage list after complaints by Myanmar about overlapping areas and a petition signed by the ethnic Karen in which they accused the Thai state of failing to recognise their cultural identity.
Power forums lack spark
News, Editorial, Published on 21/12/2018
» Thailand will soon launch its national Power Development Plan (PDP) 2019-2027, which was put up for debate in public hearings in four regions and Bangkok this month.
Ko-ee loses fight to head home
News, Editorial, Published on 07/10/2018
» Karen spiritual leader Ko-ee Mimee has lost the final battle, with his last wish of going back home to the deep forest unfulfilled.
Let Ko-ee return home
News, Editorial, Published on 03/08/2018
» After a long battle, centenarian grandpa Ko-ee Mimee's legal right to become a Thai has won state recognition.