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Parliament's costly legacy
News, Editorial, Published on 07/05/2025
» Many years ago, national artist Theeraphol Niyom was one of the architects who helped design the current parliament building, Sappaya-Sapasathan, which is situated on the Chao Phraya River, On one occasion, he told the media that the parliament's blueprint was drawn to inspire elected members and senators to do good things and fear bad deeds.
Needless forest evictions persist
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/01/2024
» Amid the biological richness of Kaeng Krachan National Park, while forest authorities celebrate the importance of wildlife, a troubling practice of forcibly evicting native forest dwellers in the name of wildlife and biodiversity protection continues unabated. This violation of the forest dweller's rights must cease.
Singapore's haze remedy
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/03/2023
» The haze situation in the northern region has been relentless of late. Areas of the upper North and Northeast have been cloaked in hazardous levels of smoke since last weekend, with the worst pollution being found in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district.
Mall razing a rare win
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/04/2022
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) yesterday began demolishing what remains of Bang Lamphu department store in Phra Nakhon district. The move is a rare victory in City Hall's fight against unsafe buildings in the capital.
Shed light on lamp row
Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/06/2021
» Complaints about the procurement of overpriced street lamps have put the heads of two local administration agencies in Samut Prakan on the block.
Schools must be made safer
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/03/2021
» The senseless death of a 15-year-old boy who drowned while attending a boy scout camp in Kalasin province early this week is another example of the tragic repetition of an avoidable mistake: lax safety precautions in outdoor school activities.
Asean must help Rohingya
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/10/2020
» Three years on from when the Rohingya, a Muslim minority population in Buddhist-dominated Myanmar, were forced to flee and seek refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh and Thailand, their plight remains delicate as ever, especially amid a pandemic that has only added complexities to an already multi-faceted problem.
'Kaem ling' still needed
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/10/2020
» Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang will be remembered as someone who has been quite active in implementing flood prevention measures.