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Fighting pork smugglers
News, Editorial, Published on 20/10/2023
» The government's crackdown on pork smugglers is good news, if not overdue. The unbridled smuggling of such a basic food ingredient violates the law, impairs the country's food hygiene standards, and undermines small-scale swine farms.
Phuket oil spill fiasco
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/08/2023
» Viral images of villagers and tourists in Phuket cleaning sea turtles covered in oil have been a shock and cast the island province in a negative light.
Explosive matters
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2023
» A clip of an explosion at a fireworks storage facility in southern Narathiwat province on Saturday has gone viral. It serves as a reminder to society about the clear and present danger of having industrial factories and warehouses in residential neighbourhoods.
Reforestation rethink required
News, Editorial, Published on 24/07/2022
» The military was given an earful early this month for using invasive alien species in their aerial reforestation mission, and rightly so. The blunder, however, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Thailand's reforestation policy, which puts dictatorship and money before ecological health. To save the forest, this self-serving mindset must end.
Slick clean-up sorely absent
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/02/2022
» One month after a series of leaks from an undersea delivery pipeline, the oil spill in the waters off Rayong still ranks as a pressing concern.