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Mitigating flood misery
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/10/2025
» This week, the general public breathed a sigh of relief after the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) expressed confidence that there is no risk of future rounds of flooding reaching 2011 levels. That epic event has gone down as perhaps the worst floods the nation has faced in modern times.
Trawlers to get new lease on life
Editorial, Published on 31/08/2025
» Despite the devastation trawlers have caused for decades and the global shame Thailand has suffered from their use of slave labour, trawlers are set to return to ravage the Thai seas with a vengeance.
Taking on parks graft
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/07/2025
» For a decade, Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park, especially the world-famous Maya Bay, has stood as a jewel of natural heritage tarnished by corruption. Despite repeated public outcries and half-hearted reform efforts, fee leakages and graft run wild.
Drama and pageantry
Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/10/2024
» Despite the Miss Grand International (MGI) Organisation's aim to promote peace, the beauty contest involving Cambodia has been anything but peaceful over the past few days.
Boat saga hard to take
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/06/2024
» The public has already heard numerous examples of criminal evidence vanishing from police custody but the recent case of three oil-smuggling boats that disappeared from a police pier in Chon Buri is too preposterous to process.
Keep canals clear of racers
Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/10/2023
» Accidents caused by daredevils and reckless drivers not only take place on the roads. As water sports become more popular in communities along rivers and canals, these reckless drivers pose an added danger.
Don't ignore safety rules
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/08/2023
» A recent tragedy in which two tourists died in a boating accident off the coast of Phetchaburi last week speaks to the urgent need to improve safety standards across the transport network.
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.
Trafficking battle yet to be won
News, Editorial, Published on 30/04/2023
» When Thailand's ranking in anti-human trafficking efforts improved last year in the US annual assessment, the government boldly declared that Thailand would make the top ranking by 2023.
Drowning reminder
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/02/2023
» This week marks the first anniversary of the most reported drowning accident in Thailand's modern history. A year (and a day) ago on the night of Feb 24, actress Nida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong died after falling off a speedboat in the Chao Phraya River.