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Cable car divide
News, Editorial, Published on 31/05/2025
» With its digital cash wallet scaled back and its casino entertainment policy under fire, the Pheu Thai Party has been in search of a good news story, and so in the past week, it touted the building of a cable car in Loei province's Phu Kradueng National Park.
End student hazing rituals
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/03/2022
» Freshman year should be a highlight of teenage life but for many first-year students hazing rituals -- a "rite of passage" at Thai universities -- is a nightmarish experience.
Road safety needs fixing
Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/01/2022
» Dr Waraluck Supawatjariyakul, an ophthalmologist for the Faculty of Medicine at Chulalongkorn University, should have celebrated her 34th birthday yesterday. Instead, it turned out to be her funeral rite.
'Rap nong' still too brutal
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/06/2021
» It is hard to believe in this day and age that a university student could find his life snuffed out by a hazing prank, given the publicity surrounding such ceremonies and repeated efforts by universities to stamp out the violent and degrading treatment which is often involved.
Senate selection secrecy bodes ill
News, Editorial, Published on 05/05/2019
» Despite pressing calls for the disclosure of the Senate name list by the people's sector, the government has remained tight-lipped about its choices which will play a crucial role in the appointment of the next prime minister.
Prayut faces exam fiasco
News, Editorial, Published on 08/01/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha rather curtly ordered tens of thousands of students to continue waiting but the young people have a point about their examination dates. When he suggested Feb 24 for an election date, Gen Prayut "forgot" that university entrance exams already had been scheduled for Feb 18-23.
Time to stick to poll plan
News, Editorial, Published on 05/01/2019
» With numerous general election promises given and then broken by the military regime since 2015, Thailand cannot afford to abort the Feb 24 poll plan. More delays to the country's return to democratic rule, as suggested by Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam on Thursday, will deal heavy blows to both the country's political climate and investment sentiment.