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Prejudice fuels border birth row
Editorial, Published on 05/01/2025
» A public uproar erupted before the year-end over claims on social media that public hospitals along the Thai-Myanmar border are being overwhelmed by pregnant women from Myanmar seeking to give birth in Thailand.
Scrap booze sale curb
News, Editorial, Published on 05/02/2024
» Last week, Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew said the government is likely to decide on whether to keep an afternoon ban on alcohol beverage sales or revoke it.
Too lax on Covid curbs?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/01/2023
» This Sunday, the Great Wall of Covid quarantine in China finally will be lifted, with millions of Chinese travellers set to make their first overseas trip in three years after an outbound travel ban that has been in place since January 2020.
Lift antiviral drug curbs
News, Editorial, Published on 08/08/2022
» With new cases of Covid-19 having risen to more than 28,000 a day, and with soaring severe cases, restricted access to Covid-19 antiviral medicines is now a critical issue.
More agile Covid curbs needed
News, Editorial, Published on 08/05/2022
» Reports that the government is considering scrapping the Thailand Pass for locals re-entering the country is welcome news as it will eliminate another travel restriction.
When fake news curbs go too far
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/04/2022
» As Covid-19 pandemic restrictions ease and society gradually learns to live with the disease, Thailand is at a point where it must decide whether to usher in a sense of normalcy or continue enforcing regulations -- some of which are aimed at what the government sees as a different kind of malady.
Window-dressing is no real cure
News, Editorial, Published on 13/03/2022
» Two years into the Covid-19 pandemic and billions of doses of vaccines later, the world, it seemed, could finally let out a sigh of collective relief.
Covid no excuse for media curbs
News, Editorial, Published on 02/01/2022
» The year 2021 will be remembered as a pivotal moment for the Thai media as it faced challenges from Big Brother-esque controls exerted by the government.
Camp riots can be avoided
News, Editorial, Published on 19/12/2021
» The riot on Tuesday night at the Mae La refugee camp in Tak province along the Myanmar border speaks volumes on the issues surrounding migrant relations in Thailand.
Foreign expats' lot a mixed bag
News, Editorial, Published on 19/09/2021
» If the government hopes to entice wealthy expats and skilled professionals into making Thailand their second home, it must first improve the treatment of the millions of foreigners already living in the country.