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Real barriers to temple reform
Editorial, Published on 01/02/2026
» After a year of temple scandals, Thailand's top monks have promised a great clean-up. The orders sound bold. The question is whether a feudal system built on censorship, obedience and patronage can truly reform itself.
Parties silent on temple corruption
Editorial, Published on 18/01/2026
» The monk scandals that shocked Thailand in 2025 are not the result of moral lapses among clerics. They are the outcome of decades of governance failure. Addressing them requires political solutions. As the country prepares to form a new government in the coming months, there is hope for policy, not religious excuses.
Facebook falls down on job
News, Editorial, Published on 20/01/2025
» In an era where trust underpins our digital ecosystem, the persistence of online scams is eroding the very foundation of the internet and society as we know it. While the reach of popular platforms like Facebook is vast, so too is the scope of their accountability.
Ramp up role in the region
News, Editorial, Published on 12/02/2024
» The Srettha administration deserves praise for running a proactive foreign policy that aims to see the country play a leading role in the region. Yet there are critical issues that demand urgent government attention.
Tough task for unity panel
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/01/2021
» The newly-formed reconciliation committee, without the opposition and the pro-reform movement, faces a swathe of challenges ahead.
Arrests will fuel dissent
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/08/2020
» With the arrests of more activists in connection with their role in the July 18 rally at Democracy Monument, which was organised by the Free Youth group, the country is inching once again toward political strife.
No more delay tactics
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/08/2020
» Now it is certain that some form of local elections -- which have been put on hold since the military regime took power in 2014 -- will take place this year as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday broke his silence on this issue.
Tracing a path to Big Brother?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/05/2020
» As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc, governments are turning to contact tracing -- a tactic used to control outbreaks of syphilis in the 1930s and more recently Ebola in West Africa.
Muzzle on free speech persists
News, Editorial, Published on 26/04/2020
» The erosion of free expression continues in Thailand. In Reporters Without Borders (RSF)'s annual 2020 World Press Freedom Index, Thailand dropped four spots, ranking 140th out of 180 countries on the open media barometer, placing it one spot below Myanmar.
Student voices must be heard
News, Editorial, Published on 28/02/2020
» Discontented and resentful. Frustrated and angry. Students from at least 30 universities and schools across the country have taken part in rallies in the past week to protest what they describe as injustice and the disenfranchisement of their political rights amid dysfunctional democracy and the "broken" rule of law.