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When past pics resurface
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/12/2025
» A series of photos taken years ago has gone viral online, showing controversial foreign businessman Benjamin Mauerberger, aka Ben Smith, with high-ranking officials and politicians, including Anutin Charnvirakul, now prime minister.
Bold stance by judges
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/01/2025
» In a rare and commendable display of courage, two Supreme Court judges have written to the president of the Supreme Court, calling for the cancellation of an executive-level course organised by the Judicial Training Institute. They also urged the judiciary to refrain from enrolling judges in executive courses conducted by other institutions, such as the National Defence College, the Capital Market Academy, and the King Prajadhipok's Institute.
Don't silence deep thinkers
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/04/2021
» The recent termination of employment, work permit and related visa of David Streckfuss, an American academic who has worked at Khon Kaen University for the past 27 years, has intensified fears over suppression of academic freedom.
A country for old men no longer
News, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2020
» Last week, outspoken hardliner Maj Gen Rienthong Nanna, who operates Mongkutwattana Hospital, called on Thai businesses and government agencies to stop hiring students found to have been involved in pro-democracy protests in a move he claimed was "a project to protect the future" of these young demonstrators by somewhat counterintuitively creating "list of individuals which companies, government agencies, and educational institutions must ban from being employed, enrolling for study or receiving scholarships".
Justice fails rape victims
News, Editorial, Published on 20/12/2018
» Reports of an alleged gang-rape of a 12-year-old girl in Saraburi province have dismayed the public over the past few days, not only because the incident was so appalling in its nature but also because of police leniency towards the suspected rapists.
Arrest sexism in police force
News, Editorial, Published on 06/09/2018
» As Thailand under the military-sponsored constitution will become a more democratically regressive state after the general election next year than it was prior to the 2014 coup, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) this week came up with -- or were forced to come up with -- what can only be described as a backwards policy.