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Forest fire policy fuels haze
Editorial, Published on 22/03/2026
» Each dry season, the toxic haze returns with forest fires. So does the crackdown in which forests are sealed, burning is banned, and villagers become suspects.
Farmers fret at tariff deal
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/08/2025
» Local farmers are gradually voicing their fears about the economy after learning that the Thai government may remove non-tariff barriers and reduce the tariff for imported goods from the United States.
Reckoning on the horizon
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/05/2025
» Amid the probe into allegations of vote-rigging in the last Senate election, Thai politics has entered untested waters that could prefigure a storm on the horizon.
Trade talks to-do list
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/05/2025
» Finally, the government has laid its cards on the table, giving details of the trade proposal it will submit to the US Trade Representative (USTR). Yet some offers will raise doubts about their enforceability and impact.
Stop foreign land grabs
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/03/2025
» The latest report on Chinese investors buying protected forest land to expand their durian plantations is worrying. This is more than just an illegal land grab, however. Soon, the whole durian supply chain will feel the impact. As such, these blatant land grabs must be stopped with a sense of urgency.
Food safety a pig deal
News, Editorial, Published on 18/12/2024
» The Swine Raisers Association of Thailand (SRAT) recently returned to Government House and asked the government to delay its plan to raise the minimum daily wage.
Promotions need clarity
News, Editorial, Published on 13/12/2024
» Pheu Thai lawmaker Prayuth Siripanich's attempt to push for a so-called "anti-coup bill" has run into some hurdles.
Dugongs on the brink
News, Editorial, Published on 13/11/2024
» In 2019, the struggles of a sick baby dugong named Marium captured the public's attention, which sadly ended with her dying with plastic waste later found in her intestines. Dugong deaths were alarmingly frequent that year, with five of these gentle marine mammals found dead off the coast of Krabi and Trang.
Grapes of wrath
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/10/2024
» A report about high levels of pesticides found in sampled Shine Muscat grapes has raised fears about food safety, leading many to wonder how many fruits and vegetables sold at markets are laced with toxic chemicals.
Lessons from 'Moo Deng'
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/09/2024
» The popularity of two-month-old pygmy hippo "Moo Deng" is not happenstance. It is the fruit of a laborious and systematic media campaign by the public relations team of Khao Kheow Open Zoo to promote their animals.