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Letting their hair down
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/03/2025
» The Supreme Administrative Court's decision to abolish a controversial regulation that restricted students' hairstyles is welcome news.
Debt bailout warning
News, Editorial, Published on 25/11/2024
» The Paetongtarn government has announced a bold policy to address Thailand's mounting household debt crisis. The initiative includes a three-year suspension of interest payments for mortgages, vehicle loans and loans for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), among other items.
New life on the buses?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/03/2024
» Two weeks ago, the cabinet appointed a new board for the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA). This 48-year-old public mass transit body has a bad reputation as a poorly run state enterprise with a gigantic toxic debt.
Rethink debt servicing
News, Editorial, Published on 01/12/2023
» Informal debt has been a chronic problem in Thai society, affecting a large number of people, particularly low-income earners.
Banks must do their bit
News, Editorial, Published on 16/08/2021
» The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to be a factor undermining the economy for a long time, though banks can play their part in helping to cushion the blow.
MP's assets need scrutiny
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/04/2021
» With the mysterious disappearance of 10-billion-baht of debt from the asset list of Deputy Transport Minister Weerasak Wangsuphakijkosol, a Bhumjaithai Party list MP, and his wife Yolada, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is left facing a major dilemma -- how to improve transparency among politicians.
Hairstyles a rights issue
News, Editorial, Published on 06/07/2020
» The protests of a group of school students against teachers who continue to enforce rigid haircut requirements hint at the answer to a far wider problem with the Thai education system.
Today is no day for guns
News, Editorial, Published on 12/01/2019
» While pictures of five-year-old Prince George, the son of Prince William and Kate Middleton, playing with a pretend gun stirred public debate in Britain last June about whether a fascination with military hardware is damaging to little children, the majority of the Thai public has been at ease with something far more worrying for years.