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Anutin fuels border fear
News, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2026
» From a dubious plan to tightly seal the border with Cambodia, caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who is seeking to form a coalition government, has now given the nod to construct additional fencing along the frontier -- a move that signals extended hostility towards Thailand's immediate neighbour.
Land Bridge built on shaky science
Editorial, Published on 23/11/2025
» The planned Land Bridge megaproject and its deep-sea ports in the South pose no environmental threats because the seas there are already barren -- or so the government's study claims. Science, however, shows the opposite.
Crime fight no mere show
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/11/2025
» The government last week staged a show of unity against cybercrime. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul presided over a ceremony where 15 state agencies, including the Royal Thai Police (RTP), the Anti-Money Laundering Office, and the ministries of Interior, Finance, and Digital Economy and Society, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in tackling online scams, illegal gambling, and other forms of technology-related crime.
Bribery claim needs proof
News, Editorial, Published on 17/06/2025
» The internal rift within the United Thai Nation (UTN) Party is getting uglier, with a prominent campaign against polluting factories being drawn into the saga.
Right of way for the rich
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/04/2025
» A serious accident involving a member of a powerful political clan in Pathum Thani and an elderly couple riding in a pickup truck on Bangkok's eastern outer ring road has triggered public anxiety about whether justice will prevail.
Temple row stirs rivalry
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/02/2025
» A fresh dispute over an ancient temple on the Thai-Cambodian border in Surin requires all those involved to keep cool heads.
Time to tackle scam bases
News, Editorial, Published on 13/01/2025
» The tragic death of a Thai man, Alongkorn Deeying, who plunged from the 14th floor of an 18-storey building in Poipet, Cambodia, again casts the spotlight on the growing problem of call centre scams run by transnational crime syndicates in the Mekong Region.
TV push in need of a better script
Editorial, Published on 01/12/2024
» In a striking plot twist, it was recently revealed that Thai television dramas and series, which the government envisions as a key driver of the country's "soft power" on the global stage, are struggling to retain an audience at home.
Mae Sot's sour trafficking record
Editorial, Published on 24/11/2024
» Mae Sot, a town on the Thai-Myanmar border in Tak province, is notorious as a hub for cross-border human trafficking and transnational organised crime run by Chinese mafia syndicates. Despite this, government action has been grossly inadequate to combat the problem.
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.