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Artist award saga leaves sour taste
Editorial, Published on 07/09/2025
» For the sake of its own honour and the prestige in safeguarding the National Artist Award, the Department of Cultural Promotion must break its silence. It needs to clarify whether veteran writer Sri Daoruang was pulled off the list of national artists at the last minute.
Safety key to nuclear goal
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/07/2025
» Nuclear energy has little support among Thai people. The recent news about a conservation group criticising the latest bilateral cooperation between the US and Thai government to upscale plans for small reactor module (SMR) technology is evidence of this.
Quakes jolt old fears
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/07/2025
» Although geologists are urging calm and caution against panic, a recent series of tremors detected in the Nicobar Islands, located off the coast of Phuket and Phangnga provinces, as well as the northern province of Lampang, has been a powerful reminder of the need to ensure the country's tsunami warning system remains fully functional.
Teachers' lives matter
News, Editorial, Published on 21/06/2025
» The suicide of a teacher in Buri Ram province this week reflects how inefficient the Ministry of Education has become in terms of tackling teachers' heavy workload.
Digital wallet's empty promise
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/05/2025
» Does anyone remember these words? Fiscal multiplier. Economic cyclone. Exit from the black hole of poverty.
Cracks in the system
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/04/2025
» The earthquake's impact in Thailand has exposed profound failures in the nation's bureaucratic system, which proved dangerously inadequate in the face of the disaster.
Can of worms opens at State Audit Office
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/04/2025
» The quake that brought down a building being constructed for the State Audit Office (SAO) late last month has opened a can of worms for an agency that preaches ethics.
Bhikkhuni’s silent revolution
Editorial, Published on 30/03/2025
» As the world celebrates gender equality this month, Thai women are breaking barriers in many fields — yet the nation’s clergy stands firm against change.
Gun control falls short
News, Editorial, Published on 17/02/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul have jointly signed an order halting the issuance of permits to carry firearms, particularly handguns, for one year.
How about road safety?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/02/2025
» A recent crash involving a motorcyclist ramming into a male tourist on the zebra crossing -- where ophthalmologist Dr Waraluck "Kratai" Supawatjariyakul was killed in a similar manner three years ago -- is deeply alarming.