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Krabi deserves protection
News, Editorial, Published on 25/10/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul this week granted a small victory to Krabi villagers fighting the quarry industry by agreeing to set up a fact-finding panel to assess the impact of quarrying on ecologically and archaeologically important areas.
More than just thugs
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/12/2023
» The premiere screenings of 4Kings (Part 2), a local drama-action film that depicts violent scuffles among vocational school students, attracted a big police presence.
The seeds of soft power
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/10/2023
» 'Soft power" is becoming a new catchphrase in Thai society. Once seen as political jargon describing a nation's diplomatic prowess at winning friends and influencing others rather than relying on coercion, this new sound bite is being used to describe cultural and creative commodities such as movies, literature, art, traditional Thai sports and food, to name just a few.
'Thainess' needs rethink
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/12/2022
» The Education Ministry has faced a torrent of criticism for its initiative to single out history as an individual subject from the social cluster in school curricula.
Young need help with Covid blues
News, Editorial, Published on 30/05/2021
» The effect of Covid-19 and lockdowns on the mental health of Thailand as a nation cannot be questioned or ignored, but who is paying attention to the nation's children and teenagers?
Covid cases a warning shot
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/12/2020
» After several months without reports of any further Covid-19 cases, the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai are now at risk of becoming infection hotspots after three new cases were detected this week.
Plug digital VAT bill holes
News, Editorial, Published on 15/06/2020
» The cabinet last week approved a first-of-its-kind bill requiring foreign digital platforms to pay a value-added tax (VAT) from payments they received from users in Thailand.
No justice, no peace
News, Editorial, Published on 27/08/2019
» The government and the army owe the public a clear explanation of what led to the death of Abdulloh Esormusor, a 32-year-old insurgent suspect who fell into a coma while in custody at a Pattani military camp.
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.