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Another health app
News, Editorial, Published on 23/12/2025
» The Public Health Ministry is set to relaunch its Mohpromt application next month, pivoting from its role as a central platform for Covid-19 vaccinations to a comprehensive digital health "super app".
TV plays shameful jingoism card
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/10/2025
» A television programme which allowed critics to castigate human rights advocates including Senator Angkhana Neelapaichit for their views on the Thai-Cambodian conflict has shed new light on the dire need to regulate some unprofessional media.
Land of opportunity
News, Editorial, Published on 06/09/2025
» The outcry about a top student of Cambodian nationality being arrested at his school in a northeastern border province last week reminds us that the government's "Education for All" policy is not truly enforced or understood by law enforcers.
Schools hang kids out to dry
News, Editorial, Published on 24/05/2025
» Going outside to raise the national flag during a thunderstorm is unusual, if not dangerous. But it happened at a school in the southern province of Chumphon.
Sick students deserve better
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/10/2024
» Schools must be safe places for students. Yet, in reality, the opposite could be the case, as the past few months have seen a number of unlucky students fall victim to negligence.
No tolerance for school violence
Editorial, Published on 04/08/2024
» Thailand's notorious authoritarian school system and its reliance on corporal punishment recently claimed a child's life -- a tragic reminder of the urgent need to abolish the practice entirely.
Unsafe schooling
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/02/2024
» Schools are supposed to be safe zones -- more akin to a second home for students where they can learn, gain new experiences, improve their skills and forge friendships.
Births of a nation
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/11/2023
» The government has pledged to tackle the low birth rate crisis, declaring it a national agenda item. Such a move is timely, if not long overdue, as Thailand has experienced a demographic imbalance for decades.
Stamping out gun crime
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/10/2023
» The shooting at a luxury department store in the centre of Bangkok on Tuesday has shed light on "blank guns" -- recreational guns that have become popular weapons here. The double homicide that took place in the late afternoon at a jam-packed shopping mall red-flags the dire need for Thailand to revise its feeble gun policy.
Heed drought warning signs
Editorial, Published on 30/07/2023
» After what seemed like an eternity under the scorching heat because of the massive heatwave that began earlier in the year, the monsoon has finally arrived, bringing with it some respite in the form of overcast skies and late evening downpours.