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All eyes on central bank
News, Editorial, Published on 04/11/2024
» Today, all things going well, Bank of Thailand (BOT) governors will choose a new chairman. It's a role crucial to the stability and independence of the country's central bank.
Concession transparency
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/06/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has made a plausible move in ordering a review of the Green Line skytrain concessions.
Let the city poll begin!
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/01/2022
» Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha should officially set the date for the Bangkok governor election.
Govt has very short memory
News, Editorial, Published on 23/03/2021
» The clash on Saturday night between police and a group of pro-democracy demonstrators which left more than a dozen injured again raises questions about the proportionate use of force by police officers.
Time for more like Yimsoo
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/10/2020
» The loss of Yimsoo Cafe's contract to operate an outlet at Thammasat University's Faculty of Law to a franchised brand has caused uproar in the online world.
Act to avert bloodshed
Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/08/2020
» As the country plunges into a deep divide, with the possibility of violent confrontations, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government cannot remain idle and must take action to avert what could become a national crisis.
Ombudsmen's new rules a folly
News, Editorial, Published on 02/02/2020
» The Office of Ombudsman's new travel regulations that allow ombudsmen's spouses to claim per diem and other benefits while travelling abroad have drawn heavy criticism, if not public anger. The backlash is well justified.
Freaking out over art
News, Editorial, Published on 12/09/2019
» The Ultraman/Buddha controversy seems to be spreading as a group of people calling themselves Chao Buddha Palang Phaen Din, or the Force of Buddhism, filed charges against the student who painted Lord Buddha as the 1970s-era superhero.
Bangkok must remain capital
News, Editorial, Published on 02/09/2019
» Should Bangkok be stripped of its status as capital? The debate over whether Thailand's capital should be moved has been mounting since Indonesia's President Joko Widodo announced last week that he will relocate his country's capital from Jakarta to a site east of Borneo island.
NCPO pulls out old cards
News, Editorial, Published on 30/03/2019
» After general elections last Sunday, the country should have been moving to embrace a democratic environment and leave behind a culture of heavy-handed suppression of free speech and political activity, which has been rampant under the military regime over the past years. However, reactions from a number of the regime's key figures and authorities towards the emerging political scene seem to suggest otherwise.