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PM must pull plug on scams
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/02/2025
» The visit by Vice Minister for Public Security Liu Zhongyi last week speaks volumes about how seriously China takes the problem of scam operations or call centres in Myanmar's Myawaddy border township.
Education for 'war kids'
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/06/2024
» The fighting in Myanmar resumed this week after a five-month ceasefire brokered by China between junta forces and ethnic minority insurgents apparently fell to bits. Ironically, the renewed strife took place a few days after the world marked World Refugee Day last Thursday.
Mine faces big test
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/03/2023
» The Akara gold mine reopened on Monday after a six-year hiatus. In 2017, the now-dissolved National Council for Peace and Order issued an executive decree suspending operations after government agencies accused the mine of causing negative environmental and health impacts on local communities.
Enemy lingers at the gates
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/06/2022
» With the Covid-19 situation steadily improving, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government has eased a raft of health measures and allowed many entertainment industries to come back to life.
MP truancy taints House
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/02/2022
» Students who skip class get marks deducted. Workers who don't show up see their wages cut. Shouldn't irresponsible MPs who miss House sessions face action too?"
Time for tourism policy rethink
News, Editorial, Published on 05/09/2021
» Last Wednesday, residents of dark-red zone provinces made a dash to restaurants and shopping malls after lockdown restrictions were eased. For businesses like hair salons and massage shops, reopening has restored a vital lifeline after they were forced shut for nearly three months.
It can't be a battlefield
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/08/2021
» Signs of escalating violence between anti-Prayut Chan-o-cha government demonstrators, who resumed their rallies early this month, and riot control police are a matter of grave concern.
Leaked letter a blow to govt
News, Editorial, Published on 19/07/2021
» The leaked AstraZeneca letter concerning negotiations over the domestic production and supply of its vaccine in Thailand has proven a slap in the face to the government and hammers home the reality of mistakes made in its national vaccination programme.
High road toll a blow
News, Editorial, Published on 14/04/2021
» Numerous deaths and injuries related to road accidents over the past three days, almost half way into the extra holidays during the Songkran festival, once again attest to the fact the government's approach to tackling the road toll is of no use.
Enforce the helmet rule
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/04/2021
» Songkran, a joyful, traditional New Year festival that begins on April 13, has its own dark side. It’s renowned as a time of deadly road accidents — dubbed the “Seven Dangerous Days” — as a large number of people join in a mass exodus, heading to their home provinces and holiday destinations.