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Honest monks hung out to dry
Editorial, Published on 28/09/2025
» A series of monk scandals and temple corruption cases in recent months has prompted the Ecclesiastical Council to order all temples to make their accounts transparent. But good intentions are not enough. Without systemic support, the order may prove hollow.
Let's not slide into mayhem
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/09/2024
» The landslides that struck communities in the northern region this month -- and the isolated deadly landslide on Phuket Island last month -- are not entirely natural disasters. They are glaring examples of man-made tragedies that could have been avoided, or at least mitigated, if governments and officials had paid proper attention to land use in mountainous areas.
Not above the law
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/02/2024
» Faith in the justice system continues to slide downhill over the report of two senior prosecutors allegedly being threatened by policemen charged with being complicit in running a controversial online gambling den.
Chaiwut oversteps
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/09/2022
» Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn is in hot water for his unbecoming remarks against anti-government protesters who plan to rally tomorrow, the day the Constitutional Court hands down a ruling on the fate of suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha after a petition by the opposition bloc.
Nok Nok, who's there?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/08/2022
» The delayed evacuation of passengers on Nok Air Flight DD108 after a landing mishap in Chiang Rai's Mae Fah Luang airport shows serious errors of judgement from the emergency responders.
Poverty slide can be arrested
News, Editorial, Published on 17/10/2021
» Covid-19 will have faded as an immediate threat in a few years. Yet its effect will last longer. Governments across the world, including Thailand, will face huge challenges in trying to finance the economic recovery programme that will be needed when countries get back on their feet.
Shed light on lamp row
Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/06/2021
» Complaints about the procurement of overpriced street lamps have put the heads of two local administration agencies in Samut Prakan on the block.
Cool heads must prevail
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/09/2020
» The country will likely see its biggest rally in three decades on Saturday, amid fears the state will use violence to crush young people's calls for democracy and freedom of expression. The government must prove this fear wrong.
Anti-graft mission failing
News, Editorial, Published on 28/01/2020
» Thailand's slide down the Corruption Perception Index ranking from 99 to 101, while a disappointment, comes as no surprise.
ACT speaks righteously
News, Editorial, Published on 18/07/2018
» Hats off to the Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) for its combination request-rebuke over the country's two biggest cases of graft. This group quite properly took the National Anti-Corruption Commission to task. The NACC has fulfilled neither its duty to the constitution nor its obligation to the public. It has convinced everyone it is dragging its collective feet on the cases, on purpose. ACT is quite properly calling the NACC to act more responsibly.