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Speed up border talks
News, Editorial, Published on 11/11/2024
» The controversy surrounding the 2001 memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the overlapping maritime claims in the Gulf of Thailand between Thailand and Cambodia has resurfaced, as the Pheu Thai administration seeks to restart talks with Phnom Penh in a bid to extract the area's natural resources.
Be cautious on sub deal
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/10/2022
» Only two days after assuming office, new navy chief commander Adm Choengchai Chomchoengpaet made his mark by saying the navy still could not accept a deal that offered new China-made engines to replace German engines for three submarines.
Safe abortion is a must
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/10/2022
» The recent move to permit abortions for women who are 12–20 weeks pregnant puts the pendulum swinging in the right direction for rights groups in Thailand. Yet, the policy is far from providing sufficient safe and legal abortion services to those who need them.
Sub deal can't be subpar
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/04/2022
» Arms procurement has been a thorny issue for almost every government, especially the current one under the leadership of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, the former army chief.
PM, axe this dam project
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/09/2020
» For local residents in Phatthalung's Muang Takua community, a namesake dam project symbolises lack of transparency and misinformation, if not a downright lie.
Save people from PM2.5
News, Editorial, Published on 17/01/2020
» As the concentration of ultra-fine toxic PM2.5 dust has once again risen to levels considered unsafe for human health in the capital and several other provinces over the past week, the government's efforts to tackle key factors contributing to pollution have been criticised as too little, too late.
UN must act to defuse tensions
News, Editorial, Published on 05/01/2020
» After the killing of Iran's top military commander Maj Gen Qassem Soleimani by the US on Friday morning, the world is gripped with worry over a new round of proxy war between the world power and its arch enemy.
City bus blues won't go away
News, Editorial, Published on 01/05/2019
» Less than a week after the government increased bus fares in Bangkok last month, an air-conditioned bus was found broken down in the middle of a road in the city centre after having lost its back wheels.
The stupidity has to stop
News, Editorial, Published on 24/04/2019
» The cost of stupidity. That was the term used by the Thai media to describe the 11.8-billion-baht in compensation that the government has to pay Hopewell (Thailand) Co, the developer of the unfinished mega-transport project, following a ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court on Monday.
NLA should step aside
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/02/2019
» With less than a month to go before the general election, there are growing calls for the coup-installed National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to suspend its law-making duties and for its members to resign.