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Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/09/2024
» The severe floods in Chiang Rai and Phayao provinces raise questions about Thailand's early warning systems. Are there sufficient early disaster warning systems in place? If so, why were hundreds of thousands of villagers in flood-hit areas left to fend for themselves?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/09/2024
» Less than two weeks into office, the Paetongtarn Shinawatra government is being questioned about its sincerity and commitment to academic freedom.
Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/09/2024
» It was interesting to note the new Thai cabinet includes eight women which is a record for the Kingdom. This seems to be part of a trend as the recently formed British government features 11 female cabinet members.
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 07/09/2024
» The People's Party did not win the Ratchaburi provincial administration organisation (PAO) chairman election last Sunday. However, this is not a major loss for the party, given the substantial increase in voter support it got for its candidate, almost threefold from the previous poll. Going forward, the party has good prospects for next year's local election and the general election of 2027.
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/09/2024
» The defeat of the People's Party, formerly the Move Forward Party (MFP), in the Ratcha-buri Provincial Organisation Administration election and the shooting down of the bill on decentralised transport proposed by the opposition leader almost in the same week are definitely not a coincidence.
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/09/2024
» How do you heal hardcore young criminals and turn them into active citizens? Ask Thicha Nanakorn -- she has the answer.
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 31/08/2024
» Fortress America and Festung Europa (Fortress Europe) are just starting to take shape; bare outlines of what they will have grown into ten years from now. But the trend is almost unstoppable, and it will be very ugly when it's finished.
Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/08/2024
» The news that prominent child rights advocate Thicha Nanakorn will not have her contract renewed for the position of Ban Kanchana-pisek remand home director has caused a stir.
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/08/2024
» The nation's political parties are to kick off a process to seek amendments to the charter. The main focus is a clause regarding politicians' ethics and a law governing the dissolution of parties to prevent political upheavals.
News, Published on 26/08/2024
» During the Asean-Australia Post-Ministerial Conference in Vientiane last month, Indonesia's foreign minister Retno Marsudi once again highlighted the critical role partners like Australia must play in easing the region's food insecurity.