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Taweesilp's limelight fully earned
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/04/2020
» Taweesilp Visanuyothin is the "New Kid in Town" at the moment.
Covid-19 Terminology
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 10/04/2020
» Are you a covidiot or a covidient? You can probably guess the meaning of both portmanteaus. The former is used to describe people who disregard social distancing and other rules regarding the Covid-19 pandemic that have been put in place while the latter is the opposite and comprises of "Covid-19" and "obedient". Hope you're all the latter.
Absurd disease controls show govt is clueless
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 03/04/2020
» As I checked in for my trip home at Brussels airport last Sunday, I wondered if it would be a once-in-a-lifetime flight. A THAI employee had told me I might end up being the only passenger on the Bangkok-bound plane that afternoon.
2011 flood lessons go unheeded
Oped, Danny Marks, Published on 25/03/2020
» Almost 10 years ago, the Thai government faced another huge crisis and unnatural disaster: the 2011 floods which killed over 800 and caused over US$45 billion (1.5 trillion baht) in damage. The damage and losses would have been significantly lower if the Yingluck Shinawatra government had responded more effectively. While the responses needed to the coronavirus certainly differ from a mega-flood, there are numerous lessons that the current Prayut Chan-o-cha government can learn from the mistakes made during the floods and thus how to best handle a crisis. But have they?
State schemes leave the poor behind
Oped, Published on 25/03/2020
» For people in their 80s, night time is for sleeping. Not for 83-year-old Khem, a poor villager in Buri Ram province. Sleep is a luxury when a big fair in a city nearby means a chance for him to earn some coins from busking.
The poor can't afford to self-quarantine
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/03/2020
» Pun is a Grab taxi driver working in Surat Thani province. On March 11, he was called to pick up a male passenger from a hotel and drive him to a hospital in the province, and then drive him back.
Fear of virus is more deadly
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 16/03/2020
» 'We're thinking about stocking up on some food and water soon. How about you?" asked my sister last month. She said that her husband was worried about Covid-19, which has killed more than 4,000 people and infected more than 118,000 in 114 countries so far.
Weathering the Covid storm
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 02/03/2020
» The novel coronavirus outbreak has become a hot topic at home and in the office, something we've talked about almost every day as the health authorities try to educate people how to protect themselves from infection. Specialists have suggested that people shouldn't panic, but I can't help feeling nervous.
There's nothing wrong with an accent
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 23/02/2020
» There has been some debate in the letters column of the Bangkok Post lately regarding the teaching of English in Thailand. It has included discussion on whether people with strong regional accents are suitable for teaching Thai kids.
For me, mass killer will never have a name
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/02/2020
» Looking at him, you would think he was harmless. The guy next door who always had a smile on his face and was always ready to help.