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Territorial fight is an ecological tragedy
News, Published on 01/07/2014
» It is hard to forget those graphic images of sea turtles and giant clams being poached to be traded illegally, their habitats being polluted and destroyed — in the backdrop of heightened territorial dispute in the South China Sea, which the Philippines now refers to as the West Philippine Sea.
While our economists learn, our politicians fail us
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/05/2014
» There are fears the political chaos will sink the Thai economy. As political tensions have dragged on for over six months, people are starting to feel the country is trapped in a deadlock.
Mindanao offers lessons for South
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 05/04/2014
» There are signs of uncertainty. No, not the red-shirt rendezvous on Utthayan Road or the summit of the Suthep Thaugsuban-led movements at Lumpini Park, both happening with egoistic drum rolling today. As usual, Bangkok politics has the kind of narcissism and surreal influence that monopolises the headlines and consigns other struggles — more real, more fatal struggles — to the attic of our attention. If the way forward is decentralisation, let’s start by at least trying to look further afield than Bangkok’s face-off and the oratory salvoes of Mr Suthep and Jatuporn Prompan.
Debates on Ratchadamnoen rally figures miss the mark
News, Walailak Keeratipipatpong, Published on 27/11/2013
» The number of protesters who attended the anti-government rally on Ratchadamnoen Avenue on Sunday is being hotly debated.
Postbag: NYT balanced on court
News, Published on 26/11/2013
» Robin Grant's quote from the New York Times article on the Constitution Court's ruling as ''bizarre'' (PostBag, Nov 24) is unfair to the NYT and the judges.
Cop muster is overkill
News, Published on 12/10/2013
» The government has deployed 12,000 police to deal with 250 protesters (BP, Oct 10). That is 48 police for each protester.
Wildlife trade threatens hunters and the hunted
News, Published on 22/09/2013
» The illicit wildlife trade, second only in illegal profit potential to drug smuggling, is claiming an increasing number of human as well as animal lives. And, so long as forest rangers continue to be outmanned and outgunned, the body count can only rise further. Proof of this came last week when a gang of poachers hunting tigers, and armed with AK-47 sub-machine guns, took the lives of two more rangers in the jungles of Tak province, bringing the number of fatalities to 42 since 2009 with 48 others injured, many of them seriously.
Restrictions of conviction
News, Published on 22/09/2013
» In his column (Opinion, Sept 21), Songkran Grachangnetara says that Thailand needs more conviction politicians and cites Britain's Margaret Thatcher as a prime example, but I think that these politicians should be handled with care.
Seeing rainbows in the grey
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 19/09/2013
» Having a son is interesting in many ways. One of the most frequent jokes people say to me is that my three-year-old son might grow up to be gay. They say that without meaning that my son has shown any tendency _ some of the people who say that have never even met my son.
How to leave a good job in the city
Life, Cui Yuchen, Published on 28/08/2013
» The first time I went to Chiang Mai, I couldn't believe it was the second-largest city in Thailand. The city looked so different from my imagination _ in my mind's eye, major cities must have many modern and high-rise buildings. But almost all the buildings there are low and ancient-looking, especially in the Old Town in the centre. Trees and flowers were all around, making it look like a big garden.