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Should casinos be legalised in Thailand?
Dave Kendall, Published on 12/06/2025
» The Entertainment Complex bill, with its legalisation of casinos, is one of the hottest topics in Thailand.
Aid cuts could affect US itself
News, Dave Kendall, Published on 02/05/2025
» "Armageddon" is the word veteran human rights campaigner Phil Robertson uses to describe the sudden shutdown of most of the US' aid programmes around the world.
Deeper Dive: How US aid shutdown affects Thailand
Published on 17/04/2025
» US President Donald Trump has cut off most of America’s foreign aid programmes, directly affecting Thailand and its neighbours. The affected projects range from hospitals and refugee support to earthquake relief and clean energy, and people have already died as a result.
Vaping a way to cut smoking death toll?
News, Published on 17/03/2025
» An average of 47 people in Thailand die from smoking cigarettes every day, while there has not been a single recorded death here from using e-cigarettes.
Deeper Dive Thailand: Is vaping safer than smoking cigarettes?
Published on 24/02/2025
» Over the past 20 years, fewer than 100 people worldwide have died from vaping, while more than 100 million people have died from smoking regular cigarettes. In Thailand, the tobacco death toll is 71,000 people each year, and from vaping – zero. So why are cigarettes available in every convenience store, while e-cigarettes are banned?
Hold Facebook accountable for scams, hoaxes
News, Published on 20/01/2025
» Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to fire his fact-checking team has opened the floodgates to a deluge of scams, hate speech, propaganda and lies. I first discovered how the platform used by 3.2 billion people was being misused when I started sub-editing at the Post in 2017. Every news story about the plight of the Rohingya was followed -- in seconds -- by dozens of crude memes and copy-and-paste hate speech in comments demonising the stateless people as usurpers, animals and even cannibals. The campaign was later linked to propaganda farms run by Myanmar's Tatmadaw military.
'Humans to blame' for devastating floods in Northern Thailand
News, Published on 09/12/2024
» Flooding has devasted many parts of Thailand this year.
Deeper Dive: What's behind Thailand's flooding?
Published on 29/11/2024
» In the second half of 2024, 42 out of the 77 Thai provinces faced flooding. At least 50 people were killed and billions of baht were lost in damages to property and farmland.
Deeper Dive: Thailand, tourism and global harmony
Published on 20/09/2024
» Thailand’s recent relaxation of visa restrictions was necessary for both the economy and social stability, says a leading travel historian, because the kingdom is deeply dependent on tourism.
Explainer: Thailand's new visas
News, Dave Kendall, Published on 05/08/2024
» Thailand's major overhaul of visas and entry rules has stirred up strong reactions -- mostly joy and excitement, but also confusion and even some resentment.