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Call time on beer barons
News, Editorial, Published on 24/08/2019
» No one but the ultra rich are allowed to brew beer for sale in Thailand. The law is as unjust and outrageous as that. And no lawmaker has suffered the bitter taste of inequality in the brewing industry quite like Future Forward Party MP Taopiphop Limjittrakorn, who in January 2017 was arrested for brewing and selling his own craft beer. At the time he was a young entrepreneur, looking to break into the business.
Dam disaster on the way
News, Editorial, Published on 20/07/2019
» It is now early on in the rainy season and the water volume on the Mekong River should have been high. But water levels on certain stretches of the international river, which runs from China through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, have reached their lowest points for 57 years.
Turn taxis around
News, Editorial, Published on 25/06/2019
» Plans by the Department of Land Transport (DLT) to legalise ride-hailing services, in particular Grab, are a major step forward in improving taxi services in the country.
Civil groups get ignored again
News, Editorial, Published on 23/06/2019
» The 34th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) under Thailand's chairmanship is to wrap up today in what is known as a retreat. The grouping with 10 member countries made some progress on certain issues that deserve recognition, but there are some issues that are less than satisfactory, especially when it comes to the group giving the cold shoulder to civil society groups.
Toxic inaction on farm chemicals
News, Editorial, Published on 16/06/2019
» In staunch defiance against growing calls for a ban on extremely hazardous farm chemicals, including paraquat, the Department of Agriculture has started registering farmers who still want to use the chemicals on their plantations.
Activists face chilling threat
News, Editorial, Published on 05/06/2019
» The latest barbaric assault on anti-junta activist Sirawith Seritiwat sends a chill down the spine with the prospect that, given the current trajectory of polarised Thai politics, the worst is probably yet to come.
Tourist tax could work
News, Editorial, Published on 28/05/2019
» The government's fresh initiative to charge a tax on tourists who visit Thailand is not a bad idea. But it should not be executed until the government has mapped out an effective plan to manage and allocate the potentially huge revenue generated from the levy.
Korea needs a Thai fix
News, Editorial, Published on 20/05/2019
» South Korea is a popular destination for Thai tourists, the same way that Thailand is for South Koreans. Unfortunately, the tourism relationship between the countries has been damaged by the continuing influx of Thai visitors who end up being overstayers and illegal workers in South Korea.
Activists need protection
News, Editorial, Published on 14/05/2019
» Thailand's already battered human rights record has fallen another notch following reports of the mysterious disappearance of three activists accused of lese majeste while in exile in Vietnam.
Beware of BRI debt trap
News, Editorial, Published on 27/04/2019
» Amid concerns about China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) leaving more developing countries in a debt trap, Thailand cannot be complacent about the Thai-Sino high-speed rail project in its negotiations with China.