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Air quality vs tradition
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/02/2024
» Over the past few years, government agencies have tried, with limited success, to convince worshippers to stop burning incense during Chinese New Year in Thailand.
Ethical vacuum
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/12/2023
» The death of a critically injured Taiwanese tourist who was denied emergency treatment by a private hospital in Bangkok's Phatthanakan area is, indeed, a tragedy that could have been avoided if the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) principle had been strictly followed.
Graft is still pervasive
News, Editorial, Published on 06/02/2023
» Thailand's latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) score saw it "improve" by nine places to 101st out of 180 countries. However, despite the positive trajectory, it is too soon to start celebrating just yet.
RTP graft is out of control
Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/01/2023
» The Royal Thai Police's (RTP) record on corruption and misconduct is at an all-time low. It's reached the point where there's not a month or perhaps a week that goes by without news of RTP shenanigans.
An unsavoury pesticide saga
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/11/2020
» Local news reports that Taiwan is to return or destroy a batch of a famous tea brand and ground chilli from Thailand because of insecticide residues look bad for Thailand, which promotes itself as the kitchen of the world.
Thailand still lags in LGBT issues
News, Editorial, Published on 19/05/2019
» In what appears to be a historic move on LBGT rights, Taiwan has legalised same-sex marriage, with the law sailing through parliament by 66 to 27 votes.
Liu's legacy will live on
News, Editorial, Published on 15/07/2017
» Even though the totalitarian rulers of China might have succeeded in preventing Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo from living longer, they will find it hard to prevent people in China and elsewhere from keeping the legacy of the human rights and democracy advocate alive.
Reverse the visa price hike
News, Editorial, Published on 23/08/2016
» If there has been a decision more off-key than last week's announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we missed it. It was during the seventh day of investigations into the murderous and high-profile bombings in the South that the ministry's Department of Consular Affairs posted a notice on its website. Effective from Sept 27, the fee for tourists applying for a visa on arrival will double to 2,000 baht.
China, Taiwan must co-exist
News, Editorial, Published on 17/05/2016
» Beijing officials say that if any crisis occurs between China and Taiwan in the coming weeks and years, it will be Taiwan's fault. That is a little pat, seeing as there is no current crisis at all. But China is either apprehensive or wants to seem worried by Tsai Ing-wen. Her inauguration as Taiwan's first female president will take place on Friday.
Seize the drugs nettle
News, Editorial, Published on 05/04/2016
» A recent series of arrests and seizures by anti-drug forces is a rare ray of optimism in the fight for a rational drug-control policy. But they also revived serious questions and brought more confusion to the problem. It is clear that some countries in the region are keen to take more responsibility while suffering more losses than others. And it seems while authorities have a somewhat tenuous handle on who is controlling drug trafficking, efforts to deal with the kingpins are ineffective at best.