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Special Report: Sobering up fast
SUPOJ WANCHAROEN, APINYA WIPATAYOTIN and MONGKOL BANGPRAPA, Published on 16/11/2025
» The uproar triggered by the newly amended Alcohol Beverage Control Act has underscored a recurring dilemma for the government: how to balance social order and public health with a tourism-driven economy that demands flexibility and international friendliness.
Financial flexibility key to growth
News, Konchawan Kanthasut and Thanthip Srisuwannake, Published on 06/11/2024
» Trade associations in Thailand are stuck with a frustrating rule -- they can only keep their income in savings accounts. This limits their ability to make smarter investments that could grow their funds. Without a change in the law, they will keep missing opportunities to increase resources and offer more value to their members.
Fixing flaws in Thailand's booze law
Oped, Thanthip Srisuwannaket, Published on 03/07/2024
» Sixteen years after the Alcohol Control Act was enforced to curb youth drinking, consumption among youngsters remains as high as ever, highlighting the law's ineffectiveness.
Go, the governor
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/07/2023
» Re: "Tackling vague laws, for public safety", (Opinion, July 7).
Tackling vague laws, for public safety
Oped, Thanthip Srisuwannaket, Published on 05/07/2023
» In Bangkok's construction industry, demands for kickbacks from city authorities are nothing new. But when it was the Bangkok governor who exposed the corruption himself, change may be on the way.
Knowledge is power
News, Postbag, Published on 02/05/2021
» Re: "Can Thailand ever move forward", (Opinion, April 28).
Temple corruption erodes public faith
Oped, Thanthip Srisuwannaket, Published on 28/04/2021
» As corruption soars in predominantly Buddhist Thailand, its temples are also facing a serious erosion of public faith due to rife corruption in the closed, non-transparent clergy.
Man kills wife, self in Phetchaburi
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 28/03/2021
» PHETCHABURI: An auto tire repairman pummelled his young wife to death with a steel bar before shooting himself in the head with a shotgun in Khao Yoi district on Saturday night, police said.
A large portion of the blame
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 29/01/2020
» Thailand is notorious when it comes to food waste. According to 2017 data from the Pollution Control Department, the organic waste collected by municipalities across Thailand accounted for nearly two-thirds of the country's total waste output.
Tackling Thailand's food-waste crisis
News, Thanthip Srisuwannaket & Caratlux Liumpetch, Published on 23/10/2019
» When one-third of all food produced globally is thrown away while nearly one billion people go hungry, food waste is not only a moral travesty, it's also a crime against nature.