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Diplomacy via education
News, Editorial, Published on 16/08/2025
» The recent border skirmishes between Thailand and neighbouring Cambodia have aroused fervent nationalism and hateful sentiments in society. While collective angst is understandable, it is alarming to witness our parliamentarians display such zealous attitudes.
People's Party eyes future despite hurdle
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 07/09/2024
» The People's Party did not win the Ratchaburi provincial administration organisation (PAO) chairman election last Sunday. However, this is not a major loss for the party, given the substantial increase in voter support it got for its candidate, almost threefold from the previous poll. Going forward, the party has good prospects for next year's local election and the general election of 2027.
Shadow of old guard lingers
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/09/2024
» The defeat of the People's Party, formerly the Move Forward Party (MFP), in the Ratcha-buri Provincial Organisation Administration election and the shooting down of the bill on decentralised transport proposed by the opposition leader almost in the same week are definitely not a coincidence.
Stop disease of gambling
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/07/2023
» The latest reports surrounding the downfall of Witat Wongsa -- an acclaimed Thai-language teacher who was named by the Education Ministry as the nation's best teacher in 2017 -- continue to draw the public's attention.
'Period poverty' is the hard truth, not fake news
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/12/2019
» It's rare if not unprecedented for tampons and sanitary pads to become a topic widely discussed by men -- let alone men in power.
Irrigation Dept must change with the times
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 26/01/2019
» On Friday, a group of angry villagers from Nakhon Si Thammarat travelled to Bangkok to protest against the planned construction of the Wang Heeb Dam in an ecologically pristine watershed forest.
Toxic policies just as bad as toxic chemicals
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 08/09/2018
» It seems Deputy Agriculture and Agriculture Cooperatives Minister Wiwat Salyakamthorn's days with the military regime are numbered. His likely exit has been widely speculated upon after his strong stance against "three dirty farm chemicals", namely, paraquat, chlorpyrifos and glyphosate.
Marijuana high jinks
News, Editorial, Published on 24/01/2018
» The government is still unable to articulate a coherent policy on currently illicit drugs. While there obviously is some support inside the cabinet to liberalise laws, no rational programme has yet emerged. Senior ministers up to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha refuse to touch the subject. And the same situation holds within the Royal Thai Police. Police departments concerned support a new policy of liberalisation but at headquarters, the police chief still can't get past the failed war on drugs.