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Land Bridge not viable
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/04/2026
» The Southern Land Bridge project -- the Thai government's long-standing plan to build a logistics corridor linking the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea -- is back on the agenda.
The deafening silence about offshore wealth
Oped, Frederik Obermaier & Bastian Obermayer, Published on 28/04/2026
» When John Doe, the anonymous whistleblower behind the Panama Papers, approached us, he handed us an opportunity. When the resulting investigation into the offshore finance industry was published on April 3, 2016, the world was handed a test. As investigative journalists, we seized the opportunity. Sadly, the world has failed the test.
Asean is adrift
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/04/2026
» Re: "Rupture, reform and how to rebuild", (Opinion, April 23).
Singapore minister expresses interest in Land Bridge
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 27/04/2026
» A visiting Singapore government minister on Monday expressed interest in the proposed one-trillion-baht Land Bridge megaproject, calling it an economic opportunity, according to Thai government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek.
As some hijabs come off in Iran, restrictions still in place
AFP, Published on 27/04/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Images of bareheaded women sipping coffee in cafes in Tehran, in apparent defiance of the Islamic republic's strict dress rule, have stirred interest outside Iran -- but for Elnaz, 32, it is no breakthrough.
The groove of revenge
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 27/04/2026
» The final season of The Boys arrived not as another escalation, but as a convergence -- everything the series had been building towards finally collapsing into place. Developed by Eric Kripke and released on Amazon Prime Video, the fifth season premiered earlier this month, with the remaining episodes scheduled to roll out weekly until May 20. From the outset, the tone made one thing clear: this was no longer about raising the stakes. It was about ending them.
Rise of the AI civil servants
Business, Published on 27/04/2026
» At least 80% of governments will deploy AI agents to automate routine decision-making, enhancing efficiency and service delivery by 2028, according to the business and technology insights company Gartner Inc.
Putting it to rights
Postbag, Published on 27/04/2026
» Re: "Anti-Orban bias", (PostBag, April 19) and "Hungarians' growing anger at living in EU's 'most corrupt state'", (World, April 16).
Volunteer firefighters left to plight
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 27/04/2026
» They die quietly, one by one, doing the forest officials' job, rewarded with little more than praise that masks state hypocrisy.
The real reason why slums keep coming back
News, Luciene Pereira, Published on 27/04/2026
» The standard policy response to slums -- relocate people, bulldoze the settlement, and build public housing elsewhere -- is older than the slums themselves. It has never worked.