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Adaptability is key to national survival
Oped, Charika Channuntapipat and Pongtat Vanichanan, Published on 04/01/2023
» Covid-19. Technological disruption. Climate crisis. These have happened at a rapid pace that challenges the adaptability of people around the world. Is Thailand prepared to withstand these challenges? Ask the children -- the future of the country -- and their answers, according to the 2018 PISA Survey of 15-year-old children around the world, are not so encouraging.
The Sacredness Of Thai Degrees
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 21/01/2022
» A Facebook post by a doctor went viral last week and sparked a much-needed and perhaps overdue debate regarding the graduation ceremony at Thai universities. She claimed her employer friends wouldn't consider hiring graduates who didn't attend the ceremony to accept their diplomas from a member of the Thai royal family for fear of them being troublemakers. Being conferred your diploma by a member of the Thai royal family is a relatively new norm that started in the reign of King Rama VII. I would like to offer my personal experience regarding the tradition and my two satangs on the topic.
Democracy fizzer
News, Postbag, Published on 20/09/2021
» Re: "Coup anniversary fizzer", (BP, Sept 19).
Olympic spirit hopes
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/06/2021
» What happens at the 2020 Olympic Games with the motto "United by Emotion" will stay in Tokyo forever. The organising committee has announced that it will be the first games without foreign spectators. This has never been the case since the first modern summer Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. Even now, no one is sure if Japan will be able to welcome more than 11,000 athletes to Tokyo this year.
Where to start Thai reform and change?
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 02/10/2020
» In Thailand's new era under a new reign, reform and change can hardly be formulated and implemented fast enough because much of what ails the country has been suppressed and swept under the rug for years. The most consequential question now is not whether Thailand needs to change but where to start. Getting the starting point wrong will end up causing more grief and pain after so much suffering that has already transpired.
School Fails
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 23/06/2020
» We would think that schools teach kids the right things or set good examples but that isn't always the case. Here are a few unfortunate recent cases to inspire would-be parents to home-school their children.
Blame employers
News, Postbag, Published on 18/09/2019
» Re: "BoT blames easy loans for household debt woes", (Business, Sept 17).
How vocational education can 'build the nation'
News, Yongyuth Chalamwong, Published on 13/03/2019
» If Thailand's income per capita reaches US$15,000 in 2035 (up from $6,900 in 2017), it will have escaped the "middle-income trap" -- the term economists use to describe what happens to a country when its growth slows after reaching middle-income levels.
Stateless 'Wild Boars' case shows policy reform need
News, Amanda Flaim, Published on 10/08/2018
» On Wednesday, four of the 13 Wild Boars football team members who survived harrowing days of intense deprivation in the dark Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai last month became Thai citizens. No longer subject to the deprivations of being statelessness, they can now look forward to living lives with real purpose.