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Questionable governance
Postbag, Published on 24/03/2025
» Re: "Premier laments debate timing", (BP, March 22).
Lax border tech invites crime
Editorial, Published on 02/03/2025
» Thailand's immigration system is in disarray. A failure to collect biometric data from 17 million travellers has left the country vulnerable, exposing deep flaws in its security apparatus -- not to mention its immigration controls.
Weaponising data against democracy
News, Jayati Ghosh, Published on 17/02/2025
» For those who have witnessed the shock-and-awe tactics of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the past decade, the events unfolding in the United States since Donald Trump returned to the White House evoke a sense of déjà vu. In India, we have learned the hard way: authoritarian leaders are often far more dangerous in their second term than in their first.
Overhaul police record-keeping
News, Editorial, Published on 12/06/2022
» The status of 12 million Thais in the Royal Thai Police's criminal database is in limbo due to the force's outdated system and disregard for investigation procedures. That's nearly one in six of the population.
Innovation is not just about high technology
News, George Abonyi, Published on 28/06/2021
» Innovation is central to the competitiveness of firms and the growth of economies. Thailand 4.0 is a comprehensive and ambitious strategy for improving the economy's performance through innovation-driven growth, supported by the National Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy and Plan (2012–2021).
Don't follow the virus
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/03/2020
» Re: "Lockdown the best option", (Editorial, March 18). Our using "social distancing" to fight Covid-19 is what has proven successful elsewhere. But we're too timid. Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, favours a 14-day national shutdown to slow down the spread of the coronavirus in the US, saying: "I think we should really be overly aggressive and get criticised for overreacting," (The New York Times, March 17).
The best form of rule
News, Postbag, Published on 01/02/2020
» Re: "Democratic letdown", (PostBag, Jan 31).
Jailhouse injustice
News, Postbag, Published on 31/01/2020
» Re: "Baby steps in jail reform", (Editorial, Jan 30).
Thank you, 'Mali San'
News, Postbag, Published on 24/08/2019
» We Thais owe many, many thanks to "Mali-San" or Ms Megumi Morimoto, 46, a freshman at Kasetsart University's Sakolnakorn campus. As shown by the clip on Facebook by Udomsak Nak-chang-in and on television, she's been blocking motorcyclists from illegally riding their bikes on the sidewalk at Rumsalee intersection, thus protecting pedestrians from being run over. She's done this over 100 times. Although local bikers have beaten her up four times, Thai onlookers have rescued her.
2019 ushers in era of state control
News, John Lloyd, Published on 07/01/2019
» A signature theme of the new year is the possibility of a malign confrontation between the world's greatly enhanced capacity for electronic surveillance and the weakening of democratic control. The antidote to that risk is the democratic spirit and civil freedoms -- both of which are suffering worldwide. These are not dead, but they are unwell, at times untended.