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Our shared heritage
News, Editorial, Published on 13/04/2026
» Songkran, the traditional new year, has become a time when Thai and Cambodian netizens wage a war on screens, as both have defiantly claimed ownership over the centuries-old tradition.
A toxic reversal
Postbag, Published on 13/04/2026
» Re: "Energy and environment will take centre stage" (InQuote, April 1) and "BJT pulls support for Clear Air Bill" (BP, April 7).
Temple aid halt signals deeper crisis
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 11/04/2026
» Wat Suan Kaew in Nonthaburi's Bang Yai district has announced a temporary suspension of its long-running social charity programmes for needy groups due to mounting financial pressures.
Countering the fallacy of the buffer zone
Oped, Daoud Kuttab, Published on 10/04/2026
» Territorial buffers rarely, if ever, deliver the peace and security their advocates promise. After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine was seen as a neutral cordon between Russia and Nato. Instead, it became a zone of increasingly fierce geopolitical contention, followed by open war.
The day the US became Britain at Suez
Oped, Philip J Cunningham, Published on 09/04/2026
» The world's focus is on the US-induced debacle in the Strait of Hormuz, but it's another narrow strait that sums up the current state of US power in the world: Suez.
Policy debate a litmus test
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/04/2026
» A major showdown looks set to take place between the government and the opposition as Parliament begins its policy debate later today.
New government must tackle SLAPP lawsuits
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 04/04/2026
» As the Anutin Charnvirakul government is about to officially begin work on Monday, with the cabinet formally sworn in, the public expects it to fulfil electoral pledges, address urgent issues, and pass crucial laws in the parliamentary pipeline.
Urgent push for fair climate finance
Oped, Sarinee Achavanuntakul, Published on 01/04/2026
» Ever more visible, the various impacts from climate change are eroding both Thailand's economic competitiveness and the livelihoods of its people: season by season, in heat waves that flatten productivity, floods that swallow farmland, and coastal erosion that is slowly reclaiming communities.
Gulf states tell US ending the war is not enough
Oped, Samia Nakhoul, Published on 31/03/2026
» Gulf Arab states are telling the US that any deal with Tehran should do more than end the war, and must permanently curb Iran's missile and drone capabilities and ensure global energy supplies are never again "weaponised", four Gulf sources said.