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Free food sparks outcry
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/03/2026
» Criticism over free meals provided to our lawmakers has been reported in the media for years. Often, during parliamentary sessions, outlets -- including this newspaper -- highlight massive food waste afterwards.
Rising costs, empty tanks
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/03/2026
» As war between the US–Israel alliance and Iran escalates, the caretaker government's response -- limited to a few warnings, a recommendation for state officials to work from home, and, as usual, fuel subsidies from the State Oil Fund -- appears woefully inadequate.
Unflattering comparison
Postbag, Published on 15/03/2026
» Re: "Potus again presses Congress on voter bill", (World, March 10).
Echoes ignored
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/03/2026
» Re: "With Iran war, US is alone", (World, March 6). The Deputy Director of the German Marshall Fund, Kristina Kausch, is upset that US President Donald Trump has not sought the world's approval in his quest to destroy Iran's military abilities and for the removal of its genocidal dictatorship. One which screams daily: "Death to Israel" and "Death to America". (Time Off, Bangkok Post, March 8).
Somaliland: Mixed motivations
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 03/01/2026
» Last week Israel was the first country in the world to establish diplomatic relations with Somaliland. Not Somalia, a wreck of a country on the East African coast that has been mired in civil war for the past thirty-five years, but Somaliland, a different country just north of there that has been peaceful, relatively prosperous and even democratic for all those years.
Anutin's credibility shaken by floods
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 29/11/2025
» The southern flood crisis, especially the disaster in Hat Yai, has placed the Anutin Charnvirakul government and his Bhumjaithai Party (BJT) in political difficulties. Some observers have even forewarned that the flood woes are the beginning of the BJT government's downfall.
Let's just try leaning into your morbid curiosity
Oped, Coltan Scrivner, Published on 30/10/2025
» Film critics Gene Siskel and Johnny Oleksinski have called fans of slasher films like Friday the 13th and Saw "very sick people" and "depraved lunatics who should not be allowed near animals or most other living things". Public outcry around the video game Mortal Kombat in the early 1990s was so extreme that it led to a special US Senate hearing on the topic. Similarly, the recent rise of true crime entertainment has some people wondering if we are becoming desensitised to the horror and seriousness of the events themselves.
TV plays shameful jingoism card
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/10/2025
» A television programme which allowed critics to castigate human rights advocates including Senator Angkhana Neelapaichit for their views on the Thai-Cambodian conflict has shed new light on the dire need to regulate some unprofessional media.
Historic preservation needs you and me
Oped, Kanitha Kasina-Ubol, Published on 29/09/2025
» Thais deeply revere our heritage. Millions of us visit museums, temples, old towns, and monuments every year.
Land of opportunity
News, Editorial, Published on 06/09/2025
» The outcry about a top student of Cambodian nationality being arrested at his school in a northeastern border province last week reminds us that the government's "Education for All" policy is not truly enforced or understood by law enforcers.