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Diversification key to surviving volatility
Oped, Sally Tyler, Published on 13/03/2026
» On the day I am writing this editorial, I was meant to be travelling to Bangkok for one of my periodic visits to a city I have grown to love. I am always keen to shave off a few hours from a long-haul flight, which means the shortest flight path from my home in Washington, DC, would take me through Abu Dhabi, but my flight was cancelled like thousands of others due to the ongoing conflict in the Mideast. My inconvenience is nothing compared to the destruction endured by those on the ground, but it illustrates the expanding global impact of the US/Israel/Iran War.
Sustaining healthcare in volatile times
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 18/08/2025
» Health care is pivotal for human well-being. Yet in today's precarious world, it is pressured by diminishing resources, demographic variables, warfare and violence, and environmental degradation. Sustaining health care thus requires insightful planning and implementation, no less for Thailand and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) regions.
Defusing Thai-Cambodian border row
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 13/06/2025
» At issue in the ongoing border standoff between the Thai and Cambodian armed forces is timing and circumstance. In less than two weeks, a seemingly minor border skirmish intensified into a full-scale military confrontation. What is being overlooked in the thick of mutual antagonism and ultranationalism on both sides is when and how the current round of confrontation transpired. Getting its origins right is crucial to finding ways and means for conflict resolution.
Fears mount over Black Sea crops
News, Karen Braun, Published on 02/03/2022
» The stoppage of grain exports out of Ukraine was confirmed on Monday as the country said all ports will be closed until the end of the Russian invasion, though there is a chance that supplies for the next season out of both Ukraine and Russia could also be in jeopardy pending the outcome of the war.
Closures to backfire?
News, Postbag, Published on 28/06/2021
» Re: "Capital avoids total lockdown", and "Giving us a break", (BP and PostBag, June, 26).
The dice are loaded
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/03/2021
» Re: "Sinking of bill bodes ill," (Editorial, March 19). "The sinking of the bill came as no surprise". It's testament to the determined work done during five years of dictatorship when they aligned all the institutions in their favour and then bought up corrupt politicians to join them.
It could be fun, in a strange sort of way
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/01/2021
» A number of readers -- well, three -- have asked why last week's column did not contain the usual predictions for the coming year. My feeling at the time was that with the dark cloud of Covid-19 hovering over us it seemed a bit inappropriate to carry the usual frivolous PostScript predictions. However, I have had a change of heart and considering we are only 10 days into the New Year it is not too late to make silly forecasts.
Asean must aim higher at November summit
News, Kobsak Chutikul, Published on 10/08/2019
» 'Like red ants on a log floating downstream each certain it is controlling the direction of the flow." That was the acute observation of a coarse-skinned farmer staring at the TV screen at a small coffee shop in a 100-year-old market in Suphan Buri province in central Thailand when images of the grand Asean meeting in the capital Bangkok were being beamed across the world.
Do right thing by forest
News, Postbag, Published on 30/04/2018
» Re: "Regime must forget 'face' and do right thing", (Opinion, April 28).