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Sink those submarines
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/08/2020
» The burden of responsibility to the public falls on the 72-member House budget committee today.
Navy's case sub-standard
News, Editorial, Published on 25/08/2020
» By going ahead with the purchase of two more submarines worth 22.5 billion baht, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government and the navy have shown they don't share the feelings of people struggling with economic hardship due to Covid-19.
Sub deal shows navy detached from reality
News, Published on 25/08/2020
» It looks as if the government is concerned that the latest bout of protests will die down too soon. Otherwise, why would it have sent in submarines to stir things up?
Subs plan could sink govt fortunes
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 24/08/2020
» Even when the economy is thriving, with high GDP figures, we expect the government to spend rationally. Therefore, the government's decision to go ahead with the 22.5 billion baht submarine purchase at a time when the country is struggling amid economic contraction, millions are out of work because of Covid-19 restrictions and depend on state assistance, has understandably triggered outrage.
Ripe time to push for pension reforms
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 20/07/2020
» A worker on a daily wage can hardly make ends meet, so what kind of a life can he or she expect to have after retiring? Not a very good one, I'm afraid.
Engagement key to Sino-Thai ties
News, Published on 07/07/2020
» Gone are the days when policymakers could sit back and relax to watch Sino-Thai relations moving ahead in autopilot mode. These days, Thailand and China have to intensify mutual engagement and consultation at all levels to ensure there is no room for misunderstandings that could lead to diplomatic wrangles.
'New normal' needs shift from bad old habits
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 28/04/2020
» As the number of new Covid-19 cases comes down to single-digit figures, there is plenty of talk about easing the lockdown and returning to a "new normal".
Covid-19 exposes our broken system
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 23/04/2020
» The government's constant mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic evokes two images in my mind. One is a badly infected wound. The other is an overblown balloon ready to burst.
Evacuation is long overdue
News, Editorial, Published on 04/02/2020
» Over 140 Thai students and workers are expected to be flown out of Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, in a long-overdue evacuation to Bangkok on Tuesday.
New subs sign of troubles to come?
News, Sek Sophal, Published on 13/01/2020
» The Indian navy just transferred one of its Russian-made Kilo-class diesel-electric attack submarines to the Myanmar navy in late 2019, making it the first submarine ever to be deployed by Myanmar. If there are no technical problems, as Vice Admiral Prachachart Sirisawat, spokesman and deputy chief-of-staff of the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) speculated in early December, Myanmar could have put its newly acquired submarine into action in the Andaman Sea from Dec 24 last year.