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Time to take data security seriously
News, Editorial, Published on 12/12/2021
» As we enter the last weeks of 2021, there's no better time to reflect on the past 12 months than now. While Covid-19, vaccine inequity, reversals on gains made in the fight against poverty, climate change, and shifting geopolitical conflicts captured the public's imagination, another scourge also made its presence felt, although rather discreetly.
Keeping up with crypto
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/12/2021
» Thailand's digital financial service industry is doing well when giant retail businesses have intergrated cryptocurrency into their business transactions.
Dismantling Africa, one nation at a time
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 04/11/2021
» Something is going wrong in Africa. Nigeria and Ethiopia, the two most populous countries on the continent, are both stumbling towards disintegration. There are now 54 sovereign African countries, which really ought to be enough, but in a few years there could be 60.
Ramp up data safety
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/09/2021
» It is shocking to learn that hackers managed to crack into the database of a state hospital in Phetchabun and make a profit from selling the information of thousands patients on the dark web.
What should development assistance actually do?
Oped, Published on 11/08/2021
» Development aid is one of the most important policy tools that rich countries have for transferring resources to help poor ones. Between 1960 and 2013, OECD countries gave $3.5 trillion (in 2009 dollars) (117 trillion baht) of official development assistance (ODA). Approximately $568 billion (in 2003 dollars) went to African countries.
Fishing sector still 'unclean'
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/07/2021
» Once again, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government has affirmed its commitment to combatting human trafficking and slave labour.
Keep goading FAD
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/06/2021
» I realise you can't publish a letter full of photographs, but I'm submitting this in the hope that you will continue goading the Fine Arts Department (FAD) into upping its game when it comes to preserving the kingdom's Heritage.
Lessons from history
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2021
» Re: "Govt jab management fails to hit home," (Opinion, June 14).
Push for online ID law a mistake
News, Published on 14/06/2021
» News that the Thai government may be considering implementing an internet real name law for social media platforms, to monitor so-called fake news and online harms, is alarming. I know because my country, South Korea, tried the same thing a decade ago and I was part of the process that lead to it being struck down by the Constitutional Court as unconstitutional in 2012.
Does govt fear 'fake news', or the truth?
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 12/06/2021
» Fake news is the virus of the internet. It grabs your attention and you tend to share it among your circle of friends, and some of your friends will do the same. Before long, it goes viral.