• OPINION

  Failing over rights, failing ourselves

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/09/2017

  » As they posed before the media cameras, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen were all smiles. According to their official statement, they were both looking for joint prosperity as the two countries aim to boost cooperation.

• BUSINESS

  A better digital future

  Asia focus, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 28/09/2020

  » The coronavirus quarantine period turned out to be a productive time for Aliya, a 35-year-old interior designer based in Bangkok.

• OPINION

  Shooting messengers won't solve crisis

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 02/08/2021

  » Thailand is doing better than other countries in curbing the Covid-19 pandemic. We have several thousand cases and more than 100 deaths a day. But the government led by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha can handle the situation effectively, and you all can trust his dream team. Everyone can easily access testing and vaccines. No one dies on the street. No one is left behind in a severe health condition.

• OPINION

  Govt failing to channel help to the most needy

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/03/2020

  » Amid a shortage of medical supplies, many, including celebrities, have either launched or joined fundraising campaigns to help provide medical professionals with equipment needed to battle the Covid-19 pandemic in a show of solidarity and empathy in this time of crisis.

• OPINION

  EU sends Hun Sen a sharp message

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/02/2020

  » The European Commission's announcement last week of the partial suspension of Cambodia's duty- and quota-free access to European Union (EU) markets deals a blow to both the Hun Sen government and his country's economy given the EU is Cambodia's largest trading partner.

• OPINION

  Jobless graduates a wake-up call

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 20/11/2019

  » Recently, I've been hearing more and more reports of young graduates finding it difficult to get a job. Some have been forced to rely on their parents for financial support, or else take a master's degree just to keep them busy.

• THAILAND

  Migrants face changing climate

  Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/07/2018

  » The arrival of May once reminded Lin Na that the first rain of the year was on its way. The ground in her small village of Prey Veng province in southern Cambodia would start to soften, dampened by rainfall. This time each year, she would help her family cultivate a two-hectare rice field, the main source of food and income for them throughout the year.

• OPINION

  Growing pains for Myanmar amidst reform

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/05/2018

  » When San Dar Aye, a young ethnic Mon woman living in Ye town in the south of Myanmar, showed me a vast mudflat where her fellow villagers had replanted a mangrove forest, she told me the saplings would be "the future" of their communities.

• THAILAND

  Priced out of prosperity

  Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 29/10/2017

  » Shortly after the bell sounds, the open-air canteen of the garment factory on the outskirts of Maha Sarakham town starts to fill up. The workers get in line as they chat and eye cheap eats, welcoming a moment of midday rest after working for four long hours in the morning.

• LIFE

  Sporting a new look

  B Magazine, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 24/09/2017

  » On the projection screen before the audience read the words "Miracle of Change" next to a photo of a lady softly smiling. The woman we see before us was once known as a man named Pinit Ngrampring, the founder of Cheerthai Power, a group of football fans responsible for pushing the popularity of the sport in Thailand.

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