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Rallies are about seeking equality
News, Editorial, Published on 09/12/2018
» The "yellow vests" protest phenomenon which gripped France over the past few weeks may make some policymakers engaged in a fight against global warming think about a policy U-turn. It should not be so.
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Stop creep of 'full Sharia'
News, Editorial, Published on 11/04/2019
» On Tuesday, an LGBTI group protested outside the Brunei embassy in Bangkok, rallying against the tiny oil-rich nation's imposition on April 3 of full Sharia law, which among other barbaric acts punishes sodomy by stoning offenders to death.
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A 'Mayday' call for better wages
News, Editorial, Published on 01/05/2022
» Covid-19 has changed the dynamics and definition of work. Today, no one bats an eye when they see people immersed in their miniature-laptop world at a beach or coffee shop.
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Senate jabs shame House
News, Editorial, Published on 12/04/2021
» Thailand's vaccination programme has never been far from the spotlight since details first emerged. As the country faces a third wave associated with entertainment venues in Thong Lor, there needs no further proof that the inoculation programme is going at a snail's pace. Now priority has become an issue.
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Educate, not shame, litterbugs
News, Editorial, Published on 20/09/2020
» More than 20 million tourists visited the nation's 154 national parks in 2019, generating some 2.2 billion baht in revenue, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP). Besides providing a much-needed cash influx, human carelessness or perhaps ironically a lack of care for the environment also meant that these visitors brought with them rubbish -- and lots of it -- in the form of plastic, styrofoam, glass, metal and more.
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Weaponising the origin of Covid-19
News, Editorial, Published on 24/05/2020
» The push for an independent investigation into the origins of the coronavirus is picking up steam.
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UN must act to defuse tensions
News, Editorial, Published on 05/01/2020
» After the killing of Iran's top military commander Maj Gen Qassem Soleimani by the US on Friday morning, the world is gripped with worry over a new round of proxy war between the world power and its arch enemy.
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Facebook opens way to nightmare
News, Editorial, Published on 12/05/2019
» A palpable frisson of exultation and a sense of impending victory could be felt among those to the left of the political spectrum on Facebook last week when the social media titan, in all of Mark Zuckerberg's wisdom at the grand old age of 34, decided to ban certain accounts deemed as "dangerous".
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Allow judicial criticism
News, Editorial, Published on 19/04/2019
» When law lecturer-turned-politician Piyabutr Saengkanokkul read out a statement by his Future Forward Party (FFP) on the Constitutional Court's dissolution of the Thai Raksa Chart Party in March, it did not cause him much trouble.
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Thanks, but no thanks
News, Editorial, Published on 28/01/2019
» It seemed like only hours after the official announcement of an election date that the three biggest foreign influencers were rushing in to announce how they intend to help. While each has a slightly different plan, Facebook, Google and Line management quickly lined up to get in on the Thai political action. The first reaction from the Election Commission was to welcome them to the fray. The EC should think again.
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