• OPINION

  Legal casinos no easy feat

  News, Editorial, Published on 01/04/2024

  » The House's acknowledgement last week of a study creating legal gambling zones in the country sparked widespread debate about their finances and social impacts.

• OPINION

  Eras Tour a wake-up call

  News, Editorial, Published on 11/03/2024

  » In the brouhaha surrounding Taylor Swift's exclusive concert deal with Singapore, the Thai government -- instead of trying to emulate our nice neighbour's shrewd stratagem in paying artists not to play in neighbouring nations -- should focus on the fundamental problem that Thailand, despite being a preferred tourist destination, is not a priority choice for acclaimed concerts.

• OPINION

  Longer hours welcome

  News, Editorial, Published on 16/10/2023

  » The government's plan to extend the opening hours of nightspots nationwide is welcome. If implemented, the move will be a tonic that revitalises the country's tourism sector. Downstream operators in tourism, such as taxi drivers, transporters and food vendors, will also benefit from the extension, creating benefits for the wider economy.

• OPINION

  Under the weather

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/10/2023

  » The collapse of a fabric roof at Indoor Stadium Huamark has stoked fears about the safety of operating in public buildings.

• OPINION

  Safety first with public facilities

  News, Editorial, Published on 02/07/2023

  » Tragedy struck at Don Mueang Airport this week when a woman bound for Nakhon Si Thammarat ended up in a Bangkok hospital instead after her leg became caught in a moving walkway at the capital's low-cost carrier hub -- forcing an emergency amputation by rescue workers in full view of a shocked domestic terminal.

• OPINION

  Use the tourism fund ethically

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/01/2023

  » Thailand is no stranger to superlatives. Some of them do not engender pride, such as being among the top three nations with the highest number of coups; but a few others, such as having the most visited capital city in the world, make everyone beam with pride.

• OPINION

  The Children's Day divide

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/01/2023

  » Today is National Children's Day. Like every National Children's Day for the past several decades, several governmental agencies will organise a variety of entertainment activities for children, mostly in urban areas, such as games and exhibitions. The armed forces are expected to roll out obsolete tanks and other weaponry to show to our children.

• OPINION

  Failed escape stirs doubts

  News, Editorial, Published on 28/12/2022

  » The attempt by Prasit Jeawkok, a businessman implicated in a high-profile fraud case, to flee a Criminal Court during a hearing on Dec 22 puts the state security system and the officers involved in an unflattering light.

• OPINION

  Mafia pull alive and well

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/12/2022

  » Over the past two weeks, police have launched a series of crackdowns on "grey businesses" in several provinces allegedly linked to the Chinese businessman and alleged triad boss known as "Tuhao".

• OPINION

  Don't botch durian trade

  News, Editorial, Published on 03/12/2022

  » Unripe or substandard durian has always been a thorn in the side of Thailand's durian exports, particularly at the start of each harvest season when the so-called "king of fruits" fetches the highest prices due to limited supply and high demand.

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