• OPINION

  The train robbery that gripped a nation

  Roger Crutchley, Published on 20/08/2023

  » Last week on television I watched the two-part series The Great Train Robbery, an intriguing account of the audacious heist that made headlines in Britain all those years ago. It slowly dawned on me that this month is the 60th anniversary of that extraordinary robbery which took place on August 8, 1963, on the Royal Mail train from Glasgow to London. Frightening how time flies.

• OPINION

  Army chief a fearmonger

  News, Editorial, Published on 03/01/2020

  » As the army chief, Gen Apirat Kongsompong should stay out of politics. But he has always found it hard to resist the temptation of spreading or stirring biased and provocative political messages. His latest remark, which suggests possible arms robbery and associated street violence, is as weak and bewildering as ever because it is not accompanied with even a shred of evidence. It also lacks a sense of certainty. What is certain is that it is a disservice to the nation.

• OPINION

  Fear of virus is more deadly

  Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 16/03/2020

  » 'We're thinking about stocking up on some food and water soon. How about you?" asked my sister last month. She said that her husband was worried about Covid-19, which has killed more than 4,000 people and infected more than 118,000 in 114 countries so far.

• OPINION

  Gender equality still falls short

  Editorial, Published on 03/03/2024

  » As the world prepares to commemorate International Women's Day on Friday, the recent tragedy involving the disappearance and murder of 27-year-old Chonlada "Noon" Muthuwong has cast a stark light on the persistent violence against women in Thailand.

• OPINION

  The million-baht 'misunderstanding'

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/09/2022

  » Last week a man was arrested in connection with a house robbery that took place in Bangkok almost 11 years ago which involved five other suspects who have already been detained. It suggests police can pursue old cases effectively if they put their mind to it.

• OPINION

  The misguided US 'democracy summit'

  Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 10/12/2021

  » The United States government under President Joe Biden is putting up the right fight in a counterproductive way in its online organisation of a "summit for democracy" this week. Much touted since he won the election in November last year, President Biden's summit of democracies has proved controversial, with both good intentions and unintended consequences. The real battleground, as clichés about the benefits and drawbacks of democracy go, is to make the case that popular rule where citizens should have rights and freedoms for their own collective self-determination is ultimately preferable and superior than all other forms of government.

• OPINION

  It's all aboard for the Land of Nod

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/11/2021

  » You may have seen a news item during the week on how Hong Kong has launched a special bus service named the "Sleeping Bus Tour" for citizens who are desperate for forty winks. Apparently there are a lot of insomniacs in Hong Kong as a result of the stress of living in one of the world's busiest cities.

• OPINION

  Govt duty to curb virus hate crime

  News, Editorial, Published on 12/04/2020

  » A hugely popular Phuket-based Facebook Page, Spotlight Thailand, caused a stir last week with a shameful poster attacking foreigners and tourists in Thailand for failing to comply with anti-virus measures like social distancing and mask wearing in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.

• OPINION

  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.

• OPINION

  Covid-19 crisis brings out the empathy

  News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 28/03/2020

  » As the Covid-19 virus continues whipping us with more infections, 1,136 cases at last count, a wave of empathy has surged in our society.

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