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  • OPINION

    Temple row needs fixing

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/07/2023

    » A long-standing row between the abbot of Wat Kalaya and the noble Pravitra family demonstrates loopholes in conservation laws and poor enforcement as several heritage places are being threatened in the name of development.

  • OPINION

    Temple corruption erodes public faith

    Oped, Published on 28/04/2021

    » As corruption soars in predominantly Buddhist Thailand, its temples are also facing a serious erosion of public faith due to rife corruption in the closed, non-transparent clergy.

  • OPINION

    Will Si Quey rest?

    Life, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 27/07/2020

    » I grew up hearing adults use Si Quey as a boogeyman whenever I misbehaved.

  • OPINION

    Welcome to the really silly season

    Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 24/12/2023

    » It's Christmas Eve and we are well into the Jinger Ben season in Thailand (Jingle Bells to the uninitiated). But in these dodgy times one suspects there might not be too much jingling going on. Nonetheless, considering all the gloomy news of late, a couple of weeks of being a bit daft offers a welcome break. So we might as well make the most of the Jinger Ben jollity, like a lady teller at my bank who was sporting some rather cute rabbit ears.

  • OPINION

    Too hot for some

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/01/2024

    » Re: "SET credibility crisis", (PostBag, Jan 2). Neither "Unfairly treated", nor Paul Renaud need any pity. After all, "Unfairly treated" remarks himself in his contribution that denial of equal rights to foreign investors has been the established practice for years. So if you know this and can't stand the heat, don't stay in the kitchen.

  • OPINION

    Bahtist meditation

    News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2022

    » Re: "Temple graft shows need for reform", (Opinion, April 11).

  • OPINION

    Between the lines

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/08/2023

    » Re: "Political drama peaks", (Editorial, Aug 22).

  • OPINION

    Don't follow blindly

    Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 22/05/2023

    » 'Never be a blind follower of people in life. Whatever people demonstrate on the outside, in reality, they may be the opposite inside."

  • OPINION

    No hell in Buddhism

    Published on 21/08/2023

    » Re: "Macabre deity statue to be obscured from public view", (BP, Aug 19) & "Keeping the faiths", (Editorial, Aug 19).

  • OPINION

    Irrational sentence

    News, Postbag, Published on 21/02/2020

    » "A former abbot of Wat Sa Ket (Golden Mount) was sentenced to a suspended jail term of 36 months and fined 27,000 baht for embezzlement of 69.7 million baht in temple funds", read your online report concerning the politely termed "malfeasance" of a senior monk and a bunch of criminals from the National Office of Buddhism.

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