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  • OPINION

    Election rules need legal clarity

    News, Editorial, Published on 19/02/2023

    » After parliament's final session ended on Friday, there were calls for the government to dissolve the House earlier than the deadline of March 23. Needless to say, voters want to exercise their rights while parties want to start campaigning.

  • OPINION

    Brakes on seawalls

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/06/2023

    » The new environmental law on seawall project development is a real celebration of World Ocean Day, which fell on Thursday. The long overdue environmental code that requires environmental impact assessments (EIAs) for such structures is expected to help slow down the rapid development of seawall projects in coastal areas.

  • OPINION

    Uighurs' plight a lesson for govt

    News, Editorial, Published on 09/04/2023

    » The case of 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church who were arrested for overstaying visas in Pattaya last week brings back memories of the notorious repatriation of another group of Uighur refugees back to China in 2014.

  • OPINION

    Quit delaying the anti-torture law

    News, Editorial, Published on 29/01/2023

    » The long-awaited anti-torture law is set to take effect next month. However, the Royal Thai Police is requesting a delay in its enforcement, citing a lack of readiness. The government must reject this request as it is a last-ditch effort to preserve the police's often violent interrogation tactics and culture of impunity.

  • OPINION

    Honour models for democracy

    News, Editorial, Published on 18/12/2022

    » Since the 1998 ouster of the dictator Suharto -- who ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for over three decades -- the world's fourth most populous nation has undergone a series of rapid changes. Once dependent on foreign aid to exercise its basic functions, Indonesia has firmly established itself as a major economic player in the Asia-Pacific region, with the distinction of being the only Southeast Asian economy to be included in the Group of 20.

  • OPINION

    End era of the chainsaw

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/03/2022

    » The report last week about the renewed ban to protect the famous century-old Yang Na trees lining the iconic Chiang Mai-Lamphun highway could sound to some like an encouraging sign for urban tree conservation.

  • OPINION

    Pandemic no time to play favourites

    News, Editorial, Published on 31/01/2021

    » A pandemic, by its very definition, affects the entire world without exception. After all, viruses -- be it the novel coronavirus, polio, or HIV -- do not discriminate on the basis of background.

  • OPINION

    Patients left in disharmony

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/07/2020

    » The Medical Council yesterday gave people a rather unpleasant surprise with its announcement detailing the obligations of patients seeking medical services.

  • OPINION

    Ailing patient needs help

    News, Editorial, Published on 03/02/2020

    » The novel coronavirus outbreak has sent a shock wave to the world economy, and Thailand is among countries bearing the brunt of the impact.

  • OPINION

    Angkhana fights on after 20 long years

    News, Editorial, Published on 17/03/2024

    » During the peak of the violence in the Deep South, prominent human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit was abducted and disappeared without a trace on March 12, 2004. Despite two decades having passed, truth and justice remain elusive, compounding his family's pain stemming from an unjust justice system.

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