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  • THAILAND

    Debate host a model in cool

    News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 15/03/2021

    » With her intense gaze and a pen in her right hand, Jomquan Laopetch has become a household name as she moderates heated debates between those on different ends of the political spectrum. The termination of her contract with Thairath TV at the end of January made headlines and prompted widespread speculation about her next move. She is now host of new programme The Matter every Friday.

  • BUSINESS

    Somchai picked to stay on as executive at AIS

    Business, Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Published on 25/01/2023

    » Somchai Lertsutiwong, chief executive of Advanced Info Service (AIS), will continue in his leadership role at the country's leading mobile operator for at least another year, says Sarath Ratanavadi, vice-chairman of the company's board.

  • OPINION

    It all began with a soapy TV 'moustache'

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 18/09/2022

    » With Liz Truss becoming the 56th British prime minister, it got me thinking about how many PMs there have been in my lifetime. The answer is 16, going back to Clement Atlee, which is a bit scary. In fact, while I was still residing in the UK there were only six PMs.

  • OPINION

    Anti-coup crackdown takes fatal turn

    News, Larry Jagan, Published on 01/03/2021

    » Myanmar's security forces have unleashed a concerted crackdown on the country's peaceful protesters leaving 23 dead and thousands injured throughout the country in the last two days. In planned pre-emptive strikes, the police moved ruthlessly to disperse and arrest protestors preparing to join yesterday general strike. "They used teargas, stun grenades and fired live ammunition indiscriminately into the crowds," said Soe Soe, a young university student at a protest site told the Bangkok Post.

  • LIFE

    A Summer to Remember

    Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 06/08/2021

    » After a year hiatus, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games finally kicked off and will conclude on Sunday. More than 10,000 athletes from 206 countries marched joyously in front of thousands of empty seats (due to Covid-19 restrictions), while millions of sports fans cheered from home. This year's motto is "United By Emotion", expressing the power of sport to connect people from diverse backgrounds from all over the globe. Guru has created a timeline of all the memorable moments till the time of going to print, as well as interesting facts about the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, for your reading pleasure.

  • OPINION

    Are we ready for the first real automatons?

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 30/01/2021

    » They were planning to put on a play written by an artificial intelligence programme in Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic, this month, to mark the invention of robots (or at least the idea of robots) in the same city exactly one hundred years ago. The coronavirus pandemic got in the way of that, and it will now only be available free online late next month. Kind of symbolic, really: the future is quite different than what they expected.

  • OPINION

    Move quickly, PM

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/09/2020

    » Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has a valid point: Covid-19 could easily spread at the mass protest planned for tomorrow, especially as the protesters may stay overnight.

  • OPINION

    Just desserts, Suu Kyi

    News, Postbag, Published on 09/02/2021

    » Re: "Myanmar journalists wait and watch", Opinion, Feb 7).

  • OPINION

    In the wake of the not so great debate

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/10/2020

    » While there might have been an element of entertainment in a perverse sort of way watching the US presidential candidates slagging one another off like squabbling children, these politicians still have a lot to learn in the art of insulting behaviour.

  • OPINION

    Students wronged

    News, Postbag, Published on 22/09/2020

    » Re: "Point taken, but no", (PostBag, Sept 21).

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