• OPINION

  Kids not taught about horrific history

  News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 31/01/2019

  » The 19-year-old BNK48 singer, Pichayapa "Namsai" Natha, could not have been the only one who was unintentionally insensitive to the World War II holocaust when she wore a T-shirt featuring a Nazi flag with a swastika during a rehearsal last Friday.

• OPINION

  History repeats as graftbusters fall flat

  News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 04/01/2019

  » If it was the subject of a piece of detective fiction, the long-running probe by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) into allegations that Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon deliberately concealed assets in the form of over 20 luxury watches would probably be a colossal flop: forgotten overnight or ridiculed for years to come.

• OPINION

  Hard lyrics shame the status quo

  News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 28/10/2018

  » Are the powers that be threatened by a rap song? This question came to mind on Friday after finding out how the police and the government had reacted to the song, <i>Prathet Ku Mee</i> (What My Country's Got) by young all-male Thai rappers, Rap Against Dictatorship. It prompted me to check out the video on YouTube. Since then I've kept replaying it. I've also got an answer.

• OPINION

  Plagiarism is innovation's cul-de-sac

  News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 07/09/2018

  » What's new? That's what my reaction was when I learnt about the plagiarism allegation levelled at Thai architect Duangrit Bunnag over the winning design for Suvarnabhumi airport's new terminal that has been ongoing over the past week.

• OPINION

  World Cup is fun, mystery killings are not

  News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 18/06/2018

  » Similar to the World Cup in Russia, the justice system in Thailand has never run short of spectators holding their breath hoping for a just and fair play. Like a football match, they pick their team.

• OPINION

  Litter louts, not drinkers, the real park pests

  News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 05/12/2017

  » At national parks during the festive season every year, do you know what human behaviour I think is arguably far more disturbing than loud noises made by "drunken" visitors?

• OPINION

  Prosecuting a country's 'CEO' a risky move

  News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 27/07/2017

  » Should chief executive officers (CEOs) who inflict losses on companies be jailed for mismanagement and then be forced to compensate the firms? If so, national leaders -- like ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra who is undergoing a criminal trial for implementing the supposedly loss-ridden rice-pledging scheme -- could face the same prospect of punishment for a flawed project.

• OPINION

  Don't turn NHS Act into a tragedy

  News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 21/06/2017

  » How would you feel to be a destitute patient waiting to be treated at a state hospital? You might feel desperate, bitter and embarrassed as you kept one eye on the clock knowing you were only going to get a second-rate service.

• OPINION

  Construction accidents no small matter

  News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 08/05/2017

  » It was horrifying to see the image of a gigantic crane that recently fell to the ground of the Red Line elevated rail construction site in Bangkok, killing three workers. What's more frightening is the knowledge that five "similar incidents" related to the same project, handled by the same contractor, took place before.

• OPINION

  Petty drug users should not be pariahs

  News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 17/03/2017

  » After losing her final court battle on Wednesday, former model Chachchaya "Yuyee" Cuesta Ramos will spend the next 15 years in a cell for possessing and smuggling 251 milligrammes of cocaine into the country -- a charge she has denied.

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