• OPINION

  In the dark on army's shadowy powers

  News, Editorial, Published on 03/04/2016

  » Estimates vary, but two wrongs tend to make things twice as wrong. As bad at the Royal Thai Police have been, and this newspaper has been a strident critic of their myriad failings, the junta’s unilateral decision last week to turn soldiers, sailors and airmen into the nation’s second, shadow police force is extremely troubling.

• OPINION

  Time to learn from mistakes

  News, Editorial, Published on 25/08/2016

  » Decades ago Bangkok residents -- Thais and expatriates alike -- complained and toiled as they spent one and a half to two hours travelling from home through the city's heavy traffic congestion to work each morning. They repeated this tortuous ritual again in the evening. Bangkok's horrendous traffic is the first thing that comes to mind when tourists are asked of their first impressions when visiting the Land of Smiles. For Bangkok residents, the daily traffic ritual to and from work has not changed. For many tourists, Bangkok's traffic is still at the top of their minds.

• OPINION

  Zika inaction is deplorable

  News, Editorial, Published on 03/10/2016

  » Two weeks after Asean health ministers agreed to step up the sharing of information on the Zika virus, the most informed and credible data about Asean countries is from the other side of the world. Not only are the Public Health Ministry and its counterparts doling out information like it was rationed, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has better, more credible advice. This disconcerting situation is unacceptable.

• OPINION

  No rays of hope here

  News, Editorial, Published on 13/10/2016

  » After dozens of endangered stingrays died and more aquatic animals went belly-up on the Mae Klong River, why is it that the Department of Pollution Control and related state agencies are still in the dark about what caused the deaths?

• OPINION

  'Safety last' too common

  News, Editorial, Published on 20/12/2016

  » A pair of incidents late last week pinpointed a serious chain of failures which have become all too common. An attempt to tear down an old building in Bangkok failed completely, when the building collapsed and killed four workers, injuring others. Just a day later, an "adventure tourism" attraction in Chiang Mai failed. A zipline ride turned into a horror show and injured three foreign tourists.

• OPINION

  Navy's 'toys' indefensible

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/02/2017

  » Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, the minister for defence, has confirmed the Royal Thai Navy will spend 13.5 billion baht for one Chinese-made submarine, delivery guaranteed in 2017. Plans to spend 27 billion baht for two additional subs have been approved in principle. It is a disappointing rejection of both public and expert opinion that opposes the long drawn-out plan to equip the navy with submarines on every conceivable ground imaginable.

• OPINION

  The moral high ground

  News, Editorial, Published on 17/03/2017

  » The standard of responsibility and ethics set by Thai PBS director Krisda Rueangareerat and National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commissioner Supinya Klangnarong should be one that state officials, politicians and public figures strive to attain.

• OPINION

  Doing right by voters

  News, Editorial, Published on 12/08/2017

  » Two new election rules recently proposed by the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) sound ripe for controversy even before they are implemented.

• OPINION

  Lift order on gatherings

  News, Editorial, Published on 23/12/2017

  » Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has once again resorted to his absolute power and allowed political parties to do some administrative work. The partial lifting of the political ban heralds the start of the country's roadmap to an election.

• OPINION

  T-shirt saga a witch hunt

  News, Editorial, Published on 15/09/2018

  » In what seems to be nothing other than a witch hunt against a small group of people who hold a political ideology seen as unorthodox in Thailand, the military junta has set a bad precedent and made an unjust move in slapping severe criminal charges against four people, who are alleged to have promoted the political concept through the distribution of T-shirts.

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