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Casinos not main problem
News, Editorial, Published on 14/12/2021
» The Thai government has been toying with the idea of making gambling legal in the country for the past two decades. The plan, however, has been thwarted time and time again by the arguments that gambling isn't aligned with the principles of Buddhism, and doing so will bring about more vice.
Myanmar's saint who lost her way
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/11/2020
» Almost completely obscured by the blanket global coverage of the US election, they are having one in Myanmar too. The outcome is even more a foregone conclusion, although in this case it will confirm the existing government in power. But it is only by condoning a great crime that democracy there survives.
Forest peoples key to climate solutions
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 13/08/2019
» With Greenland's ice sheet now melting at a rate of up to 4.4 million swimming pools per day, Bangkok could be submerged under water much sooner than we had thought.
Xmas spirit a Thai virtue
News, Editorial, Published on 24/12/2018
» The celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ is one of the few holidays so widely marked. It may not be a holiday in Thailand, but there is probably no one unaware of Christmas. Many Christians criticise the commercial atmosphere, but there's really no escaping it. The giving of gifts and the "Christmas spirit" of peace and joy is worth noting by everyone, everywhere.
Myanmar's Rohingya issue handled poorly
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 08/09/2017
» Less than a year after its last major upsurge in communal violence underpinned by religious tensions between Buddhism and Islam, the northern section of Myanmar's western Rakhine state bordering Bangladesh is again beset with another bout of similar turmoil and bloodshed. The pattern of conflict and violence this time is similar to late last year but the scale and scope are much wider and more lethal. At its root, the ongoing violence in Rakhine is more mixed than the Manichean images of good versus evil being portrayed in the international media.
Tolerance tough when injustice lingers
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/02/2017
» Our society seems short of love and compassion -- not only for political dissidents but also for the socially-cast underdog and economically impoverished.
Suu Kyi's challenge
News, Pankaj Mishra, Published on 24/08/2016
» Yangon is suddenly a city of "phablets". Nowhere in Asia, let alone Europe, have I seen so many supersized smartphones in public spaces, and with such egalitarian appeal: Pavement vendors selling early 20th century British guides to English grammar seem as transfixed by them as Yangon's smart set playing Pokemon Go.
About Politics
News, Published on 30/04/2016
» Muan Maha Prachachon lays a firm political foundation for the NCPO v Nepal's move to hold a major Buddhist event is shrouded in suspicion over its motives v Internal dissent over its charter draft stance is troubling the Democrat Party
Empathy key to halt exodus
News, Published on 29/05/2015
» Expectations run high for the delivery of substantive measures to stop the modern-day slave trade at the regional meeting today in Thailand on solutions for the surging boat people crisis.
Women fight to swim against tide
News, Published on 08/03/2015
» A fish in the wrong water, Ticha Na Nakorn was sick of swimming against the tide in the Constitutional Drafting Committee and the National Reform Council. Ms Ticha had been pressing for constitutional protection of gender equality and a way to force political parties to meet quotas: She argued that one-third of their members should be women. Her ideas kept being outvoted, so last weekend she quit and was replaced by a man.