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    Navigating Thailand's energy transition

    Oped, Published on 25/04/2024

    » In Thailand’s National Energy Plan (NEP) — a blueprint outlining the country’s energy strategy from 2023 to 2037 — a small portion of nuclear energy is included as one form of alternative energy.

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    Thais complicit in crime

    Postbag, Published on 21/04/2024

    » Re: "Cops up ante on foreign criminals", (BP, April 17).

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    Put culture first in old town revamps

    Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 28/03/2024

    » Will Thailand's old towns include their old communities as they are renovated? In many of these important districts, institutional owners of land are apt to evict legacy tenants to make way for redevelopment, threatening vintage architecture and eroding vibrant local cultures and ways of life.

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    Tough security law dims Hong Kong's lustre

    Oped, Published on 28/03/2024

    » There was no hint of dissent in Hong Kong's Legislative Council as its 88 members passed Article 23, a piece of draconian domestic Security legislation which "complements" Beijing's own 2020 Security stamp on the Special Administrative Region.

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    Bad habits on full display

    News, Editorial, Published on 25/03/2024

    » The primary duties of MPs are vetting laws and scrutinising fiscal budget legislation. However, a recent incident involving a member of the Pheu Thai Party sparked criticism and raised concerns over the ethical conduct of elected representatives.

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    Deeds fair and foul

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/03/2024

    » The decision to visit Phuket this week by the Lower House's committee on business development is timely as the issue of fierce competition brought on by illegal foreign businesses in tourist towns is grabbing headlines.

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    Developing nations sour on multilateralism

    Oped, Published on 23/03/2024

    » Multilateralism is waning, and one of the world's leading multilateral institutions, the WTO, is in crisis because the US has been blocking new appointments to its dispute settlement mechanism's Appellate Body since 2018. In the run-up to the WTO's 13th Ministerial Conference last month, some optimists hoped to see progress on specific issues, such as an agreement not to impose tariffs on digital commerce, but expectations were generally low.

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    Green tech bans not implausible

    News, David Fickling, Published on 19/03/2024

    » In a world riven by great-power conflict, economic decoupling, high inflation, and worries that the interests of capital are being put ahead of workers, an obvious enemy can emerge: technology. The best way to preserve the status quo is to destroy the machinery that promises a change to existing ways.

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    Visa snub

    Published on 11/03/2024

    » Re: "PM sets ambitious goals for tourism", (BP, March 9).

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    Political 'privilege'

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/03/2024

    » With the court acquitting her of charges linked to a roadshow campaign, the countdown has begun for fugitive ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to return to Thailand after more than 10 years of self-imposed exile. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, leader of the Pheu Thai Party and Yingluck's niece, said the runaway ex-PM wants to come home but has not yet set a date.

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