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    Just the tonic for Covid

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/10/2023

    » As the country has overcome the coronavirus crisis, interest in promoting research into green chiretta or fah talai jone, a herbal medicine that played a role in treating a large number of patients at the peak of the pandemic, has subsided. This is unfortunate.

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    Japan LGBT law watered down amid culture war

    News, Published on 24/06/2023

    » Japan enacted a law to promote LGBT understanding last Friday after months of debate, but for some activists, the discussions did as much to entrench existing discrimination as encourage more open attitudes.

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    Combatting fake news the Asean way

    Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 06/06/2023

    » Three weeks have passed since the general election, and the Thai media is still flooded with fake news and disinformation of all kinds. Essentially, these are designed to harm a particular individual, a political group or the country. Overall, the country's domestic environment is very fluid. Aside from efforts to form a new coalition government, the most important issues are related to national security and diplomacy.

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    The only way to eliminate polio

    News, Published on 23/05/2023

    » When Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was found to be safe and effective in 1955, following a successful trial involving nearly two million American children, it marked a turning point in the fight against a highly infectious disease causing incurable paralysis or even death. Prior to Salk's discovery, between 25,000 and 50,000 cases were recorded each year in the United States alone, and little was known about how the virus spread.

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    Equality still a dream

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 09/01/2023

    » In the lead-up to its second reading, the civil partnership draft bill marks a decade since its inception, dating back to a gay couple who were denied legal recognition in 2012 because the law limits marriage to a man and a woman. Given the conservatism of earlier decades, civil partnership was "the first brick" at a time when marriage equality was almost inconceivable. However, history is often ignored. Despite its long journey in conjunction with the new bill, the uphill push for marriage rights will remain an unfinished business under the current government.

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    Too lax on Covid curbs?

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/01/2023

    » This Sunday, the Great Wall of Covid quarantine in China finally will be lifted, with millions of Chinese travellers set to make their first overseas trip in three years after an outbound travel ban that has been in place since January 2020.

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    Revamp 7-day campaign

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/12/2022

    » The New Year is just under two weeks away, and after almost three years of living under Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, many people are expected to travel to celebrate. This will be the first time in a while that people will feel free to travel and enjoy life to the fullest without the fear of being infected with the coronavirus. Yet, it also means that more road accidents are expected, particularly on highways, rural roads, and in big cities.

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    Life, liberty and lost China output

    Oped, Published on 15/12/2022

    » The anti-quarantine protests that erupted across China last month highlight the gulf between the Chinese people and Communist Party leaders regarding the necessity of the strict zero-Covid policy. Given the obvious disconnect, it is worth examining how and why the authorities and the public have grown so far apart in their assessment of the policy's costs and benefits.

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    Let's make a New Year Covid-19 resolution

    Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 05/12/2022

    » Thailand embraces the last month of 2022 not with a winter breeze but with a surge in Covid-19 cases -- a result of a dip in temperatures and increased crowd gatherings, not to mention loosened preventive measures against the infectious disease.

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    No easy exit from 'zero-Covid'

    Oped, Published on 30/11/2022

    » Following a deadly fire in a residential building in China's Xinjiang region -- which many blame on Covid-19 lockdowns -- Chinese protesters have taken to the streets to demand an end to stringent pandemic restrictions. Even before the protests erupted, there were signs that President Xi Jinping's administration was preparing to roll back the costly zero-Covid policy, though the exact timeline remains uncertain. But this process will be more complicated than many seem to realise.

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