• OPINION

  Keep a lid on Songkran

  News, Editorial, Published on 13/04/2017

  » The Songkran Festival officially begins today. Unlike previous years, the water splashing activities especially in Bangkok will take place in regulated calmness thanks to a series of state orders that are driven by the need to promote road safety and curb traffic-related fatalities.

• OPINION

  Firetraps need fixing

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/11/2022

  » Saturday's tragedy in South Korea's Itaewon district has raised concerns about the management of crowded entertainment areas in many cities around the world.

• OPINION

  Govt pulls through with Songkran fest

  Editorial, Published on 21/04/2024

  » Peak celebrations for the Songkran holiday this year may have passed, but there are already a few refreshing signs lingering in the aftermath of the festivities.

• OPINION

  Weed bounty may go to pot

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/03/2023

  » Chuvit Kamolvisit's latest controversial revelations that cast a further shadow over the government's cannabis liberalisation policy engineered by the Bhumjaithai Party should serve as a warning over the monitoring of such dispensaries, which have mushroomed in number after the government removed cannabis from the Category 5 list of narcotics in the Royal Gazette on June 9 last year.

• OPINION

  Mall razing a rare win

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/04/2022

  » The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) yesterday began demolishing what remains of Bang Lamphu department store in Phra Nakhon district. The move is a rare victory in City Hall's fight against unsafe buildings in the capital.

• OPINION

  Review water splash ban

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/03/2022

  » The upcoming Songkran holiday will usher in a nationwide exodus, with hundreds of thousands of people heading back to their hometowns. This is a golden opportunity for tourism business operators to cash in on the celebrations, which would typically involve water-splashing on the streets.

• OPINION

  Handle SHA with fairness

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/11/2021

  » A few days after the country reopened, people returned to eating and drinking in public and enjoying life.

• OPINION

  Nation readies for new chapter

  News, Editorial, Published on 07/11/2021

  » The moment the nation has been praying for finally came last Monday after an 18-month spell where "Thainess" lost a little of its je ne sais quoi without the cacophonous backdrop of a steady stream of foreign tourists.

• OPINION

  Govt has very short memory

  News, Editorial, Published on 23/03/2021

  » The clash on Saturday night between police and a group of pro-democracy demonstrators which left more than a dozen injured again raises questions about the proportionate use of force by police officers.

• OPINION

  New virus find a wake-up call

  News, Editorial, Published on 06/09/2020

  » Just one day after Thailand marked its milestone of being free of locally transmitted coronavirus infections for 100 days, a new case emerged, raising fears of a second wave with a possible cluster spread which may force the government to declare a lockdown.

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