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  • OPINION

    What about us?

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/02/2024

    » Re: "Govt working on visa-free travel deal", (BP, Feb 13).

  • LIFE

    Getting soft power right

    Life, Published on 08/01/2024

    » After three months in office, the Srettha Thavisin government has raved on about populist policies in the guise of digital wallets and soft power projects that will create income to boost our declining economy. With optimism, we learned that Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Pheu Thai party leader and head of the National Soft Power Strategy Committee (NSPSC), has drafted a budget of 5.1 billion baht to boost festivals and creative industries. It is welcoming news to hear this government is priortising art, music, literature, design, fashion, film, food, games, sports and festivals as essential sources for the creative economy. Where this enormous chunk of budget will come from, like digital wallets, remains to be seen.

  • OPINION

    Who will benefit?

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/12/2023

    » Re: "Farmers given new title deeds option", (BP, Dec 22).

  • OPINION

    Injustice abounds

    Postbag, Published on 10/09/2023

    » Re: "Restore trust in justice", (BP, Editorial, Sept 8).

  • OPINION

    And the winner is — Thai Buddhism

    Oped, Published on 31/05/2023

    » Having followed Thai politics rather closely since the 1960s, I suggest that the best explanation for the results of the recent May 14 election is Thai Buddhism.

  • TRAVEL

    From past to present

    Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 24/11/2022

    » On a Saturday morning, I strolled through a maze of narrow lanes in quest of a simple brunch at Bang Namphueng Floating Market, located in the Thai-Mon community of Bang Krachao. This was my second visit in two years and this time it was merely a stopover on my way to Samut Prakan.

  • LIFE

    Lessons of history

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 13/10/2021

    » After decades of military authoritarianism, student demonstrators in Bangkok began to call for the restoration of constitutional rule and a return to democracy. In the face of the challenge, the entrenched generals refused to negotiate and arrested the protest leaders, claiming they were influenced by communism. It paved the way for the popular uprising of Oct 14, 1973.

  • TRAVEL

    A place where time moves slow

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 08/04/2021

    » A double-decker ferry docked at a pier on the bank of the Don Sak River in Surat Thani's Don Sak district, about a 90-minute drive from Surat Thani Airport. The destination was not world-renowned Koh Samui or Koh Phangan but a smaller more low-profile island named Koh Phaluai.

  • OPINION

    Powers-that-be see no hypocrisy in their actions

    News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/03/2021

    » Is it a case of split personality or mass delusion?

  • THAILAND

    Loss of protest leaders 'critical'

    News, Published on 16/10/2020

    » The anti-government rally on Wednesday reflects structural conflicts in society while the anti-government movement is expected to weaken now several protest leaders have been arrested, an academic said.

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