• OPINION

  Pandemic no time to play favourites

  News, Editorial, Published on 31/01/2021

  » A pandemic, by its very definition, affects the entire world without exception. After all, viruses -- be it the novel coronavirus, polio, or HIV -- do not discriminate on the basis of background.

• OPINION

  Land bridge needs rethink

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/10/2023

  » The government deserves praise for its quick work to promote investments in Thailand. That said, speed is not always of the essence when the project in question has a considerable impact on the country.

• OPINION

  Pink card graft appals

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/06/2023

  » A bribe scandal involving the issuance of identity cards for ineligible Myanmar migrants in Tak's Mae Sot district shows how deeply rooted corruption is in this country and the failure of the Prayut Chan-o-cha government to clean up the state service over the past nine years.

• OPINION

  Child refugees deserve better

  News, Editorial, Published on 19/03/2023

  » Thailand, a predominantly Buddhist country, takes pride in having compassion as a core societal value. Thus, how astonishing the contradiction that it is the only nation that officially refuses to aid child refugees.

• OPINION

  Not on the govt's clock

  News, Editorial, Published on 13/03/2023

  » Today, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will visit Ratchaburi as part of a series of provincial trips before his four-year term ends on March 23.

• OPINION

  Rohingya need urgent rescue

  News, Editorial, Published on 25/12/2022

  » Today, as Christmas marks a celebration of family and giving around the world, about 200 Rohingya refugees are stranded at sea, starving and dying. For the past three weeks, they have gone without food and water. About 20 of them, including women and young children, have died. More will get sick and die if they do not receive help in time.

• OPINION

  Bimstec's time to shine has come

  News, Editorial, Published on 03/04/2022

  » From the tales of Lord Rama to the wisdom of Lord Buddha, the South Asian and Southeast Asian regions are not only historically intertwined, but also founded on a shared cultural heritage. Perhaps this shared history alone was enough to convince four nations under the Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand Economic Cooperation (Bist-Ec) arrangement to come together to pen the Bangkok Declaration on June 6, 1997, to promote economic development, social progress and regional cooperation.

• OPINION

  Fishing sector still 'unclean'

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/07/2021

  » Once again, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government has affirmed its commitment to combatting human trafficking and slave labour.

• OPINION

  Not ready for online classes

  News, Editorial, Published on 12/01/2021

  » Not only has the resurgence of the novel coronavirus hit the country's public health sector -- and subsequently, its economy -- hard, but it has also exposed the disparities in the nation's education system.

• OPINION

  Stop the cyber bullies

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/09/2020

  » When Pacharaporn Chantarapradit, a young beauty contestant vying for the Miss Grand 2020 title, voiced support for the pro-democracy demonstrators during a question-and-answer session, she might have expected some criticism. But some of those who disagreed with her views went too far.

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