• OPINION

  Five-star salaries too fat

  News, Editorial, Published on 17/11/2018

  » In a move that has perplexed many, the junta-appointed National Legislative Assembly (NLA) yesterday approved in principle a bill that aims to "legalise" the fat pay cheques of generals, admirals and air chief marshals who have been awarded the "special" five-star rank in the military.

• OPINION

  End era of the chainsaw

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/03/2022

  » The report last week about the renewed ban to protect the famous century-old Yang Na trees lining the iconic Chiang Mai-Lamphun highway could sound to some like an encouraging sign for urban tree conservation.

• OPINION

  Ailing patient needs help

  News, Editorial, Published on 03/02/2020

  » The novel coronavirus outbreak has sent a shock wave to the world economy, and Thailand is among countries bearing the brunt of the impact.

• OPINION

  Dress code a non-issue

  News, Editorial, Published on 12/07/2019

  » The matter of what to wear and what not to wear in parliament brought to the fore by Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MPs this week reflects their inability to get their priorities right on what to debate and what not to debate in the Lower House.

• OPINION

  Rallies are about seeking equality

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/12/2018

  » The "yellow vests" protest phenomenon which gripped France over the past few weeks may make some policymakers engaged in a fight against global warming think about a policy U-turn. It should not be so.

• OPINION

  Update the computer law

  News, Editorial, Published on 18/04/2018

  » If events over the past two weeks do not convince the government to write an actual law covering computer fraud, maybe nothing will. The first unfortunate event was to threaten a Chiang Mai magazine editor with a computer crime charge over something that had nothing to do with computers (or crime, come to that). The second was the reluctant admission by the country's second mobile phone company of security misbehaviour, putting tens of thousands of customers at risk. That is not a crime.

• OPINION

  Walls close in on free press

  News, Editorial, Published on 06/04/2018

  » With news reports and commentaries swapping between praising and criticising the ruling regime, most mainstream media staff survive direct state intimidation. But two senior journalists recently ran foul of the junta.

• OPINION

  Take a break, Sorayuth

  News, Editorial, Published on 02/03/2016

  » It was business as usual for TV news anchor Sorayuth Suthasanajinda and Channel 3 the morning after the Criminal Court on Monday found the former guilty of cheating the Mass Communications Organisation of Thailand (MCOT) out of 138.7 million baht in advertising revenue.

• OPINION

  Heed charter draft gripes

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/02/2016

  » The government on Wednesday launched a special television programme to "educate" the public on the draft charter. It is a useful move considering the public finds legal-speak very difficult to understand. But it risks being self-defeating if it turns out to be an attempt to shoot down criticisms in a one-sided manner.

• OPINION

  Port saga never ends

  News, Editorial, Published on 17/04/2024

  » Governments have tried to move Bangkok Port in Klong Toey to Laem Chabang deep-sea port in Chon Buri province many times.

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