• OPINION

  Come clean on Yingluck

  News, Editorial, Published on 12/09/2017

  » The official version of the "great escape" by ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is coming apart. More importantly, the public is rapidly losing confidence in the government's ability to reconstruct what occurred -- or concoct a credible account.

• OPINION

  Casinos must benefit Thais

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/03/2024

  » As the digital wallet and land bridge plans face uncertainty, the Srettha administration is making a new political move with its casino complex economic stimulus project.

• OPINION

  Myanmar still a   ticking time bomb

  Editorial, Published on 19/11/2023

  » In the three years following the Feb 1 coup in Myanmar, the situation in the country has gone from bad to hellish. In fact, the situation has deteriorated so much that Thailand has no option but to start taking proactive steps to prepare for an imminent humanitarian crisis.

• OPINION

  Grim road toll stats not enough

  News, Editorial, Published on 17/04/2022

  » This year's Songkran holidays might have been a bit livelier with return of at least some fanfare and a trickle of foreign tourists, but one thing certainly has continued to put a damper on the festive mood -- the government's grim, if not misguided, obsession with counting road accidents and deaths throughout the holiday period.

• OPINION

  Covid rules must apply to everyone

  News, Editorial, Published on 06/02/2022

  » Since the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Prayut Chan-o-cha administration has been known for sending mixed signals. But the unpredictable nature of the outbreak means the government can no longer afford to mince its words when it comes to disease-control regulations. It has to be firm in underscoring that its rules apply to everyone.

• OPINION

  Leaky border poses risk

  News, Editorial, Published on 24/05/2021

  » The alarming report of new Covid-19 variants found in a construction worker camp in Bangkok and in the deep South again shed light on the problem of illegal migration.

• OPINION

  Time to fix migrant policy

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/12/2020

  » Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appears to have finally smelt the coffee and woken up -- albeit rather late -- to the pressing need to tackle the smuggling of foreign migrants, which is one of the factors contributing to the country's new coronavirus nightmare.

• OPINION

  Covid cases a warning shot

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/12/2020

  » After several months without reports of any further Covid-19 cases, the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai are now at risk of becoming infection hotspots after three new cases were detected this week.

• OPINION

  Nip Covid fiasco in bud

  News, Editorial, Published on 08/12/2020

  » With Covid-19 infection cases rising in Chiang Rai, tourism-related businesses in the northern province are starting to feel the coronavirus pinch.

• OPINION

  Pride can lead to a fall

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/12/2020

  » Over the past several months, Thailand has taken pride -- too much pride -- in its impressive track record in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic with zero local transmission. That pride finally led to complacency -- not only among the general public, but the health authorities as well.

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