• OPINION

  Liberalisation voices grow

  News, Editorial, Published on 29/04/2019

  » The marijuana expo that took place last weekend in Buri Ram proves that there is a rising demand for liberalisation of cannabis in Thailand.

• OPINION

  Fretting over fishy business

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/03/2018

  » The government's decision to import fresh fish from a radioactive-contaminated area in Japan's Fukushima prefecture has raised alarm among consumer groups. Such concerns bring no surprise.

• OPINION

  Liu's legacy will live on

  News, Editorial, Published on 15/07/2017

  » Even though the totalitarian rulers of China might have succeeded in preventing Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo from living longer, they will find it hard to prevent people in China and elsewhere from keeping the legacy of the human rights and democracy advocate alive.

• OPINION

  Thaksin case leaves stain

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/02/2024

  » Finally, convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who has never stayed even a night in jail since returning from self-imposed exile in August, is to gain his freedom when he is discharged on parole, probably today.

• OPINION

  All older cons need support

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/08/2023

  » Video clips of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra doing exercise recently went viral. Images showed Thaksin vigorously punching and kicking a training bag, and he was also filmed lifting dumbbells and in a swimming pool. The scenes were presumably recorded some time ago during his self-exile overseas.

• OPINION

  Sex ed needs revamping

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2023

  » Valentine's Day has become an event that policymakers and advocacy groups in Thailand use to launch campaigns against unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and other gender issues. This year is no different.

• OPINION

  Boost air pollution control

  News, Editorial, Published on 11/09/2022

  » In recent days, most city residents have been preoccupied with navigating heavy rains and floods, so a report by Greenpeace India last week on air pollution and access to air quality data may have gone unnoticed.

• OPINION

  Rethinking cannabis

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/12/2021

  » In a progressive move, the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine plans to have local cannabis strains registered as a national heritage item before seeking Unesco recognition.

• OPINION

  Farm chemicals remain a pest

  News, Editorial, Published on 15/08/2021

  » Last Monday saw an important court ruling on hazardous farm chemicals. The verdict issued by a California court should serve as a sign for the Thai government to review its policy on farm chemicals and the much-debated weed killer glyphosate.

• OPINION

  Nuclear tainted water a no-go

  News, Editorial, Published on 18/04/2021

  » Early last month, Japan honoured the victims of a triple disaster in which over 20,000 people lost their lives. The catastrophic chain of events began with a 9.0-magnitude earthquake -- the Great East Japan Earthquake as it came to be known -- which caused a tsunami with 38-metre high waves which crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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