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Animals caught in the middle
News, Published on 26/02/2012
» I am writing about the article in Friday's Bangkok Post on the raid on the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT) in Phetchaburi's Tha Yang district. This is such a tragic situation and I feel great pity toward the animals. They know nothing about the conflict between the WFFT and the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, but they are the ones who suffer. Both sides should negotiate.
Stain of child labour
News, Kultida Samabuddhi, Published on 26/10/2012
» The outcry from the seafood industry and the Labour Ministry following the release of a PBS documentary on the use of child migrant labour in the industry is giving me a case of deja vu.
Life from the back of a baht bus
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 20/03/2013
» More than a few seasoned travellers I know suggest that when you want to get a real feel for your destination, you should definitely visit a fresh market. There you can learn more about local lifestyles, how lives begin in the morning, partake of local delicacies and, perhaps most interestingly, observe town hygiene.
Listen to the words, not personalities
News, Published on 17/04/2013
» How do people form political beliefs? When will they change their minds? When will actual facts matter? A recent study, conducted by political scientist Brendan Nyhan of Dartmouth College and two co-authors, offers some clues.
Escape artist Korea offers key lessons
News, Published on 26/04/2013
» Five years after the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, developing nations confront a nasty pair of threats _ an excruciatingly slow global recovery, and the tsunami of easy money that rich-world central bankers have unleashed as they try to revive their own economies.
Crazy police are back
News, Published on 17/08/2013
» A year after the police ceased lining the sides of the road to harass motorists, they are back with a vengeance.
Real-life forensics hold no glamour
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 05/09/2013
» Forensic science has enabled police investigators to nail perpetrators, who otherwise would have gone scot-free. The recent brutal murder of Kankanit Suntratta is a case in point. Her corpse was left on the side of Kanchanapisek Road in Ayutthaya's Bang Pa-in district.
Why pay them pensions?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/09/2013
» A life-long pension of 15,000 baht a month for former lawmakers may not seem a huge amount of money these days, but the handout begs a big question: is it justifiable to continue paying these politicians, who are already better off than most people in this country.
Time to focus on silent killers
News, Published on 22/09/2013
» On Wednesday, world leaders will meet in New York at a special session of the United Nations to chart a path for a new set of sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Ombudsman's ruling brings own credibiity into question
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/10/2013
» The Office of the Ombudsman has cleared Finance Minister Kittirat Na-Ranong of any ethical misconduct over his "white lie" because, it says, he had not caused any damage to the private sector.