• OPINION

  A fund for toxic waste

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/04/2024

  » Accidents involving toxic waste are not unusual in Thailand. With weak law enforcement and irresponsible operators, Thai society has been affected by several accidents and threats caused by toxic waste management or the lack thereof.

• OPINION

  River safety needs action

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/03/2022

  » In just one month, there have been two explosions aboard oil tankers on the Chao Phraya River -- which flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. The accidents claimed two lives, and injured a number of others, as well as alarming river community residents and users of the river. However, the reaction of the Marine Department leaves much to be desired.

• OPINION

  Undo hazing shackle

  News, Editorial, Published on 07/08/2015

  » August does not only mark the start of the first semester of universities and colleges. It also kicks off the hazing season which refuses to go away despite numerous premature deaths from hazing violence.

• OPINION

  Fast-track law on pollution

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/02/2024

  » On Wednesday, environmental groups submitted a draft of the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) law to parliament. This is not the first time the groups -- comprised of EnLAW, Ecological Alert and Recovery-Thailand and Greenpeace (Thailand) -- have been trying to push this crucial piece of legislation into law.

• OPINION

  Another year, same blasts

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/01/2024

  » Tomorrow, the Lower House Committee on Industry will summon the five ministries responsible to discuss how to improve safety at fireworks factories following reports that a facility in Suphan Buri, where a deadly blast that killed 23 people occurred last Wednesday, may have had 500 kilogrammes of explosive materials stored inside.

• OPINION

  Time to solve Uighur saga

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/02/2023

  » The death of Aziz Abdullah, a Uighur detainee at Bangkok's Immigration Detention Centre, is the epitome of the government's mishandling of those escaping China's southwestern Xinjiang region as well as the Muslim minority group's long-forgotten plight on Thai soil.

• OPINION

  40-baht compo farce

  News, Editorial, Published on 28/12/2021

  » News of how a man whose house was damaged by a fire at Ming Dih Chemical Co in Samut Prakan province in July received just a 40 baht payment only confirms that compensation mechanisms in Thailand are flawed and need fixing.

• OPINION

  Paying price for slackness

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/03/2020

  » Two explosions right in front of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC) in Yala's Muang district that injured many on Tuesday came as a shock, not only because the bombers carried them out in broad daylight, but also because the SBPAC is a highly strategic place that is supposed to be well guarded. Such successful attacks speak volumes about the lax security measures that have justifiably triggered public alarm.

• OPINION

  Collar bombers not scapegoats

  News, Editorial, Published on 04/08/2019

  » The series of bombings in Bangkok and Nonthaburi, which injured four people last week, is a challenge to the new Prayut Chan-o-cha administration and those in charge of security affairs.

• OPINION

  New year, fresh hope

  News, Editorial, Published on 01/01/2019

  » Another year, another promise of an election -- only this time the promise appears to be real. The fourth year and part of the fifth under the military regime were hardly noteworthy. The nation survived but did not prosper, economically or morally. There is almost universal hope in every corner of the country that 2019 will be different.

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