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Royal Irrigation Department must change ways
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/02/2024
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) keeps trying to start new megaprojects despite the fact these schemes are often opposed by local residents.
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BKK -- by the people
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/01/2024
» The latest update of the plan to rezone Bangkok has clearly put governor Chadchart Sittipunt in an uncomfortable position.
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Agri-pact unlikely to bear fruit for UN
News, Editorial, Published on 22/11/2020
» The newly developed partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the global agrochemical industry should be a cause for great concern. The collaboration shows the industry's tentacles reach deep even into organisations whose job it should be to insist upon rigorous standards and practices within the global food supply chain, both in terms of health and ethics.
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Victory for determination
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/07/2020
» A fierce fight to protect a pristine beach from a state-built seawall by villagers of tambon Muang Ngam in Songkhla's Singha Nakhon district has finally paid off.
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Decree risks overreach
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/04/2020
» Since the state of emergency was declared and the curfew imposed nationwide, hundreds of people have been arrested and charged for breaking the special laws.
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Student voices must be heard
News, Editorial, Published on 28/02/2020
» Discontented and resentful. Frustrated and angry. Students from at least 30 universities and schools across the country have taken part in rallies in the past week to protest what they describe as injustice and the disenfranchisement of their political rights amid dysfunctional democracy and the "broken" rule of law.
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Come clean on assets
News, Editorial, Published on 21/03/2019
» The plan by Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit to voluntarily transfer his assets to a so-called "blind trust" prior to becoming an MP is a welcome move, even though it is no magic bullet to avoid potential conflicts of interest.
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Tantrums sink peace efforts
News, Editorial, Published on 06/02/2019
» The failure of the government to kickstart peace talks on the South is a disappointment to all involved. The Malaysia-based Mara Patani negotiating faction said on Sunday it won't talk until a new Thai government is formed. Peace talks were already barely moving but Sunday's events mean there will be no chance of any official movement for at least six months.
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End bans on free speech
News, Editorial, Published on 21/11/2018
» Three months away from a possible election, the ban on political activities and basic freedoms is truly a mystery. There seems no logical reason to continue the bans. They were imposed by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) in the wake of the May 22, 2014, coup. They were regularised by formal edict early in 2015. The army-controlled junta continues to state it will not lift the bans "yet" and refuses to state an ending date.
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Falsehood proving fatal
News, Editorial, Published on 25/10/2018
» This week, another child become the ninth victim in Yala to die from measles since the outbreak began in the deep South in June, and which has quickly spread since then.
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