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Firming it up
Postbag, Published on 12/11/2023
» Re: "Bankers allay app concerns", (Business, Nov 9).
Would you like to time travel?
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 12/12/2022
» Time travel remains a fantasy since we can't actually step into a blue police box or a DeLorean to journey into the fourth dimension.
World Cup hopes
News, Postbag, Published on 13/11/2022
» Re: "Fifa asked to drop its price," (BP, Nov 11).
Riding the green wave
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 27/06/2022
» Only two weeks after decriminalising cannabis, Thailand is experiencing a green rush. Since June 9, when the legalisation of marijuana for home and commercial use took effect, almost 1 million people registered to grow it with food and drug officials, while more than 40 million have checked out the registration platform. There's a growing public interest in the cash crop -- though some farmers remain doubtful -- and it is paving the way for "cannabis journalism".
About time
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/03/2022
» Re: "Cabinet gives nod to polls in city, Pattaya," (BP, March 9).
Were we misled?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/11/2021
» Re: "Anti-Covid pill budget sought, migrants to get jabs," (BP, Nov 3).
Anti-coup crackdown takes fatal turn
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 01/03/2021
» Myanmar's security forces have unleashed a concerted crackdown on the country's peaceful protesters leaving 23 dead and thousands injured throughout the country in the last two days. In planned pre-emptive strikes, the police moved ruthlessly to disperse and arrest protestors preparing to join yesterday general strike. "They used teargas, stun grenades and fired live ammunition indiscriminately into the crowds," said Soe Soe, a young university student at a protest site told the Bangkok Post.
Move quickly, PM
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/09/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has a valid point: Covid-19 could easily spread at the mass protest planned for tomorrow, especially as the protesters may stay overnight.
There's nothing wrong with an accent
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 23/02/2020
» There has been some debate in the letters column of the Bangkok Post lately regarding the teaching of English in Thailand. It has included discussion on whether people with strong regional accents are suitable for teaching Thai kids.
Suu Kyi stands up to lawsuit avalanche
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 25/11/2019
» Myanmar's top leaders -- both military and civilian -- have been shell-shocked by the avalanche of international legal cases they are now facing. In the space of days, three cases have been lodged in separate courts, all intended to make the Myanmar government and the country's military leaders accountable for the horrendous events that unfolded in strife-torn western Rakhine state during military operations over the last three years. These forced nearly a million Muslims, or Rohingya as they call themselves, to flee to safety in Bangladesh.