• OPINION

  Pandemic no time to play favourites

  News, Editorial, Published on 31/01/2021

  » A pandemic, by its very definition, affects the entire world without exception. After all, viruses -- be it the novel coronavirus, polio, or HIV -- do not discriminate on the basis of background.

• OPINION

  Walls close in on free press

  News, Editorial, Published on 06/04/2018

  » With news reports and commentaries swapping between praising and criticising the ruling regime, most mainstream media staff survive direct state intimidation. But two senior journalists recently ran foul of the junta.

• OPINION

  Deep roots to land row

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/02/2024

  » The dispute concerning approximately 2,900 rai of forest land within Khao Yai National Park involving the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation and the Nakhon Ratchasima Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro), highlights concerns regarding a land reform policy aimed at upgrading Sor Por Kor land -- formerly non-transferrable plots allocated to impoverished farmers -- into title deeds.

• OPINION

  Wild animals are not pets

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/01/2024

  » The report about a wealthy foreigner driving along a crowded street in Pattaya this week with a lion cub in the back of his Bentley convertible is not just another gaudy display of excessive richness.

• OPINION

  Rethink debt servicing

  News, Editorial, Published on 01/12/2023

  » Informal debt has been a chronic problem in Thai society, affecting a large number of people, particularly low-income earners.

• OPINION

  Casino plans need rethink

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/11/2023

  » The plight of the 160-plus Thais who were duped to work in call centres and casinos in Myanmar's Shan state reminds us of the alarming reality that Thailand is becoming a major transit route for human trafficking and money laundering for casino businesses and online scams in the lower Mekong region.

• OPINION

  Condo action still needed

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/10/2023

  » An order by the Administrative Court to revoke the construction permit and environmental assessment study reports of another city condo highlights the serious need to tighten the work of state agencies in regulating these luxury housing projects.

• OPINION

  Stamping out gun crime

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/10/2023

  » The shooting at a luxury department store in the centre of Bangkok on Tuesday has shed light on "blank guns" -- recreational guns that have become popular weapons here. The double homicide that took place in the late afternoon at a jam-packed shopping mall red-flags the dire need for Thailand to revise its feeble gun policy.

• OPINION

  Modern parents need full support

  Editorial, Published on 24/09/2023

  » When it comes to demographics, Thailand is unique compared to its neighbours in Southeast Asia, in more ways than one.

• OPINION

  Restore trust in justice

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/09/2023

  » Politicians and wealthy suspects running away from the arms of the law are not new in Thailand. Too many times, Thais have seen the odious twisting of the legal system where suspected culprits have managed to avoid the courtroom.

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