• OPINION

  Don't let it be a train in vain

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/02/2022

  » The affordability, usability and efficiency of Bangkok's mass-transit system leaves much to be desired.

• OPINION

  Take a break, Sorayuth

  News, Editorial, Published on 02/03/2016

  » It was business as usual for TV news anchor Sorayuth Suthasanajinda and Channel 3 the morning after the Criminal Court on Monday found the former guilty of cheating the Mass Communications Organisation of Thailand (MCOT) out of 138.7 million baht in advertising revenue.

• OPINION

  Tram U-turn a big letdown

  News, Editorial, Published on 18/05/2021

  » For the central government, Phuket was definitely a golden goose. The renowned tourist destination, which during the pre-Covid era pulled in more than 400 billion baht a year for the country, ranked second only to Bangkok in terms of total revenues generated from tourism.

• OPINION

  Thamanat saga a blight

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/05/2021

  » The Constitutional Court's verdict on the status of Capt Thamanat Prompow did not raise any eyebrows, nor did it bring the whole nation to a shocked standstill. After all, society has become used to surprises from our judicial system that run contrary to public sentiment.

• 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

  Challenge of contagion

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/03/2020

  » The exodus of illegal workers from South Korea, the world's No.2 hotspot for Covid-19, has given rise to grave concerns that the disease which has claimed more than 3,200 lives worldwide may well become a pandemic.

• OPINION

  Army chief a fearmonger

  News, Editorial, Published on 03/01/2020

  » As the army chief, Gen Apirat Kongsompong should stay out of politics. But he has always found it hard to resist the temptation of spreading or stirring biased and provocative political messages. His latest remark, which suggests possible arms robbery and associated street violence, is as weak and bewildering as ever because it is not accompanied with even a shred of evidence. It also lacks a sense of certainty. What is certain is that it is a disservice to the nation.

• OPINION

  Surakiart has a tough task

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/02/2018

  » The Myanmar government continues to dig itself into deeper trouble over the crisis it created with the Rohingya. Worse, it is rapidly creating an atmosphere of belligerence. There seems plenty of means available to discuss and solve the situation via talks with neighbours and the international community. Instead, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the nation's military have only become more isolated.

• OPINION

  Call off rap song probe

  News, Editorial, Published on 30/10/2018

  » Just as the sun rises every day, the Royal Thai Police and its Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) were predictably quick to pounce on the flash-mob popularity of song sensations Rap Against Dictatorship (RAD).

• OPINION

  Defending the indefensible

  News, Editorial, Published on 19/09/2018

  » The conversion of Aung San Suu Kyi from human rights champion to defender of military violence has been painful to watch. The Myanmar leader capped her change last week. At a UN-sponsored conference in Hanoi, she sloughed off questions about the brutal expulsion of 700,000 Rohingya, who now are refugees. Shockingly, she defended the imprisonment of two Myanmar reporters by praising a law written by colonialists to intimidate and punish her own country's citizens.

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