• BUSINESS

  Green recovery

  Asia focus, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/06/2021

  » While Covid-19 continues to rage across the world, the Singapore government is pushing ahead with an ambitious sustainability strategy to build back an even stringer economy and society in the post-pandemic era.

• OPINION

  Time for govt to show Karen some heart

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 12/04/2021

  » After struggling for survival on an empty stomach for days, Karen villagers who fled the war atrocities in Myanmar, from an area under the control of the Karen National Union, took shelter along the Salween River. They received some food and medicine, supplied largely by non-profit organisations, temples, Thais, and fellow ethnic people.

• OPINION

  Education 'reform' is an utter failure

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 14/12/2020

  » The World Bank's recent report on a decline in Thai students' performance in the Program for International Student Assessment (Pisa) is a slap in the face for the government, particularly the Education Ministry, under Nathapol Teepsuwan.

• OPINION

  Violence as yellow shirts overreact

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 16/11/2020

  » Last week, a rally by a group of ultra-royalists in Nakhon Si Thammarat turned ugly after some elements from the crowd attacked a car, which they falsely believed to be carrying the co-founder of the Progressive Movement, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, out of a hotel. This is a sign that violent confrontations will be inevitable.

• OPINION

  Not time to get tough or stage another coup

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/10/2020

  » The crackdown on peaceful, unarmed protesters last Friday signalled the government's intention to get tough with pro-democracy groups. Such a stance prompts condemnation as well as concerns over violent confrontation.

• OPINION

  Subs plan could sink govt fortunes

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 24/08/2020

  » Even when the economy is thriving, with high GDP figures, we expect the government to spend rationally. Therefore, the government's decision to go ahead with the 22.5 billion baht submarine purchase at a time when the country is struggling amid economic contraction, millions are out of work because of Covid-19 restrictions and depend on state assistance, has understandably triggered outrage.

• OPINION

  Crackdown on youth protesters will backfire

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/08/2020

  » Remember how just two decades ago, Thailand was regarded as a progressive democracy among Asian nations? The recent arrests of a civil rights lawyer and a student activist, which appear to be the prelude to a widespread crackdown on youth movements, made me lose hope over the state of democracy in the country.

• OPINION

  Keep missing activists in public memory

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 15/06/2020

  » Nearly two weeks into what is believed to be the forced disappearance of self-exiled activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the investigation into the case seems to be going nowhere.

• OPINION

  Thai TV series give ugly truths a rosy hue

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/05/2020

  » As I've been following progress of the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Myanmar, I can see the project receives little attention from the mainstream Thai media, despite the fact the contentious project involves a big investor, the Thai government -- and human rights violations.

• OPINION

  When our govt gets into the fake news game

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 02/03/2020

  » Browsing through social media platforms, many of us must have experienced a wave of information warfare propelled by dubious and mysterious social media users whose profile pictures are images of animals or scenery and whose friend lists are very short.

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