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    Green tech bans not implausible

    News, David Fickling, Published on 19/03/2024

    » In a world riven by great-power conflict, economic decoupling, high inflation, and worries that the interests of capital are being put ahead of workers, an obvious enemy can emerge: technology. The best way to preserve the status quo is to destroy the machinery that promises a change to existing ways.

  • OPINION

    Detained Uyghurs deserve freedom

    Oped, Published on 08/03/2024

    » Few people realise that Thailand has been holding more than 40 Uyghur asylum seekers in immigration detention for a decade. The danger to this remaining group is real. The new government of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin should free these forgotten people who fled dangerous conditions in China and arrange for their resettlement in a third country.

  • OPINION

    US-led naval force may not end Houthi ship strikes

    News, Published on 22/12/2023

    » US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin has announced a new military effort in the Middle East: Operation Prosperity Guardian. It will bring together a coalition of nations to safeguard the dangerous waters of the Red Sea, North Arabian Sea and western Indian Ocean from surprisingly sophisticated attacks by Iranian-sponsored terrorists from the Houthi rebellion in Yemen.

  • OPINION

    Audience of one is better than none

    Roger Crutchley, Published on 13/08/2023

    » There was a story from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last week concerning English actress Georgie Grier whose one-woman show Sunsets attracted a grand audience of one. A tweet with pictures of a tearful Grier after the show prompted considerable sympathy and the following night she found herself performing to a near full-house which she joked felt the equivalent of "Wembley".

  • OPINION

    The rise of political stress syndrome

    Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 31/07/2023

    » As Thailand's new government formation will significantly impact numerous people, most are following the matter closely. However, the effort to stay informed has caused stress to both supporters of pro-democracy parties and those in favour of the junta and conservative parties.

  • OPINION

    Regional triad is drawing closer

    Oped, Published on 27/04/2023

    » The northeast region comprising India's eight northeastern states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim -- is undergoing dramatic change.

  • OPINION

    Making use of big data for gender equality

    Oped, Published on 21/03/2023

    » 'What gets measured gets done." It is a well-worn maxim attributed to everyone from management guru Peter Drucker to physicist Lord Kelvin. Regardless of who said it first, the point is a crucial one: If there are no data illustrating a problem or imbalance, it is unlikely to be a consideration, let alone a priority, for those in a position to address it.

  • OPINION

    Women's access to the digital world

    Oped, Poonam Khetrapal, Published on 08/03/2023

    » On International Women's Day, which falls today, WHO is calling for intensified action in the South-East Asia Region and across the world to ensure that every woman and girl, everywhere has timely and equitable access to digital innovations and technologies that can protect, promote and support health and well-being, and accelerate gender equality.

  • OPINION

    Drowning reminder

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/02/2023

    » This week marks the first anniversary of the most reported drowning accident in Thailand's modern history. A year (and a day) ago on the night of Feb 24, actress Nida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong died after falling off a speedboat in the Chao Phraya River.

  • OPINION

    Commit to end torture

    News, Editorial, Published on 21/02/2023

    » Tomorrow should have been a historic day for human rights in Thailand. It should have been a time for human rights advocates and the public to celebrate because the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act -- a crucial piece of legislation which took 14 years to pass -- was supposed to come into effect.

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