• OPINION

  Avoiding a religious row

  News, Editorial, Published on 20/01/2016

  » It is unclear why authorities in the South have pushed a project for a new Buddhist park in Pattani province. Indeed, as of yesterday at least, provincial officials had provided no specifics. The central government seems confused but it is crystal clear that local people have grave doubts, and have spoken about them clearly.

• OPINION

  Keep kids safe on roads

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/12/2022

  » Society does not need another Seven Dangerous Days to highlight the peak time for road accidents in Thailand during the national long weekend. It sadly happens too often. The public has long witnessed mayhem on the roads.

• OPINION

  Keep an eye on wages

  News, Editorial, Published on 01/09/2022

  » As the government last week approved long-awaited increases in the minimum wage, it must also roll out staunch measures to ensure the cost of living is well under control, with minimal impact on the public.

• OPINION

  Young need help with Covid blues

  News, Editorial, Published on 30/05/2021

  » The effect of Covid-19 and lockdowns on the mental health of Thailand as a nation cannot be questioned or ignored, but who is paying attention to the nation's children and teenagers?

• OPINION

  Educate, not shame, litterbugs

  News, Editorial, Published on 20/09/2020

  » More than 20 million tourists visited the nation's 154 national parks in 2019, generating some 2.2 billion baht in revenue, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP). Besides providing a much-needed cash influx, human carelessness or perhaps ironically a lack of care for the environment also meant that these visitors brought with them rubbish -- and lots of it -- in the form of plastic, styrofoam, glass, metal and more.

• OPINION

  Take more care with park waste

  News, Editorial, Published on 01/12/2019

  » The death of a male deer in Nan's Khun Sathan National Park highlights the growing need for a plastic management plan in the country's conservation zone.

• OPINION

  Hard lessons from Podul

  News, Editorial, Published on 03/09/2019

  » The serious damage to vast areas of the North and Northeast from Tropical Storm Podul is a testament to the country's water management failure.

• OPINION

  Weaponised defamation

  News, Editorial, Published on 01/12/2018

  » The price of telling the truth to the powerful can be high and devastating for ordinary people in Thailand, where the criminal defamation law is more popular than the civil libel law.

• OPINION

  Laos dam disaster a warning for Thailand

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/08/2018

  » The breach of Xe Pian Xe Namnoy dam in southern Laos that killed dozens of villagers, with several still missing, should be a wake-up call for Thai authorities who this week issued disaster warnings while rolling up their sleeves for possible incidents.

• OPINION

  Time to bite bullet on rabies scourge

  News, Editorial, Published on 11/03/2018

  » The rabies situation in this country requires utmost serious attention. Last week The Protection and Disease Control Office declared 13 provinces red zones for the fatal disease which killed three people this year.

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