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Asean should back a new Myanmar
Oped, Published on 24/01/2024
» On Jan 28-29, Asean's foreign ministers will meet in historic Luang Prabang, until 1975 the capital of Laos, their host country. It will be their first meeting since Laos took over Asean's rotating chairmanship from Indonesia at the beginning of the year.
Lonely sheep survives real cliffhanger
Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/11/2023
» Some rare good news last week was the rescue of the "world's loneliest sheep" from a rugged beach in northeastern Scotland. The sheep, a ewe named Fiona, had been stuck on the beach at the foot of a steep cliff in an isolated spot of the Moray Firth for the past two years without any woolly friends or non-woolly humans for company.
Good chance of being caught on the hop
Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/01/2023
» To mark this weekend's Chinese New Year celebrations for Year of the Rabbit it seems appropriate to dedicate today's column to our cuddly cottontail friends, otherwise known as bunnies. Let's hope not too many of them end up in a pie or stew. As a precaution, just be careful when you order "today's special".
The populist climate threat
Oped, Published on 04/10/2022
» Reactionary populism is now the biggest obstacle to tackling climate change. With outright climate denial no longer an option, populist politicians have increasingly positioned themselves as climate doubters and delayers, and this new approach is proving to be quite insidious. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that global greenhouse-gas emissions must peak within three years to keep the Paris agreement's 1.5° Celsius target in reach; by slowing effective action, the tactics of today's populists are becoming an existential threat.
PM's book choice baffles nation
News, Erich Parpart, Published on 04/06/2019
» When I saw the headline, that Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha had recommended the people he is repressing read George Orwell's Animal Farm, I thought it was fake news from a parody page.
You think this is a game?
Oped, Alan Dawson, Published on 14/10/2018
» The general prime minister went to Japan and all we got is another lousy T-shirt that says "The Election Is Next Year".
Politics is sport for Newin
News, Published on 08/09/2018
» Newin Chidchob, a veteran politician who has turned his focus to football and motorsport in the northeastern province of Buri Ram, has made headlines again as the regime is expected to ease its ban on political activities some time this month.
When hacking becomes disinformation
News, David Wise, Published on 27/10/2016
» During the Cold War, the Soviet KGB coined the term "desinformatsiya", or disinformation, which the CIA defined as "false, incomplete or misleading information" fed to various targets. Both the Soviet Union and the United States engaged in the same game, though the Russians played it far more vigorously.
Unlike Zico, Prayut scores an own goal
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 22/12/2014
» The choice for the inaugural "Returning Happiness to the Thai People Award" is clear. And the winner is not Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Play by the rules, stop biting back
Oped, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/06/2014
» If I were to rob the most heavily guarded bank in Switzerland, I wouldn’t pick Luis Suarez to be on my team. He has the courage, but he would spoil the plan, bite the tellers, thrash around on the floor and throw our operation into disarray. Sinking his teeth into an Italian defender, Suarez was slapped with a four-month ban, starting from the match between his Uruguay and Colombia. He’s forbidden even from entering the football stadium. It’s a provisional excommunication, a Fifa coup de grace.