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Suvarnabhumi can shine again
Editorial, Published on 10/03/2024
» When it was opened to the public in 2006, Suvarnabhumi Airport reflected the mood and aspirations of the entire nation. The airport's main terminal -- a sprawling glass-and-steel structure that covered an area of about 500,000 square metres before its subsequent expansions -- was designed to look like a floating pavilion, its undulating canopy creating an illusion of space. The airport's design language is worlds apart from Don Mueang's, and the message to arriving passengers that Thailand, like its gleaming, brand-new airport, is open and ready to take a step into modernity was clear.
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Still more work to do at THAI
News, Editorial, Published on 26/02/2023
» Thai Airways is in the spotlight once again, but for the wrong reasons. In what has now become a viral TikTok video, a user showed how cabin crew failed to collect meal trays from a seat as a flight from Singapore to Bangkok was about to land.
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Demerits not enough
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/01/2023
» The frequency and severity of traffic accidents on Thailand's roads are not only reflective of the nation's below-par safety culture. Some accidents, like the one which went viral over the weekend, show how in the kingdom, law enforcement can still be bent to the will of wealthy individuals who are looking to get away with their crimes.
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Go easy on the car seats
Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/05/2022
» A new regulation that makes car seats for children mandatory seems to have come at a bad time. Motorists are complaining the requirement will add to their plight with regard to the surging cost of living.
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Drunk, angry and armed
News, Editorial, Published on 14/08/2017
» Twice in the past two weeks, out-of-control military men in the deep South have attacked innocent civilians. Three people were wounded by gunfire by army rangers. In both cases, the rangers offered the most feeble and unacceptable excuses to try to mitigate their actions. More tellingly, just one local commander in the Pattani province outrages showed any responsibility. From the army headquarters and from the military regime in charge of the men responsible, there was no reaction at all.
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Roads still too deadly
News, Editorial, Published on 15/04/2017
» At a glance, the lower death toll at the beginning of this year's Songkran festival may give the impression that the government's road safety campaign has yielded some success. However, this is not quite the case.
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Air safety needs work
News, Editorial, Published on 18/01/2017
» Civil aviation has given Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha fits almost from the day of the 2014 military coup. He has appointed three directors, and when new blood failed to do the job, he tried full reform. He even took a figurative broom, swept out years of dirt and sloth and gave a new name to the Department of Civil Aviation. But while the new Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has made progress, it is still left wanting.
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Vans not worst killer
News, Editorial, Published on 09/01/2017
» After yet another failed government effort to bring down holiday road fatalities, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha talked tough. He said he intends to bring his Section 44 powers to bear, even though harsh road traffic enforcement has so far flunked the test.
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Dolls just one of many fads
News, Editorial, Published on 28/01/2016
» The concern voiced just a few days ago by Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya that the "angel child" or luk thep dolls might be used to smuggle drugs on board a commercial plane has been proven to be true.
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Action, not words, will cut the road toll
News, Editorial, Published on 29/11/2015
» The announcement was as ambitious as it was overshadowed: the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation last week set the goal of reducing Thailand’s road toll by 80% in the next five years. It is a bold and worthy goal and would save thousands of lives annually if it ever becomes reality. For now, however, the words are just that: a promise that threatens to ring hollow without significant action to support it.
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