• OPINION

  Wrong way to help kids

  News, Editorial, Published on 25/04/2016

  » A new campaign to fight child abuse has taken a high profile -- on the sides of Bangkok city buses. A pair of non-governmental organisations have hooked up with a big advertising agency and the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority to put huge photos of missing children on the vehicles. This is a heartfelt and well-meaning project that unfortunately misdirects attention from a very real problem.

• OPINION

  Make the South safer

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/08/2016

  » A thwarted attack in the deep South last week emphasised a problem that has been ignored by both military authorities and previous governments. A petrol station owner in rural Yala province became suspicious and called 191 after a man parked a pickup beside her pumps and fled on a waiting motorcycle. Sure enough, there was a large unexploded bomb in the truck. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team rushed to the scene.

• OPINION

  Binding ties of kinship

  News, Editorial, Published on 29/09/2016

  » How far can Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha distance himself from scandals surrounding his younger brother, retiring defence permanent secretary Gen Preecha?

• OPINION

  Safer roads a long way off

  News, Editorial, Published on 04/01/2017

  » The high death toll from road accidents during the New Year holidays attests to one sad fact: The state's attempts to make our roads safer are a complete failure.

• OPINION

  Clean up the justice system

  News, Editorial, Published on 14/01/2017

  » Three news reports are in the public spotlight this week. The outrageous details should leave the government with no option but to get serious about the long-overdue reform of the justice system.

• OPINION

  Keep a lid on Songkran

  News, Editorial, Published on 13/04/2017

  » The Songkran Festival officially begins today. Unlike previous years, the water splashing activities especially in Bangkok will take place in regulated calmness thanks to a series of state orders that are driven by the need to promote road safety and curb traffic-related fatalities.

• OPINION

  Revisit the pickup rule

  News, Editorial, Published on 21/04/2017

  » The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), Department of Land Transport (DLT) and police must come up with a clear decision on pickup tray passengers soon or confusion will reign.

• OPINION

  Stop attacks, or stop talks

  News, Editorial, Published on 26/05/2017

  » The bombing of a Big C Supercenter in Pattani on May 9 has perversely put the government on the back foot. The car bomb attack which wounded 59 innocent civilians has been condemned worldwide for its savagery. It also raised political questions without clear answers for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and the regime. How the military proceeds in the coming days will probably determine whether there is even a slim chance of ending the southern violence.

• OPINION

  Amnesty must be on offer

  News, Editorial, Published on 14/06/2017

  » More than three years after the coup that promised reconciliation, the country remains divided. But the army is about to unveil its opaque plans to create national unity. The effort is certain to run into major roadblocks. That is because Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his first Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon have rejected calls to take this important issue to the people and grassroots across the nation.

• OPINION

  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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