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    State schemes leave the poor behind

    Oped, Published on 25/03/2020

    » For people in their 80s, night time is for sleeping. Not for 83-year-old Khem, a poor villager in Buri Ram province. Sleep is a luxury when a big fair in a city nearby means a chance for him to earn some coins from busking.

  • OPINION

    Who is poor and landless?

    News, Editorial, Published on 18/11/2019

    » Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow's decision to grant land reform rights to a local politician appears to be a repeat of a similar scandal, which spelled the end of a Democrat-led coalition government about 24 years ago.

  • OPINION

    The poor can't afford to self-quarantine

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/03/2020

    » Pun is a Grab taxi driver working in Surat Thani province. On March 11, he was called to pick up a male passenger from a hotel and drive him to a hospital in the province, and then drive him back.

  • OPINION

    Only the poor end up dying screaming

    News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 11/01/2018

    » If you had a million dollars to spend (but not on yourself), where would it do the most good? Well, the cost to cover morphine or a morphine-equivalent pain relief treatment for all the sick children younger than 15 years who are in really serious pain in low-income countries would be just $1 million (33.4 million baht) per year. About half of them of those children are going to die, but with morphine at least they wouldn't die screaming.

  • OPINION

    NLA's cyber bill rush shows poor intent

    News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 04/03/2019

    » The coup-installed National Legislative Assembly (NLA) last week approved the controversial cybersecurity bill, shrugging off public concerns over its threats to personal and corporate data privacy and human rights issues.

  • OPINION

    Riled at poor BTS service

    News, Editorial, Published on 30/06/2018

    » After almost four days of rush-hour delays, the BTS Skytrain operator managed to "assure" passengers on Thursday that a solution to the problem had been found.

  • OPINION

    Poor conduct on part of bus management

    News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 05/10/2017

    » 'C'mon, come back up here and let's go," a female bus conductor told a group of students stranded at a city bus stop in a loud voice, offering help to the youngsters who were lost en route.

  • OPINION

    Street-food plan starves poor of choice

    News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/04/2017

    » Soon after being hailed as the city with the world's best street food by CNN, and with the Michelin Guide announcing it will visit Thailand this year, City Hall which is known to have a love-hate relationship with street vendors, yesterday decided to keep street food in certain spots in the capital -- to serve tourists, not residents.

  • OPINION

    Inequality exposed

    News, Editorial, Published on 10/12/2018

    » The economy expert Banyong Pongpanich was studying recent statistics last week when he made an interesting discovery. Based on figures reported in the latest annual Global Wealth Databook by Credit Suisse (CS), the inequality gap in Thailand has become the worst in the world. The figure represents national assets held and controlled by a nation's richest 1%, compared with the other 99%. In Thailand, that 1% is about 500,000, compared with the 50 million Thais of working ages.

  • OPINION

    Western armed forces facing a recruitment crisis

    News, Peter Apps, Published on 01/04/2024

    » Every morning on the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower, an unsuspecting crew member is called to the bridge, presented with a cookie and asked to sit in the captain's chair.

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