• OPINION

  Xmas spirit a Thai virtue

  News, Editorial, Published on 24/12/2018

  » The celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ is one of the few holidays so widely marked. It may not be a holiday in Thailand, but there is probably no one unaware of Christmas. Many Christians criticise the commercial atmosphere, but there's really no escaping it. The giving of gifts and the "Christmas spirit" of peace and joy is worth noting by everyone, everywhere.

• OPINION

  Honour models for democracy

  News, Editorial, Published on 18/12/2022

  » Since the 1998 ouster of the dictator Suharto -- who ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for over three decades -- the world's fourth most populous nation has undergone a series of rapid changes. Once dependent on foreign aid to exercise its basic functions, Indonesia has firmly established itself as a major economic player in the Asia-Pacific region, with the distinction of being the only Southeast Asian economy to be included in the Group of 20.

• OPINION

  France's failings a lesson for Thailand

  News, Editorial, Published on 15/11/2020

  » Five years on after the Bataclan massacre, France is once again facing a resurgent Islamist threat. Over the past few months, three separate attacks have rocked the proud secular nation which champions freedom of expression: stabbings near the former office of political satire magazine Charlie Hebdo, the beheading of 47-year-old school teacher Samuel Paty, who showed his students caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, and a knife attack in Nice.

• OPINION

  Ringing in the changes

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/10/2018

  » Accusations of excessively loud bell ringing by a Buddhist temple in the city's Bang Kho Laem area have drawn a mixed reaction and also confrontation.

• OPINION

  EDITORIAL: Honour the King's legacy

  News, Editorial, Published on 14/10/2016

  » No words can describe the sense of loss, the grief and anguish, that Thais of all generations feel today as they mourn the death of beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX. The monarch was Father to the nation. His wise counsel took the country out of several deadly turns, his fortitude and devotion to human development were an inspiration to all.

• OPINION

  The meaning of giving

  News, Editorial, Published on 25/12/2015

  » As the spirit of giving is celebrated worldwide today, Christmas this year also coincides with the Buddhist holy day, or wan phra, which also emphasises the importance of giving.

• OPINION

  Lessons from history

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/11/2023

  » The Srettha Thavisin government has come up with an initiative to introduce new history textbooks for schoolchildren in order to boost patriotism and morality.

• OPINION

  Shaman goes too far

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/05/2022

  » A campaign by a social media influencer to chase indecent monks out of Buddhism has turned ugly as he wrongly targeted a senior monk in the northeastern province of Yasothon.

• OPINION

  Temples of temptation

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/05/2022

  » Reports of Buddhist monks being caught having sexual relationships or embezzling temple money have become daily staples of local news stories. The controversies are serious enough to make the relatively quiet and inert authorities revise some laws regarding the Buddhist clergy.

• OPINION

  Freedom in a perilous state

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/03/2021

  » About a year after Thailand under the Prayut Chan-o-cha government could boast about a small improvement in its freedom ranking, as rated annually by Freedom House, the country has suffered a setback with it damningly described as no longer having any freedom at all -- a position it held during the coup years.

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