• OPINION

  Klity Creek revisited

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/01/2024

  » Despite a court victory for cleanup efforts and an investment of over 800 million baht of taxpayers' money to rid Klity Creek of toxic lead sediment, the creek remains as polluted as ever.

• OPINION

  Coral reefs face new health threat

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/01/2023

  » The end of the year is a time for rest, reflection, and hope of a better future, whether for our family and friends, or for the planet we live on. Unfortunately, this year has continued the trend of climate-linked disasters and as the year comes to an end, disturbing news closer to home has surfaced.

• OPINION

  'Beach' case settled at last

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/09/2022

  » A ruling has finally been handed down for a court case related to the production of the Hollywood movie The Beach. A Supreme Court verdict on Tuesday ordered the Forestry Department to restore Maya Bay, which was environmentally damaged during the movie's filming that began in November 1998.

• OPINION

  Summit snub a good move

  News, Editorial, Published on 19/10/2021

  » The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has finally given the cold shoulder to Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing by excluding him from a forthcoming summit later this month, much to the latter's chagrin.

• OPINION

  The Mahakan Fort mistake

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/10/2020

  » After booting the old Mahakan Fort community out of their homes in 2018, and turning the area into a park intended for tourists, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) recently, for the first time, tacitly admitted to its mistake.

• OPINION

  A rare win for quarry locals

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/10/2020

  » A recent ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court to revoke a renewed concession for a quarry in Suwan Khuha of Nong Bua Lam Phu province was a rare victory for local villagers who for years have sought to protect an area that has immense archeological and environment value, as well as save their own livelihoods.

• OPINION

  Heritage loss is shameful

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/06/2020

  » The demolition of a building over a century old, touted as part of the historical legacy of Phrae province, by a private constructor commissioned for a restoration project, is causing a public uproar.

• OPINION

  Democracy still in peril

  News, Editorial, Published on 24/03/2020

  » As Thailand has roller-coasters through the unprecedented social and economic impacts of the coronavirus outbreak, many could be forgiven for forgetting that we have not yet recovered from the hangover of the military's intervention in politics -- our dysfunctional democracy in its current form.

• OPINION

  Prayut faces exam fiasco

  News, Editorial, Published on 08/01/2019

  » Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha rather curtly ordered tens of thousands of students to continue waiting but the young people have a point about their examination dates. When he suggested Feb 24 for an election date, Gen Prayut "forgot" that university entrance exams already had been scheduled for Feb 18-23.

• OPINION

  Don't skimp on heritage

  News, Editorial, Published on 29/09/2018

  » A bell tower restoration project at an old temple in the Bangkok Noi area ended in tragedy as the structure collapsed this week.

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