• OPINION

  Suu Kyi's sad neglect

  News, Editorial, Published on 28/11/2016

  » It takes a unique grievance to inspire linked demonstrations across Southeast Asia and beyond. But last Friday, in half a dozen cities including Bangkok, protests occurred at the embassies of neighbour and fellow Asean member Myanmar. The focus was the recent escalation of violence against Rohingya people in the western state of Rakhine. The peaceful protesters, mostly from Muslim groups, were outraged at Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

• OPINION

  Justice for Chaiyaphum

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/03/2024

  » Just days before the relatives and friends of slain human rights activist Chaiyaphum Pasae mark the seventh anniversary of his death in Chiang Mai, they have learnt that prosecutors have decided not to press murder charges against the soldier who gunned him down.

• OPINION

  Another tragedy in the making?

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/10/2022

  » On Thursday afternoon in a small province in northeast Thailand, an ex-policeman killed 24 pre-schoolers and 13 adults.

• OPINION

  Solutions, not excuses

  News, Editorial, Published on 02/05/2022

  » Thai households have been hit hard by sharp price increases for goods, food and energy. Unsurprisingly, such compounded economic malaise has prompted people to ask the government to help them cope.

• OPINION

  Senate must give way

  News, Editorial, Published on 24/08/2020

  » As political pressure in on the rise, with more student protests planned, all political parties have rushed to adopt constitutional amendment as part of their agenda in an apparent bid to ease tensions.

• OPINION

  Speech curbs hold back nation

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/07/2020

  » Last week's final acquittal of rights activist Andy Hall by the Supreme Court, whilst certainly welcome and the correct verdict, was also a stark reminder of just how damaging to free speech Thailand's laws are.

• OPINION

  Lift the lid on army deals

  News, Editorial, Published on 12/02/2020

  » Amid reports that a shady army welfare housing scheme may have triggered a soldier's murderous rampage in Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday, army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong promised to launch an internal audit to review and clean up fishy projects being run within barracks.

• OPINION

  UN must act to defuse tensions

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/01/2020

  » After the killing of Iran's top military commander Maj Gen Qassem Soleimani by the US on Friday morning, the world is gripped with worry over a new round of proxy war between the world power and its arch enemy.

• OPINION

  A win for Taiwan?

  News, Editorial, Published on 11/01/2020

  » By this evening, the results of Taiwan's presidential and legislative elections will be known. Regardless of who becomes the next president, it will be in the best interests of both the island's stability and of peace in the Asia-Pacific region if the new government maintains the status quo with China.

• OPINION

  A critical lack of thinking

  News, Editorial, Published on 07/12/2019

  » Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan's hostile reaction to Future Forward Party (FFP) MP Chirat Thongsuwan's discussion about conscription in a school speaks volumes about the reasons behind our education system's failure to promote critical thinking among students.

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