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    Thai-Israeli relations need recalibrating

    Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 23/04/2024

    » This year, Thailand and Israel celebrate 70 years of diplomatic ties. Obviously, this comes during a period of great strain for Israel and the broader Middle East. Amidst it all, Thailand must recalibrate one of its most important foreign policies in the Middle East; otherwise, there will be nothing to celebrate.

  • OPINION

    UN condemns Iran's treatment of girls, women

    Oped, Published on 15/03/2024

    » The Iranian regime has been firmly condemned by a UN fact-finding mission investigating the unprovoked killing of Mahsa Amini two years ago, in an incident that set off nationwide protests. Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old student, according to a UN fact-finding mission, died in police custody after violating the Islamic Republic's strict "morality rules" requiring women to wear the headscarf.

  • OPINION

    South activists' feud with army hots up

    Oped, Published on 19/01/2024

    » The ongoing feud between young political activists from Thailand's Malay-speaking area in the southernmost provinces and the 4th Army Area has intensified as the youth leaders this past week took their case to Bangkok to draw attention from the international community to what they say is judicial harassment by the military.

  • OPINION

    Southern comfort?

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/01/2024

    » Yesterday was no run-of-the-mill Thursday; rather, it was a red-letter day marking the decades-long violence plaguing the three southernmost provinces.

  • OPINION

    The unravelling of Burma's military rule

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 19/12/2023

    » The Burmese army is a leading candidate for Nastiest Army in the World. Even more than Pakistan's army, it is the tail that wags the dog: rather than the army serving the country, it's the other way around.

  • OPINION

    The dark underworld of online fraud

    News, Published on 07/12/2023

    » The Chinese film No More Bets, which sheds light on the intricacies of overseas online fraud, has emerged as a blockbuster success, dominating the big screen and box office earnings.

  • OPINION

    Schooling blues

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/12/2023

    » Re: "Worker skills, education 'key to cutting inequality'", (BP, Nov 30).

  • OPINION

    Denials of Sikh separatist plots sound hollow

    News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 29/11/2023

    » Two months ago, relations between India and Canada deteriorated swiftly when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that prosecutors possessed "credible evidence" that the Indian state was behind the assassination of a Sikh separatist in British Columbia. It now looks like -- if Indian intelligence did in fact arrange that killing -- it may not have been a one-time event. The White House has confirmed that it is "deeply concerned" that there was a similar plot to kill another Sikh separatist, this time on US soil.

  • OPINION

    Southern insanity

    Published on 30/10/2023

    » Re: "Explosions rock South ahead of anniversary", (BP, Oct 22) & "Decree no longer a help", (Editorial, Oct 17).

  • OPINION

    The roots of the India-Canada diplomatic spat

    Oped, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 07/10/2023

    » Rarely have two major democracies descended into as ugly a diplomatic spat as the one now unfolding between Canada and India.

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