• OPINION

  Cadmium plan lacking

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/04/2024

  » In an effort to quash the public health scare that followed the discovery of illegal cadmium tailings that were illegally transported from Tak to several locations around the capital, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered the toxic waste be returned to its source.

• OPINION

  Tourism prone to dodgy dealings

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/01/2023

  » Earlier this month, a flight from China touched down in Bangkok with 269 passengers onboard. A few years ago, this would hardly be worth reporting, but this flight was celebrated with smiles and flowers to mark the arrival of Chinese tourists in Thailand after three long years.

• OPINION

  Time to neutralise cobras' venom

  News, Editorial, Published on 31/07/2022

  » After surviving a fraught two years under three different governments, Malaysian lawmakers finally pulled the trigger on a long-awaited move this week. In a bid to ensure improve the nation's political stability, their parliament passed a bipartisan bill to make defections illegal.

• OPINION

  PDPA fears don't compute

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/06/2022

  » After a two-year wait, the country's much-needed Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) came into effect on Wednesday. Yet instead of eliciting a sense of relief it brought about widespread confusion and near panic.

• OPINION

  When fake news curbs go too far

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/04/2022

  » As Covid-19 pandemic restrictions ease and society gradually learns to live with the disease, Thailand is at a point where it must decide whether to usher in a sense of normalcy or continue enforcing regulations -- some of which are aimed at what the government sees as a different kind of malady.

• OPINION

  Call time on call scams

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/03/2022

  » The handling of the so-called "call-centre" scam by the authorities has been a disappointment.

• OPINION

  Blame cobras and bananas

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/02/2022

  » The abrupt resignation of list-MP Mingkwan Saengsuwan from his New Economics Party (NEP) and from parliament stunned fellow politicians and members of the public alike.

• OPINION

  Don't limit monks

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/10/2021

  » A recent order by the Supreme Sangha Council prohibiting Buddhist monks and novices from studying non-dhamma subjects is a step backwards in the development of clerical society.

• OPINION

  A case of deluge deja vu

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/09/2021

  » The current flooding in the Central provinces brings back bad memories of the epic flood in 2011. In that annus horribilis, the central region was under water for months.

• OPINION

  Govt must do more to help

  News, Editorial, Published on 30/08/2021

  » Bank of Thailand governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput recently recommended the government add at least 1 trillion baht to the country's debt to address the severe impact of the pandemic and improve long-term growth prospects.

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