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    Asean centrality in a changing world

    Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 30/04/2024

    » What is Asean centrality? It can mean different things to different people, but broadly, it can be seen as a regional framework that supports Asean's role as the dominant regional platform to overcome common challenges and engage with external powers.

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    Immunisation programmes need to expand

    Oped, Published on 30/04/2024

    » There is a good chance that you know one of the 154 million people who, over the past 50 years, have been saved from preventable death by routine immunisation. You might even be one.

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    Ozone layer recovery offers hope

    Oped, Published on 30/04/2024

    » There was a time, not so long ago, when the depletion of Earth's ozone layer seemed like an insurmountable challenge. Decades of using harmful chemicals, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), had threatened to cause irreparable damage to our planet. Without swift action, we faced the risk of climate destabilisation, ecosystem collapse, and the breakdown of our food system. Consequences that were once almost unthinkable became painfully real.

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    Protect rights of refugees

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/04/2024

    » Intense fighting between the Myanmar military and rebel factions in the key border town of Myawaddy has driven scores of Myanmar citizens to seek refuge in Mae Sot, Tak province. As such, the state needs to proactively act in order to safeguard the basic human rights of the refugees and national security.

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    Legalise sex work

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/04/2024

    » Re: "US carrier docks in Chon Buri for 'community service", (BP, April 24).

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    Bank of Thailand needs to communicate

    News, Editorial, Published on 29/04/2024

    » Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's decision to meet key figures from Thailand's major commercial banks to discuss the possibility of cutting interest rates last week raised a lot of eyebrows. It was highly unusual for a prime minister to appeal directly to commercial banks to change interest rates, as the nation's financial institutions generally follow the rates prescribed by the Bank of Thailand (BoT).

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    Health system faces new pressure

    News, Published on 29/04/2024

    » There is much to celebrate, but there will be many new challenges in Thailand's health care system.

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    'Big Joke' awaits another miracle

    News, Published on 29/04/2024

    » Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, widely known as Big Joke, is among a handful of officers whose meteoric rise in the force should lead them to being tapped as the next police commissioner-general. Pol Gen Surachate became a police general at about 40 years old but his career journey could be abruptly cut short.

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    Is China stockpiling resources in case of future war?

    News, Published on 29/04/2024

    » In the eastern Chinese port of Dongying, the start of 2024 has often seen several tankers docked simultaneously discharging Russian crude oil into a new 31.5-million-barrel storage facility completed late last year.

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    Must media democratisation be bad for us?

    News, Published on 29/04/2024

    » Sometimes, the fulfilment of a promise feels like punishment. When the radio was invented more than 100 years ago, the German playwright Bertolt Brecht observed that its full potential could be explored only after it had become a communication tool, rather than merely a distribution channel. After all, there is a big difference between the few being able to speak to the many, and everyone being able to speak with everyone else.

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