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Retirement no mere snooze
News, Editorial, Published on 16/01/2022
» On New Year's Day, International Living -- a global travel magazine -- released its annual compilation of the world's best places to retire in 2022. The list, which ranks countries based on a variety of factors such as climate, healthcare, cost of living, housing, ease of acquiring visas, and more, saw Thailand come in at the 11th spot and take top honours in Asia.
Digital nomads stuck in grey area
News, Editorial, Published on 21/11/2021
» The coronavirus pandemic has boosted the popularity of remote work, and if Thailand is interested in attracting the highest-paid digital workers to help boost the economy, it must legalise the practice to welcome these professionals.
Belarus becomes a small storm in a sea of anxiety
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/11/2021
» It's not a tempest in a teapot; it's smaller than that. A few thousand Arabs and Kurds, mostly young men but including women and children, are trapped between Poland, which will not let them in, and Belarusian border guards and militia who will not let them back into Belarus. But the language is getting menacing.
Seoul turning its focus on Asean
News, Published on 21/06/2021
» In 2017, the newly elected President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, made the unprecedented move to enhance his country's relationship with countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) by introducing the "New Southern Policy" (NSP) during a state visit to Indonesia.
Respect the role of journalists
News, Editorial, Published on 04/04/2021
» The government has been raising eyebrows recently with its approach to journalists. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's supposedly comical spraying of sanitiser on reporters in an apparent attempt to avoid some tough questions last month was a memorable spectacle. This past week, he told a reporter to uncross her legs during a press conference at Government House. The reporter was barred from Government House -- allegedly not for her lack of good manners but her behaviour on social media. Feel a bit like school?
Pakistan and Thailand enjoy enduring friendship
Oped, Published on 23/03/2021
» As we celebrate Pakistan National Day today in Thailand, we are doubly delighted given that 2021 also marks 70 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
What next for tourism sector?
News, Editorial, Published on 27/09/2020
» With the deadline for the estimated 150,000 stranded foreign tourists in the kingdom to renew their visas having passed yesterday, it remains to be seen how many will continue to stay in the country either legally, having extended their right to stay, or illegally, facing arrest and jail as threatened by the Immigration Bureau.
Sealing virus loopholes
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/07/2020
» As the country readies to welcome back migrant workers, state authorities are obliged to intensify measures to the maximum to seal the loopholes and prevent a second wave of coronavirus infections.
Covid-19 exposes our broken system
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 23/04/2020
» The government's constant mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic evokes two images in my mind. One is a badly infected wound. The other is an overblown balloon ready to burst.
Absurd disease controls show govt is clueless
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 03/04/2020
» As I checked in for my trip home at Brussels airport last Sunday, I wondered if it would be a once-in-a-lifetime flight. A THAI employee had told me I might end up being the only passenger on the Bangkok-bound plane that afternoon.