• OPINION

  Cash won't cure malaise

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/03/2020

  » Predicaments arising from the Covid-19 outbreak -- from face mask distribution issues to sluggish control measures and a controversial cash handout scheme -- have put the government in hot water, with a crisis of confidence looming on the horizon.

• OPINION

  Wage hike offers only small relief

  News, Editorial, Published on 29/12/2019

  » The new minimum daily wage rate, with a few baht increase depending on location, will take effect as of Wednesday in what is dubbed a tiny new year's gift for labourers.

• OPINION

  Land saga a test of morals

  News, Editorial, Published on 14/11/2019

  » The recent land scandal involving the outspoken MP for Ratchaburi, Pareena Kraikupt, poses a major challenge to the principles of land reform for needy farmers.

• OPINION

  Seniors not a burden

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/04/2024

  » The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security's host family programme deserves a big round of applause, as it is an example of a proactive social welfare policy. The only problem with it is that the budget earmarked for the programme, at just 39.8 million baht annually, is far too small.

• OPINION

  Defusing heritage rows

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/04/2024

  » As the Songkran water-splashing festival draws to a close in Thailand and Cambodia, the war of words among netizens -- sparked by a Thai influencer who made sarcastic comments about the Khmer New Year -- drags on.

• OPINION

  Dying from debt

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/04/2024

  » The recent gruesome murder of a 10-year-old girl by her debt-ridden father in the northern province of Uttaradit raises doubts about the attempts of the Srettha Thavisin government to solve informal debt problems and related loopholes.

• OPINION

  Seek casino referendum

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/04/2024

  » If the Srettha government is to proceed with its plan to build entertainment complexes with casinos, it must first seek a referendum.

• OPINION

  Parliament tug-of-war

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/04/2024

  » The Pheu Thai-led coalition government and the opposition are bracing for a showdown in a general debate which starts today.

• OPINION

  Protect migrant kids

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/03/2024

  » A temple raid in Lop Buri has sparked concern over forced deportations after a group of 19 stateless children enrolled in a monkhood ordination programme were ejected from their class and transferred to the border province of Chiang Rai.

• OPINION

  New life on the buses?

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/03/2024

  » Two weeks ago, the cabinet appointed a new board for the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA). This 48-year-old public mass transit body has a bad reputation as a poorly run state enterprise with a gigantic toxic debt.

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