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  • OPINION

    MFP must dare to rebuke dubious deals

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/03/2024

    » Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's first foreign visitor since his release on early parole from Police General Hospital on Feb 18 was Cambodian Supreme Privy Council President Hun Sen.

  • OPINION

    US, Asian partners walk complex line with drills

    News, Peter Apps, Published on 04/03/2024

    » As Nato troops including up to 25,000 Americans continued their largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War in Europe last week, one of America's most established Asian multinational drills was getting under way in Thailand.

  • OPINION

    Recover Mekong's forgotten fish

    News, Published on 04/03/2024

    » Fish that walk, and even ones that talk, stingrays the size of cars, minnows smaller than your fingernail, snail-eating pufferfish and ghostly salmon carp. These are just some of the 1,148 extraordinary fish species hidden beneath the surface of the Mekong river's murky waters for millennia.

  • OPINION

    Gender equality still falls short

    Editorial, Published on 03/03/2024

    » As the world prepares to commemorate International Women's Day on Friday, the recent tragedy involving the disappearance and murder of 27-year-old Chonlada "Noon" Muthuwong has cast a stark light on the persistent violence against women in Thailand.

  • OPINION

    Student self-help

    Postbag, Published on 03/03/2024

    » Re: "Govt to recruit 40K school janitors", (BP, Feb 29).

  • OPINION

    The utility of neutrality, now in steep decline

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/03/2024

    » Neutrality used to be a European thing, but it is now in steep decline. If it were an animal, we'd have to declare it an endangered species.

  • OPINION

    Juggling funds

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/03/2024

    » Re: "EC asked to probe minister's shares", (BP, Feb 26).

  • 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.

  • OPINION

    Myanmar as interim 'non-state' state

    Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 01/03/2024

    » Myanmar, also known as Burma, has become a de facto state that is dominated by non-state entities. Contrary to facile claims, Myanmar is not a failed state like some that beset parts of Africa and the Middle East. The ethnically diverse country of 55 million still functions despite widespread violence in an ongoing civil war. Unless and until Myanmar is understood and re-conceptualised as an interim state comprising non-state entities, it will be difficult to move forward to remake and reconstitute a new country after the civil war and the passing of the military junta that seized power on Feb 1, 2021, led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.

  • OPINION

    The WTO's investment challenge

    Oped, Published on 01/03/2024

    » Every country is eager to attract foreign direct investment -- and for good reason. FDI facilitates capital inflows, creates jobs, drives skills development and facilitates technology transfers, accelerating economic growth and enabling recipient countries to access global markets.

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