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  • OPINION

    Cash freebies not enough

    News, Editorial, Published on 07/03/2020

    » 'Nobody will be poor in Thailand by 2018" was the controversial pitch made in November 2017 by the then military government's economic tsar, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.

  • OPINION

    Media put lives at risk

    News, Editorial, Published on 13/02/2020

    » The work of some overzealous journalists who covered the mass shooting by a non-commissioned soldier on Saturday in Nakhon Ratchasima sparks serious questions about poor judgement, if not breaches of ethics.

  • OPINION

    Hun Sen must take heed

    News, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2020

    » In his quest for absolute control and to prolong his stay in power, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has turned the country into a de facto one-party state and prepared his eldest son for a dynastic succession. This quest has been pursued at the cost of his people's political and civil rights.

  • OPINION

    Land talks must tackle bad laws

    News, Editorial, Published on 16/02/2020

    » Progress in negotiations between the state and poor villagers, led by the land rights advocacy group People's Movement for a Just Society (P-Move), over chronic land-related conflicts shows that there may be light at the end of the tunnel.

  • OPINION

    Reshuffle may stir recovery

    News, Editorial, Published on 24/02/2020

    » The latest economic growth figures indicate it is time for the government to revamp its economic team.

  • OPINION

    Fatal flaws in speed strategy

    News, Editorial, Published on 02/01/2020

    » The high traffic-related death toll during the New Year celebrations should make the Prayut Chan-o-cha government realise that a plan to increase speed limits may not really be a good idea.

  • OPINION

    Education needs change

    News, Editorial, Published on 09/12/2019

    » The reaction of policymakers to the results of the international 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) examinations has shown that it is not only the Thai education system that needs change.

  • OPINION

    Car demolition plan has pitfalls

    News, Editorial, Published on 15/12/2019

    » The Excise Department should carefully consider the so-called "car demolition roadmap" being tabled for discussion tomorrow by representatives of the automotive industry.

  • OPINION

    Penal system gets it wrong

    News, Editorial, Published on 19/12/2019

    » The case of "Thailand's Jack the Ripper", a paroled serial killer arrested on Wednesday while attempting to escape his latest alleged sex and murder crime, demonstrates a serious loophole in a criminal justice process that cannot effectively prevent re-offending.

  • OPINION

    'Tampon tax' no laughing matter

    News, Editorial, Published on 22/12/2019

    » No sooner had Puea Chat spokeswoman Ketpreeya Kaewsanmuang raised the issue of high taxes on tampons than she was in trouble. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta, seized by anger, lambasted her information as "fake news" and vowed legal action, but stopped short of attempting to make any actual sense of the matter.

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