• OPINION

  Monitors can help election

  News, Editorial, Published on 12/11/2018

  » This government is not the first to reject a chance to welcome election monitors. It should, however, have been the first to accept such observers. The regime appears blithely unaware of its growing unpopularity and just how much the country's future depends on the upcoming vote. To paraphrase the old refrain of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, if the government has nothing to hide, why is it afraid of what election monitors will find?

• OPINION

  Don't skimp on heritage

  News, Editorial, Published on 29/09/2018

  » A bell tower restoration project at an old temple in the Bangkok Noi area ended in tragedy as the structure collapsed this week.

• OPINION

  New Mahakan Fort saga beckons

  News, Editorial, Published on 29/04/2018

  » Last week, Bangkok sadly lost one of its oldest communities as a result of short-sightedness and mismanagement on the part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). The last group of Mahakan Fort residents, after facing waves of brutal state actions, packed and left the fort area where they had lived for generations. Many see their departure as the end of a chapter of local people's history.

• OPINION

  Censorship gone wrong

  News, Editorial, Published on 27/03/2018

  » The recent suspension of two of the evening shows on Voice TV could be a textbook example for journalism and political science students of the future. It was a trifecta of errors. The wrong censors made the wrong programming ban for the wrong reasons. The station, known to have strong red shirt and Pheu Thai sympathy, lost an evening talk show for two weeks. But the form and result of the two-week shutdown of the TonightThailand programme goes well past the inevitable court case over the order.

• OPINION

  Court offices out of place

  News, Editorial, Published on 30/03/2018

  » Similar to the demolition of the historical Supreme Court buildings in Bangkok, the leveling of a green area in Chiang Mai to pave the way for the construction of houses for judicial staff and court offices is unnecessary, costly and damaging.

• OPINION

  Time to say goodbye

  News, Editorial, Published on 23/10/2017

  » The nation awakens today to the realisation that the time has come to say goodbye to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX. This week, the five-day royal cremation rites will start on Wednesday and end on Sunday.

• OPINION

  Stupefied by stupa work

  News, Editorial, Published on 24/08/2017

  » The public has been in uproar for more than a week over the restoration of stupas at the iconic Temple of Dawn, a national heritage and landmark tourist destination of the capital.

• OPINION

  A need to look in the mirror

  News, Editorial, Published on 18/08/2017

  » Over the past week, a clip showing a group of Thai tourists acting improperly while visiting the world-famous Yellowstone National Park in the US has dominated public attention.

• OPINION

  Chula wrong on Netiwit

  News, Editorial, Published on 02/09/2017

  » Given the widespread suppression of human rights and freedom of expression under the current military rule, Thailand’s educational institutions could be playing a role in preserving and nurturing a more open and democratic society.

• OPINION

  Revisit the pickup rule

  News, Editorial, Published on 21/04/2017

  » The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), Department of Land Transport (DLT) and police must come up with a clear decision on pickup tray passengers soon or confusion will reign.

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