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  • OPINION

    Student loans need fixing

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/11/2022

    » The Upper House is facing a major challenge in deliberating a controversial amendment to the Student Loan Fund Act. That's mostly because the Student Loan Fund (SLF) is complicated.

  • OPINION

    Break the flood cycle

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/10/2022

    » As part of the southern region braces for expected seasonal floods, a vast area of the lower North, including Nakhon Sawan, Ang Thong, and Isan remains inundated. Media photos show several houses in flood-hit areas entirely submerged.

  • OPINION

    Forest dwellers get raw deal

    News, Editorial, Published on 16/10/2022

    » Two lawsuits on forest encroachment made headlines late last month. One involved a powerful family charged with encroaching over 6,200 rai of national forest. The other was a landless peasant charged with encroaching on 10 rai of forest land. The legal outcomes highlighted yet again the gross disparity, legal double standards and injustice involved in such cases.

  • OPINION

    A flood of confusion

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/10/2022

    » For the past two months, vast areas of the upper part of the country have been ravaged by flooding. In fact, from Sept 28 to yesterday, 54 provinces were affected including at least 240,066 households in 71,344 villages of 262 districts.

  • OPINION

    Opening an old wound

    News, Editorial, Published on 06/10/2022

    » Today the nation again commemorates the Oct 6, 1976 massacre of leftist protesters on a college campus during a violent crackdown by police and right-wing paramilitaries, one of the most tragic incidents to blight Thailand's history.

  • OPINION

    RTAF out of touch

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/09/2022

    » The plan to host a lavish inauguration ceremony for the new air force commander-in-chief, including a flyover this afternoon, shows poor judgement on the part of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF).

  • OPINION

    A needless van death

    News, Editorial, Published on 05/09/2022

    » Schools and facilities such as school buses should be the safest places for our children.

  • OPINION

    Make BRT system work

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/08/2022

    » After 12 years of continuous service, Bangkok's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) -- a 15-km feeder bus route linking Sathon and Ratchaphruek roads -- should have been more popular, the way similar systems in Bogota and Guangzhou have been embraced by those cities' residents.

  • OPINION

    Kids' mental well-being

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/08/2022

    » A surge in youth suicide cases over the past several months requires serious attention from the state and related agencies. Three students jumped to their death on separate occasions in Nakhon Ratchasima province over a three-month period. One was studying at Suranaree University of Technology's medical programme, while the other two, a boy and a girl, were school students.

  • OPINION

    Public safety off the beam

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/08/2022

    » A falling bridge beam that hit three vehicles and caused two deaths on Sunday night attests to the sad fact of poor public-safety standards in this country.

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