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High time to end land row
News, Editorial, Published on 16/03/2021
» The government has made yet another promise to end the prolonged land conflict between the Karen villagers in the upper Bang Kloi village in Phetchaburi's Kaeng Krachan National Park and state authorities.
RTAF needs to slim down
News, Editorial, Published on 01/03/2021
» The Royal Thai Armed Forces' (RTAF) decision to cut back on the number of generals in its ranks is a good move that will make it more efficient. However, no matter how good a plan is, it won't succeed without serious execution.
Vaccines must be safe
News, Editorial, Published on 11/01/2021
» In a race to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, every country is trying to secure as many vaccines as it can, as soon as possible. Thailand is no different.
Show some Covid control
News, Editorial, Published on 15/12/2020
» When pictures of the famous Big Mountain music festival on Saturday showing blatant breaches of Covid-19 protocols, were shared on social media, they sparked outrage, with almost all fingers pointing at the organisers.
Local polls may have big impact
News, Editorial, Published on 20/12/2020
» Today's elections for Provincial Administration Organisations in the 76 provinces outside of Bangkok are the first local polls to take place since the 2014 coup and will be seen by many as a barometer of the mood inside a nation gripped by political unrest and economic downturn.
So many canals of opportunity await
News, Editorial, Published on 13/12/2020
» For a foreigner, Bangkok's extensive network of crisscrossing klong -- canals -- which once bestowed the city with the title "Venice Of The East" is perhaps a forgotten charm. Yet for many Thai communities built along the banks of these waterways, canals remain a way of life.
Big trouble in little Chana
News, Editorial, Published on 16/12/2020
» A quick look at the cabinet resolution on plans for the controversial Chana industrial complex in Songkhla province could lead many to believe that the government pays heed to local concerns and is taking a step back. Unfortunately, the chances are high that this would be an extremely naive, or optimistic, interpretation.
Agri-pact unlikely to bear fruit for UN
News, Editorial, Published on 22/11/2020
» The newly developed partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the global agrochemical industry should be a cause for great concern. The collaboration shows the industry's tentacles reach deep even into organisations whose job it should be to insist upon rigorous standards and practices within the global food supply chain, both in terms of health and ethics.
Cops bend to royalist mob
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/11/2020
» If the scene of a yellow-clad royalist crowd trying to surround and viciously attack a car they believed was carrying Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the ex-leader of the now-defunct Future Forward Party (FFP), at a hotel in a southern province on Wednesday, made the public concerned about the state of disorderliness in the country, the lack of police action in the case demonstrates something much worse. Indeed, the question now is if Thailand is on the verge of becoming a failed state.
Target the PM2.5 source
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/11/2020
» December is known for being the beginning of the PM2.5 season in Bangkok and several other provinces.