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  • WORLD

    China defence ministry tells US to stop 'close-in' surveillance

    AFP, Published on 28/08/2014

    » BEIJING - China's military on Thursday told the United States to end air and naval surveillance near its borders, saying it was damaging relations between the Pacific powers and could lead to "undesirable accidents".

  • OPINION

    Islamist barbarity of concern to all

    News, Published on 17/08/2014

    » The seven-year-old has a hint of a smile as he lifts a severed head with both hands. The photo of the boy, reported to be the son of the Australian Islamist militant Khaled Sharrouf, was taken in the northeast Syrian city of Raqqa which has been overrun by Islamic State militants. When Mr Sharrouf fled Australia to go to war in Syria, he took four of his children with him.

  • OPINION

    Ebola reveals Achilles heel

    News, Published on 13/08/2014

    » The ongoing Ebola crisis is a timely reminder that Thailand lacks the appropriate leaders to deal with certain problems. The new outbreak has so far brought no actual threat directly into Thailand, but it remains a daily possibility. Open borders and ever-increasing airline schedules justify the decision last Saturday by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare Ebola an international health emergency. Health professionals have increased safety precautions to try to keep Ebola out of Thailand or, in the worst case scenario, to contain it.

  • OPINION

    Region needs bite from ARF

    News, Published on 05/08/2014

    » Myanmar gets the distinct honour this week of hosting several Asean meetings. The most important of all, on the weekend, is the Asean Regional Forum, popularly known as ARF. The forum brings all 10 Asean countries together with the foreign ministers of other regional and world powers. There are plenty of topics on this week's agenda but two are seriously threatening East Asian relations: North Korea and territorial disputes centering on the South China Sea.

  • OPINION

    Listen to the people

    News, Published on 01/08/2014

    » Re: “Politicians need PR”, (PostBag, July 31).

  • WORLD

    Kerry arrives in India to reboot ties with Modi

    AFP, Published on 30/07/2014

    » US Secretary of State John Kerry flew into India on Wednesday for ice-breaking talks with new Prime Minister Narendra Modi, forecasting a transformation in Washington's troubled relations with New Delhi.

  • WORLD

    New York Times calls for marijuana legalization

    AFP, Published on 27/07/2014

    » The New York Times called for the legalization of marijuana, in a bold editorial comparing the federal ban on cannabis to Prohibition.

  • OPINION

    More countries should make assisted dying legal

    News, Published on 17/07/2014

    » Ever watched a loved one die in a hospital bed, insensate from morphine, hands that made dinner, earned the rent, wiped away tears and raised a child bruised and swollen after one too many stabbings to find a vein?

  • OPINION

    Reveal all on US spying

    News, Published on 16/07/2014

    » From the moment of the first revelations of America's intrusive worldwide spy network last year, it seemed inevitable that Thailand would appear in the reports. And now it has.

  • OPINION

    Postbag: Expats treated badly

    News, Published on 05/07/2014

    » The attitude towards migrants proposed in the July 4 editorial, “Boost image, help migrants”, could well be applied to resident expatriates who are legally married to Thais.

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