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AI has potential, but care needed
Editorial, Published on 23/02/2025
» Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a rallying cry for policymakers worldwide, and Thailand is no exception.
Nok Nok, who's there?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/08/2022
» The delayed evacuation of passengers on Nok Air Flight DD108 after a landing mishap in Chiang Rai's Mae Fah Luang airport shows serious errors of judgement from the emergency responders.
A costly delay
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/02/2021
» It is becoming increasingly clear that there will be no tourists arriving in numbers before the majority of Thai people are vaccinated. A country that depends on close to 20% of its GDP on travel and tourism should by now be right up there with Israel in terms of inoculations or at least at par with the UK to be able to open up this coming summer.
Repatriation of Thais needs ramping up
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 12/05/2020
» In recent weeks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has accelerated efforts to bring Thai citizens stranded overseas back home. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the one issue that has tarnished the Thai government's positive image both inside and outside the country has been the stringent measures adopted by the Prayut administration with regard to the repatriation of Thais stuck overseas.
Bad judgement is risking lives
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/04/2020
» Yet another mistake. And, again, it involves an army officer. Maj-Gen Kosol Chujai, a specialist attached to the Office of the Defence Permanent Secretary, who was assigned to help health officials with the screening of arriving passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport, let 152 arriving Thai passengers go home on Friday night after they protested and refused to enter quarantine at state facilities.
Help Thais come home
Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/03/2020
» As the tough war against the coronavirus gets under way, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government is facing growing calls to review flight check-in directives that make it difficult for Thais abroad wishing to come home. And it should listen seriously to the voices of those in trouble.
Time to back virus control effort
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/03/2020
» Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has made the right decision, belatedly though.
Getting the message right
News, Published on 23/03/2020
» The announcement on Saturday that shopping malls and many other services in the capital will have to shut down shows that the government and various agencies have not learnt from recent lessons. In fact, the message will only further add to people's hardship amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
Unsafe at any altitude?
News, Editorial, Published on 13/03/2019
» The second crash of the newest Boeing passenger jet should sound alarm bells throughout the aviation industry. In less than five months, two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft have dived suddenly, crashing and killing everyone aboard. The first such incident was last October, when an Indonesia Lion Air jetliner went down, killing 189 passengers and crew. Sunday's similar crash of an Ethiopian plane killed all 157 people aboard.