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Welcome to the really silly season
Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 24/12/2023
» It's Christmas Eve and we are well into the Jinger Ben season in Thailand (Jingle Bells to the uninitiated). But in these dodgy times one suspects there might not be too much jingling going on. Nonetheless, considering all the gloomy news of late, a couple of weeks of being a bit daft offers a welcome break. So we might as well make the most of the Jinger Ben jollity, like a lady teller at my bank who was sporting some rather cute rabbit ears.
Domestic workers have rights too
Oped, Geraldine Ansart, Graeme Buckley and Sarah Knibbs, Published on 12/07/2022
» 'I have many Thai domestic worker friends who are 50 to 60 years old. They have worked since they were in their late teens or early twenties. This is their occupation. They have jobs and employers like other workers do. But the government has excluded domestic workers from receiving social security benefits," said Champa, a migrant domestic worker in Thailand.
Closed borders need not mean closed minds
Oped, Curtis S Chin and Athena Thomas, Published on 26/02/2021
» Amid border entry restrictions and mandatory quarantines, international higher education students from across the Indo-Pacific region, including Southeast Asia, seeking higher education abroad are facing difficult times. Yet, closed borders need not mean minds closed to the benefits of international education.
Social protection is pathway to pandemic recovery
Oped, Thomas Davin & Graeme Buckley, Published on 03/07/2020
» Thailand has managed to control the number of Covid-19 infections but faces a big challenge in navigating the recovery to the socio-economic fallout to the global pandemic. The question now is: How does Thailand recover its economy and address the various social implications of the pandemic?