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The human toll behind your seafood
News, Claire Kietduriyakul, Published on 02/08/2025
» The next time you are at a restaurant and considering the choice of fish or shrimp, spare a thought. The seafood on your plate may come at quite a human cost.
You can look, but please don't touch
Roger Crutchley, Published on 01/09/2024
» When we were kids, most of us heard the words "don't touch that!" from our parents if we were in the presence of something breakable and possibly valuable. That's probably what a father wishes he had said when he took his four-year-old son to a museum in the Israeli city of Haifa last week.
Musk's covert war on free speech
News, Richard K Sherwin, Published on 17/10/2022
» In 1897, the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst sent illustrator Frederic Remington to cover the Cuban War of Independence. When Remington relayed that "there will be no war," Hearst allegedly cabled back: "You furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war."
Cannabis use a recipe for road chaos
News, Sumet Ongkittikul, Saliltorn Thongmeensuk and Ratsameechan Saowakhon, Published on 03/08/2022
» The decriminalisation of cannabis, which took effect on June 9, has triggered wide debate across Thai society. While the bold policy aims at promoting the controversial plant for medical purposes, there are growing concerns over misuse, including driving under the influence of cannabis as well as underage consumption.
Sado mines plan upsets Asia unity
News, Thanapat Pekanan, Published on 28/03/2022
» Japan's proposal that its Sado mines be added to the 2023 Unesco World Heritage List is more than just a cultural-driven effort. It is a showcase of the inward-looking politics of Japan's conservative establishment to use particular events from the past to fit a desired narrative for the present, to purify the record of Japan's imperialism.
The battle between Big Tech and the free press
Oped, Steven Hill, Published on 10/04/2021
» Worldwide, the free press is waging a battle for survival against Facebook and Google. Besides being gushing firehoses of Covid disinformation and QAnon conspiracies, Google and Facebook have been dangerously undermining the financial stability of media outlets all over the world.
Epidemics, economics and inevitable externalities
Oped, Koichi Hamada, Published on 29/08/2020
» Covid-19 and its collateral damage continue to leave a trail of devastation around the world. Millions of businesses have closed, with many having no realistic prospect of reopening. Millions of people have lost their jobs. Millions are without health care. Some families are suffering from food insecurity for the first time. While the well-to-do can manage by using their savings, those who live from paycheque to paycheque, or hand to mouth, are suffering unfathomable hardships.
Preserve our heritage, don't leave it to rot
Oped, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 11/07/2020
» Recent news reports that a bust of Chao Phraya Kosathibodi (Kosa Pan), one of the first Siamese ambassadors, was "stolen" from its plinth on the Rue de Siam in the French city of Brest shocked cultural enthusiasts.
Poor get the picture
News, Postbag, Published on 24/01/2019
» Re: "Oxfam calls for wealth tax to tackle inequality", (Business, Jan 22).