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Charter choice at polls
News, Editorial, Published on 07/02/2026
» Tomorrow's election will be like no other. It will be the first time that eligible voters elect members of parliament and vote in a charter referendum on the same day.
Long struggle ahead for LGBTQ+ rights
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 01/07/2025
» Thailand enacted the Marriage Equality Bill on Jan 23 this year, making it the third country in Asia after Taiwan and Nepal to recognise same-sex marriage.
Time to put brakes on immigration
News, Max Hastings, Published on 04/01/2024
» No politician can be expected to tell us all of the truth. If they did so, they would lose an election even for town dogcatcher. Nonetheless it doesn't seem too much to suggest, in this season of hope, that 2024 might go significantly better than 2023 if more of our leaders around the world acknowledged realities about some of the troubles that beset us.
How to address the fight against global hunger
News, Jayati Ghosh, Published on 16/10/2023
» Among the multiple crises that have erupted around the world, the avoidable tragedy of growing hunger receives only fleeting mention. And any attention that it does attract is apparently not enough to prompt global policymakers to act.
Is Najib Bukele the world's coolest dictator?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 07/08/2023
» 'It's not perfect, but it's good. We've done something really good here," said El Salvador's vice-president, Felix Ulloa, defending the government's no-quarter war against the street gangs that have dominated the Central American republic for decades. President Nayib Bukele agrees, calling himself "the instrument of God".
True4U to broadcast opener
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/11/2022
» True4U, a digital TV channel owned by True Corporation, will broadcast the 2022 World Cup opening match between host country Qatar and Ecuador, which kicks off on Sunday at 11pm.
Govt offers World Cup loan
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 16/11/2022
» World Cup fans in Thailand are likely to miss out on being able to watch the first match on Sunday after the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) failed to agree on a price with football's international governing body (Fifa).
Shrimp Board defends imports
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/09/2022
» The Shrimp Board says a temporary decision to import fresh shrimp to help the shrimp-processing business will not have any impact on local prices.
Thailand can't shake off IPR watch list placing
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/05/2022
» Despite the progress it has made towards improving intellectual property rights protection last year, Thailand remains on the United States Trade Representatives' (USTR) Watch List this year, the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) said on Monday.
UK lifts Thai arrivals ban
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 09/10/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has thanked the Thai public and all involved in the nation's fight to contain the pandemic and restore international confidence which will be marked by the UK's removal of Thailand from its Covid travel red list on Monday.