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Graft thrives along Mae Sot border
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 20/01/2026
» The arrest of Ratchapong "Pond" Soisuwan, a constituency candidate representing the People's Party and then incumbent MP for Constituency 2, former MP for Mae Sot district in Tak province, came as little surprise to local people.
Ishiba's summit absence shows lack of Nato faith
Oped, Sayuri Romei and Alice Dell'Era, Published on 21/07/2025
» Since a Japanese prime minister first attended a Nato summit in 2022, Japan has sent its highest-level representative to the event for three consecutive years. Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a key catalyst for Tokyo's decision to attend that year, and the 2025 summit in The Hague would have marked the fourth consecutive appearance by a Japanese leader.
Long hours won't help India grow
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 06/11/2023
» Do Indians not work enough? According to one of the co-founders of the Indian software giant Infosys Ltd, we don't. The billionaire Narayana Murthy said last week that young Indians in particular were picking up "undesirable habits" from the lazy West and thereby holding back India's productivity and its growth. "My request," he said, "is that our youngsters must say, 'This is my country, I want to work 70 hours a week.'"
It's hard to beat a bit of Idle chatter
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/08/2021
» Thanks to readers for pointing out that in a recent column on quaint place names I failed to mention the village of Idle, now a suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Time to restore human relations with biodiversity
Oped, Qu Dongyu & Inger Andersen, Published on 30/05/2020
» The Covid-19 pandemic is a deep and lasting shock at global level; we all know that returning to "business as usual" is not an option. It is imperative that we perceive the crisis as an opportunity to rebuild -- and even improve -- livelihoods in a sustainable way. High on the agenda is restoring harmony to humanity's relationship with nature, and particularly with biodiversity.
The US$6 trillion barrier holding electric cars back
News, Anjani Trivedi, Published on 06/11/2018
» Wouldn't it be great if we could all drive without dirtying the air we breathe? Alas, not everyone can afford an electric car.
Coining a catchy slogan
News, Postbag, Published on 08/04/2018
» Almost a year ago the disappearance of the memorial plaque of the 1932 Revolution was described in these pages as being both "hilarious and deeply sinister".