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Stars align for Yingluck's return
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/12/2024
» The prospect of fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra returning home to celebrate the Songkran festival in mid-April is not just wishful thinking by her brother Thaksin, given developments concerning a few key players in the infamous rice-pledging scheme and the Corrections Department's move to draft regulations pertaining to detentions outside prison.
Appraising the PM
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/08/2022
» Re: "PM pressured over defence role", (BP, Aug 26).
Park double standards
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/06/2022
» The forest encroachment saga involving Deputy Education Minister Kanokwan Vilawan, her father and a group of people in Khao Yai National Park shows double standards being practised by state authorities regarding forest protection policy and implementation.
Poor 'renegades'
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2022
» Re: "Pheu Thai 'renegades' face chop", (BP, June 5).
Education system failing
News, Editorial, Published on 15/11/2021
» A small news item that went viral last week was about the shocking resignation of a young female teacher teaching at an elementary school in Nakhon Sawan province. Her reasons for leaving the career she had devoted her life to reflect not only the predicament state teachers are facing, but the fundamental root problem of the deteriorating quality of Thai education.
Sarasas case shows flaws in the system
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 19/10/2020
» What are the roles and responsibilities of teachers and schools? As understood in almost every context, schools are meant to be a second home for children and a place where parents and guardians send them with hope and trust of their mental and physical well-being as teachers are supposed to take care of them, provide knowledge, and train them to develop good habits.
Land plot sagas persist
News, Editorial, Published on 27/01/2020
» A recent controversy over whether five plots of land owned by Deputy Education Minister Kanokwan Vilawan and her father encroach on Khao Yai National Park is just the tip of the iceberg. It reflects the need for drastic reform and greater transparency at the Department of Lands.
Education needs reform
News, Editorial, Published on 15/07/2019
» As the coalition parties have tried to reach mutual agreement on a shared policy platform that the government will soon declare in parliament, they have rarely touched on policies which require long-term structural reforms, particularly regarding education.
Women must be central to Mekong dam decisions
News, Maureen Harris, Published on 08/03/2018
» Today, on International Women's Day, a recent trip to the Mekong Basin serves as a reminder that women's voices must be central to decision-making on hydropower, and in broader energy planning for Thailand and the region.