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Reining in the elite
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/12/2024
» The cold-blooded murder of a prospective candidate for the Prachin Buri local poll has gripped national headlines and public attention. But this case is no ordinary homicide.
Elections still too bloody
News, Editorial, Published on 16/12/2024
» The brutal assassination of Chaimet Sitsanitphong, a provincial council member, at the home of Soonthorn Vilawan, president of the Prachin Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO), has sent shockwaves across Thailand.
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).
Thais leaving their mark in the law
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 20/12/2021
» In 2021 Thailand benefited from at least two good pieces of news in regard to international law, a subject closely interlinked with international relations.
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.