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Ending the Thai citizenship limbo
Editorial, Published on 10/11/2024
» The recent cabinet decision to accelerate the permanent residency and citizenship process for 483,626 hill tribe members and ethnic minorities has sparked intense debate, fuelled by misconceptions and biases.
Defeat symbolises normalisation
News, Justice Malala, Published on 03/06/2024
» Last Thursday, a television news crew made its way to former South African president Jacob Zuma's homestead, an ugly monstrosity controversially built at a cost of 250 million rand (500 million baht) of taxpayers' money, in his rural village of Nkandla. The crew got to interview Zuma after midnight. At about 2am, the crew watched in amazement as a genial Zuma, aged 82, welcomed a delegation of French diplomats into his living room for a meeting.
Thai tongue twisters
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 29/07/2022
» Happy National Thai Language Day! July 29 has been designated by the Cabinet as Thailand's National Thai Language Day since 1999. Although it isn't a day off, we should take some time off to appreciate how rich and beautiful the Thai language is. And to celebrate Thailand's mother tongue, here are a few Thai tongue twisters to practise with friends for some guaranteed fun, from noob to god level.
New Month, New Rules?
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 10/09/2021
» September 1 was the D-day for many to be let out of their homes for the first time in a long while (guilty!). It seems, at the time of going to print, another D-day unworthy of celebration will be October 1.
Deadly drivers
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/07/2021
» Re: "Anti-vaxxer overload," (PostBag, July 3).
Pfizer conundrum
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/07/2021
» Re: "Govt blasted for jab delay", (BP, July 5).
Corruption in Jokowi's Indonesia
Oped, Abdurrahman Syebubakar, Published on 04/09/2020
» Corruption is ingrained in the history of Indonesia, dating back to before the colonial period. In the era of the Sukarno and Suharto regimes, corruption became rampant among a small clique of capitalist cronies and their networks.
What ails Thailand
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/05/2020
» Sanitsuda Ekachai's May 18 column, "When education supports rape culture", is a brilliant tour-de-force of what ails Thailand -- racism, toxic nationalism and a widespread indifference toward the bad treatment of women.