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When the news is wrong about my homeland
Oped, José González Vargas, Published on 11/12/2025
» The people of Venezuela conjure contradictory images, particularly for those living in the Global North. We're starved and oppressed masses under a totalitarian thumb, but also arrogant and pigheaded émigrés living in golden exile from Miami to Madrid. More recently, we are hordes of criminals, the scum of the Earth, flooding into the United States. Where's the truth? Where's the lie?
Israel's Gaza campaign is making it a pariah state
Oped, Thomas L Friedman, Published on 03/09/2025
» I will leave it to historians to debate whether Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. But what is absolutely clear to me right now is that this Israeli government is committing suicide, homicide and fratricide.
Curbing mayhem on the roads
Editorial, Published on 24/08/2025
» The recent crash on the Udon Ratthaya Expressway in the small hours of Aug 16 -- a multi-vehicle pile-up involving a convoy of cars -- is appalling not only for the violent collision itself but also for what it exposes about negligence and weak enforcement.
Court ruling rattles legal experts
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 17/03/2025
» A month has passed, but society is still debating the lawsuit against Pirongrong Ramasoota, a commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).
Provincial Administration Organisation poll buzz but no fix
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/02/2025
» The Provincial Administration Organisation (PAO) election on Saturday attracted an unusual amount of attention. Despite the PAO elections having been held since 2004, the public have seldom given them that much consideration.
Cool season on hold
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/11/2024
» Re: "Cool season begins on Tuesday: TMD", (BP, Oct 27).
Bridging the needs of communities
News, Regan Pairojmahakij, Published on 30/10/2024
» The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of Parties (COP) in Cali, Colombia, COP16, provides an opportunity to move closer to achieving the world's biodiversity conservation goals. From Oct 21 to this Friday, this year's CBD COP follows both the UN Climate Change and Desertification COPs as the last in a triad of "super" COP events taking place in close succession. It follows from the watershed CBD COP15, where the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted.
Laws must guard all ethnic rights
Oped, Apinan Thammasena, Published on 24/10/2024
» One of the most important yet neglected issues in Thailand is the need to protect our indigenous peoples and their remarkable cultures. Over 60 ethnic groups contribute to the rich diversity of our society.
State caught asleep at wheel
Editorial, Published on 06/10/2024
» The slow recovery of flood-ravaged areas in Chiang Rai province and alleged gold scams by online retailers Kornkanok "Mae Tuck" Suwannabut and her husband Kanpol "Pa Bia" Rueng-aram have one thing in common -- they show how state agencies are not doing enough to protect citizens.
Ban Kanchanapisek's healing lessons
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/09/2024
» How do you heal hardcore young criminals and turn them into active citizens? Ask Thicha Nanakorn -- she has the answer.