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Better jobs for youths
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/01/2024
» Re: "Strategy to achieve tourism targets revealed", (Business, Jan 18).
How to balance sustainability
Oped, Tiina Vähänen and Serena Fortuna, Published on 30/09/2022
» As the global population rises, we are projected to need up to 50% more food by 2050 than we needed in 2012. We face a huge challenge to feed the world while at the same time protecting our forests from agricultural expansion, which drives almost 90% of deforestation globally.
Temple corruption erodes public faith
Oped, Thanthip Srisuwannaket, Published on 28/04/2021
» As corruption soars in predominantly Buddhist Thailand, its temples are also facing a serious erosion of public faith due to rife corruption in the closed, non-transparent clergy.
Racist teacher policy
News, Postbag, Published on 11/08/2018
» It is the time of the year when international schools in Thailand start recruiting teachers. Kris Wya, an African-American teacher with qualifications beyond the requirements, found getting a job in the country difficult. She said it was because of her skin colour and some "smart" schools wanted her photographs to be sent so that they would know who she was, an African.
An eco-friendly riposte to Trump
News, Barbara Unmüssig & Michael Kellner, Published on 13/06/2018
» As US President Donald Trump translates his "America First" strategy into import tariffs, and the European Union prepares to adopt countermeasures moving the global economy toward a trade standoff, the real challenge facing the two economies -- indeed, the entire world -- is being ignored. That challenge is to shape the global economy, including trade, so that it finally respects the planet's natural boundaries.
A land where the law is too easily bought
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 13/02/2018
» A photo showing fugitive former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra chilling out in Beijing? The alleged poaching of a rare black panther in a wildlife sanctuary by Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) president Premchai Karnasuta? The absurdity of a deputy premier insisting on his virtuousness in order to carry on in his job even though he was caught "borrowing" almost 30 million baht worth of luxury watches from his businessman friends without informing the relevant authority?