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Hitting the high notes
News, Published on 09/05/2022
» The College of Music at Mahidol University (MU) has attained a rank of 47 in the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2022. It is the first college in Thailand to enter the top 50 of the QS University Ranking in the performing arts, marking a milestone for Thai education.
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.
Ex-monk Nen Kham given 114 years
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/08/2018
» The Criminal Court yesterday sentenced former monk Nen Kham to 114 years in jail for deceiving 29 people into donating to bogus Buddhist and disaster relief projects and using the money to buy a jet and luxury cars.
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?