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Protect our national data
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/04/2023
» Last week, a hacker who went by the name "9Near" did not release the data on 55 million Thais as he had threatened.
Clarify Covid cover
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/02/2022
» Having lived through the Covid-19 pandemic for two years, the public expects authorities to handle the developing situation with a steady hand.
Why no women?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/01/2022
» Re: "PPRP renegades unveil party: Sang Anakot Thai aims to heal economy", (BP, Jan 20). Your front-page photograph illustrating the formation of the new Palang Pracharath Party (Building Thailand's Future) is a line-up of old and bold politicians from the past -- all of them men.
Moral conundrum
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/01/2022
» Re: "Bill on media council gets cabinet nod," (BP, Jan 13). When we read in "Bill on media council gets cabinet nod" that "the exercise of media freedoms must not infringe on social mores", all who value good public morals will be deeply concerned. This must be so since being a social mores never has and cannot of itself guarantee that any belief, custom, or attitude is morally good.
Thai-style diplomacy?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/01/2022
» Re: "Can Europe avert a war between US and China?," (Opinion, Jan 6). The article illustrates the enormous opportunities calling for Thailand to play a decisive role in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
Booster plans in disarray
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/01/2022
» As the country is being hit by a new wave of coronavirus infections fuelled by the Omicron variant, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government must accelerate the booster rollout to better control the pandemic. Yet, this crucial mission is plagued with confusion.
Cities need to be smart
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/11/2021
» So-called smart cities have become aspirational for governments around the world and the government has been among them with its 12th National Economic and Social Development Plan (2017-2021).
Mixed jabs strategy adds to confusion
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 17/07/2021
» The delay in Thailand's AstraZeneca vaccine delivery plan is indeed a bad omen for the embattled Prayut Chan-o-cha government.
Is there a jab cover-up in Thailand?
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 09/07/2021
» It has become common knowledge that Thailand's national vaccine plan is inadequate, full of loopholes, flip-flopping and even worse, and might not be enough to deal with the fluid threat and devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic effectively. But vaccine mismanagement no longer appears to be the root cause of Thailand's Covid-19 trials and tribulations.
Jab drive far too opaque
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/06/2021
» If the Interior Ministry's approval of a request by Thai Beverage Public Company Limited (ThaiBev) to provide free Covid-19 vaccines to its employees and their families is lawful, why did it make a U-turn and cancel it?