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Chambers case must end
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/05/2025
» Thailand's economy is under strain. Tariff talks with the Trump administration are stalled. Growth is plunging. Global tensions are rising. The last thing the country needs is a diplomatic crisis triggered by a flimsy lèse majesté charge -- especially one that the public prosecutor now refuses to pursue.
Explosive matters
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2023
» A clip of an explosion at a fireworks storage facility in southern Narathiwat province on Saturday has gone viral. It serves as a reminder to society about the clear and present danger of having industrial factories and warehouses in residential neighbourhoods.
'Thainess' needs rethink
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/12/2022
» The Education Ministry has faced a torrent of criticism for its initiative to single out history as an individual subject from the social cluster in school curricula.
Don't limit monks
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/10/2021
» A recent order by the Supreme Sangha Council prohibiting Buddhist monks and novices from studying non-dhamma subjects is a step backwards in the development of clerical society.
Autocracy, not giggling, is the problem
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 15/09/2021
» When two influencer monks -- Phra Maha Praiwan Worawano and Phra Maha Sompong Talaputto -- were summoned to Government House last week for giggling too much in their dhamma talk shows, I expected intellectual duels between the conservatives and the liberals on the monastic codes of conduct and the clergy's need to catch up with times.
Chatty monks not an issue
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/09/2021
» The controversy over two celebrity monks who landed in hot water following a live-streaming conversation full of puns and political wisecracking is a test of where Buddhism is going.
Border control is imperative
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/05/2021
» While the county battles its menacing third wave of Covid-19, experts have recently come out to warn that if there is a fourth, it is likely to be the result of illegal border crossings.
Unity panel hopes dim
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/12/2020
» A parliamentary move for reconciliation, with the formation of a panel tasked with fostering national unity, seems to be fizzling out as both government and opposition MPs do too little to make it materialise.