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Big data to keep Thai workers afloat
Oped, Winit Theanvanichpant, Published on 26/08/2020
» Since the coronavirus pandemic hit Thailand early this year, businesses have been falling like dominoes. Millions of people have lost their jobs in the country's worst economic downturn in recent memory. Yet some jobs have survived the pandemic better than others.
Charter needs uncorrupting
News, Editorial, Published on 30/08/2019
» Touted by its drafters as an anti-corruption tool, the 2017 constitution features many strict measures aimed to promote good governance and prevent graft.
Scandal needs closer watch
News, Editorial, Published on 03/12/2018
» It has been a year since Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon showed off his diamonds and a costly watch too ostentatiously to miss. It occurred at Government House as ministers gathered for a portrait-photoshoot of the "Prayut 5" cabinet. Gen Prawit raised his hand to shield his eyes from the sun, his cuff shot up, and Bangkok Post photographer Chanat Katanyu framed and caught the display of costly bling in a now-classic photo.
Counting the cost of a broken school system
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/12/2018
» Last week, Singapore International School of Bangkok (SISB) became the first education institution listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). Its listing has shed light on not only its profit-oriented business model but also the disparity between private and state education systems.
Ghost pupils haunt system
News, Editorial, Published on 27/11/2018
» The Ministry of Education has had many corruption cases revealed this year. Some have been of the most venal kind, including theft of funds for student meals, with pupils served starvation lunches. Officials now are trying to dismiss another significant corruption outrage as some sort of minor bookkeeping error. They must not get away with it.
A test of the election date
News, Editorial, Published on 29/10/2018
» The regime claims that it has just discovered that its advertised, "most likely" date for the general election will horrendously clash with another, hugely important event. For some time, the government has been teasing the likelihood for a general election on Feb 24. However, late last week came the "discovery" that tens of thousands young men and women will be busy in the midst of something else that day: University entrance exams, which will be held between Feb 18-23.
Unnecessary overlap
News, Postbag, Published on 21/09/2018
» Re: "'Kai fak' bill approved", (BP, Sept 19).
Hollywood fantasies
News, Postbag, Published on 23/08/2018
» Thanks to a report in the Aug 21 edition of the Bangkok Post, those of us who did not already know, are now aware that, five years ago, a 37-year-old actress named Asia Argento carried out what is described as sexual assault on a 17-year-old boy Jimmy Bennett in a hotel room in California.
A willfully vague law
News, Postbag, Published on 20/08/2018
» Re: "Student Union calls on Prayut to scrap new 'code of conduct'", (BP, Aug 18).
Time up for Teerakiat
News, Postbag, Published on 10/08/2018
» Re: "Education reforms", (BP, Aug 9).