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CPF puts on 'nature classroom' for students
News, Published on 08/07/2022
» Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) recently welcomed Grade 9 and Grade 11 students from Concordian International School (CIS) as well as their teachers and parents to Lop Buri province.
Daring to like a harmless soap, despite critics
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/08/2021
» Nothing can drive up the ratings of a TV soap opera like threats from the government to launch legal action against the show's producer. This truism was well proven by the case of Hai Rak Pi Pak Sa (Dare to Love), a TV soap airing on TV 3 Channel.
Avoid grim ritual of Songkran deaths
News, Leo Horn-Phathanothai, Evelyn Murphy and Claudia Adriazola-Steil, Published on 12/04/2021
» Too many of us have been personally touched in our lives by tragic road crashes that have maimed or killed a loved one. For far too many, Songkran will be a moment not for merriment but for mourning. Thailand has among the highest rates of road fatalities in the world, ranking top in the region. More people die in Thailand from road crashes in two days than have died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. And the numbers tragically always spike at times of festivity, including Songkran.
Palestinian reckoning as Arab states open to Israel
News, Rami Ayyub, Published on 17/09/2020
» Israel's rapprochement with Gulf Arab states has left the Palestinians feeling abandoned by traditional allies and clutching an old playbook in a rapidly changing Middle East, analysts and critics say.
Subs or clean air?
News, Postbag, Published on 21/01/2020
» I read that the first batch of Thai navy personnel are heading to China for training to run the purchased submarines (total contract value 36 billion baht).
In challenging waters, Vietnam to steer Asean
News, Du Nhat Dang, Published on 16/01/2020
» Mention "Asean" these days and public opinion in Vietnam tends to think of the South China Sea disputes. But the country sees its role as Asean Chair in 2020 as one that entails a much wider responsibility -- that of being a bridge among Asean's members, as well as between with Asean and external powers, in uncertain times.
Mixed year for Asean chair
News, Thana Boonlert and Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 31/12/2019
» Thailand achieved a great deal during its 2019 chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) under the theme of "Advancing Partnership for Sustainability", yet there is still much to be done as the kingdom officially passes the baton to Vietnam tomorrow.
Don't be fooled
News, Postbag, Published on 28/12/2019
» Re: "Prayut troubled by fake news", (BP, Dec 27).
'Flying comma' suffers a bumpy landing
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/12/2019
» Although it didn't make the headlines, there was a small item of news last week that will sadden those who treasure the English language. It looks like the poor old apostrophe is coming to a full stop. Finally admitting defeat, the chairman of Britain's Apostrophe Protection Society dedicated to preserving the much-abused punctuation mark, threw in the towel and announced it was all over, stating "the ignorance and laziness in modern times have won".
Trump gamesmanship risks Asean ties
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 15/11/2019
» Apart from India's withdrawal from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the other memorable outcome of the recent Asean Summit and 14th East Asia Summit was the second consecutive absence of US President Donald Trump.