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Insurance saga shocks
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/07/2025
» A seemingly minor news story last week sparked widespread public concern about fairness in Thailand's health insurance industry.
'Women's economics' goes mainstream
Oped, Antara Haldar, Published on 10/11/2023
» William Shakespeare's 1597 comedy Love's Labour's Lost tells the story of four Frenchmen as they navigate the tension between commitment to intellectual development and the quest for domestic bliss. Some four centuries later, Harvard economist Claudia Goldin reimagined the tale from the vantage point of American women balancing career and family. Now, Ms Goldin's profound insights into women's labour-market outcomes have won her a Nobel Prize in Economics.
US court kicks away ladder of opportunity
Oped, Antara Haldar, Published on 07/07/2023
» Fifteen years ago, I watched in rapt attention as a resplendent, yet surreal, scene unfolded: the election of the first-ever African-American US president, Barack Obama. In the past week, the Supreme Court of the United States, in a landmark 6-3 ruling, struck down what may have been one of the key factors in making that story possible: affirmative action in higher education.
RTP recruiting needs scrutiny
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/06/2023
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) never run short of controversy. The latest scandal concerns the swift rise of a former beauty pageant contestant, who went from a police lance corporal to a police captain in less than two years.
By royal decree
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/03/2023
» Re: "Avoiding the third rail", (BP, March 12).
Funding the fight against NCDs
Oped, Stephen Ogweno, Published on 08/07/2022
» Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, lung disease, diabetes, obesity and mental disorders, are often chronic and develop over a long period. Collectively, NCDs account for about 70% of all deaths globally (and 60% of deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa, where they account for over 55% of hospital admissions in countries such as Kenya). Developing countries thus face a double burden of illness, with communicable diseases like malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis still presenting a huge challenge alongside the rising incidence of NCDs.
Tip of the iceberg
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/02/2022
» Re: "ATK answer," (PostBag, Feb 23). Khun Burin Kantabutra has always proposed many novel ideas in the Post. However, I beg to politely differ with his suggestion in "ATK answer" for a disease which is already basically everywhere in the kingdom.
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.
Bold idea to solve pollution crisis
Oped, Ingo Puhl, Published on 03/06/2021
» While 2021's burning season was not quite as disastrous as in recent years, a game-changing solution for Thailand's pollution crisis remains up in the air. Given the complexity of the factors fuelling these fires, a more ambitious systemic approach is required. Neither past regulatory initiatives nor the piecemeal projects and plans of provincial governments and well-meaning NGOs have succeeded. Without a coordinated effort between the major private sector players, innovators and civil society to create viable alternatives for farmers, Thailand will continue to see major damage to its public health, tourism, and environment during the burning season.
Hazy booze ideas
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/06/2020
» The approach to alcohol in Thailand needs some serious review and new structure. Thailand has great food and great food goes with nice wine and that is in the Mediterranean style and fits with tourism and lifestyle.