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Inhaler fuss 'a lesson'

Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/11/2025

» A public debate has erupted following the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) announcement that laboratory tests found microbial contamination in certain lots of the popular Hong Thai herbal inhaler, one of Thailand's best-known household products, famed among both locals and foreign visitors.

OPINION

Climate week fanfare hides the poverty gap

Oped, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 24/09/2025

» As world leaders converge on New York for the UN General Assembly and Climate Week, two incompatible visions are about to clash: rich-world elites obsessed with climate change versus developing nations battling poverty, hunger, and disease.

OPINION

Journalism is the first victim in a conflict

Oped, Kong Rithdee, Published on 31/07/2025

» In times of chaos, to call for calm seems naïve. "Imagine there's no countries." Sure, John, I know your utopianism was well-intended, but try telling that to the blood-hounding jingoists running rampant online in Cambodia and Thailand.

OPINION

When films speak louder than missiles

Oped, Kong Rithdee, Published on 26/06/2025

» Jafar Panahi tells it as he sees it: "An attack on my homeland, Iran, is in no way acceptable," the Iranian filmmaker wrote on Instagram last week. "Israel has violated Iran and should be tried in an international trial as a war aggressor."

OPINION

Thaksin could still escape jail time

Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/06/2025

» What does it mean for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra now that Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin's last-ditch attempt to shield his master from the prospect of being sent back to jail to serve his one-year jail term was crushed by the Medical Council of Thailand at a crucial meeting last Thursday?

OPINION

Justice must ditch the glitz

Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/05/2025

» The recent phenomenon of talk show hosts and social media influencers seeking justice for the downtrodden represents a worrying trend for Thailand. While these celebrity crusaders offer an expedient shortcut for those seemingly failed by traditional mechanisms, their existence suggests that something could be seriously wrong with the nation's justice system.