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When flood warnings come too late
News, Simon Wang, Published on 29/11/2025
» Pictures can speak a thousand words; images can induce rivers of tears and break so many hearts. Viral images are too grim to look at. Thirty newborns in a darkened ward. Nurses working by flashlight. Outside, streets had become rivers. Parents could not reach their children. In Hat Yai, the water pushed past the second floor.
Commodities nearing super cycle
News, Taosha Wang, Published on 22/09/2025
» Commodities have had a rough decade, but a confluence of structural factors suggests that after years of underinvestment, the stage may be set for the next super cycle.
Curbing mayhem on the roads
Editorial, Published on 24/08/2025
» The recent crash on the Udon Ratthaya Expressway in the small hours of Aug 16 -- a multi-vehicle pile-up involving a convoy of cars -- is appalling not only for the violent collision itself but also for what it exposes about negligence and weak enforcement.
The economy is waiting to hit an iceberg
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 20/03/2025
» This is not a scene from the 1997 film Titanic. On the evening of April 14th 1912, a small Canadian fishing boat, skippered by a French-Canadian captain called "Jacques-Chai", approached the Titanic wanting to convey a very important message to Captain Edward Smith. The message was that there was a sea of icebergs, one was particularly big, about 200 miles ahead.
When is enough really enough?
Oped, Jamie Waddell, Published on 06/03/2025
» The recent crash of a bus that overturned and killed many people in Prachin Buri is not just another road safety incident. This type of incident forms part of a pattern that has not been addressed let alone answered. The purpose of a collision investigation (they are not accidents) is to determine the root cause to provide information to prevent such incidents form occurring again.
A 'retrospective' on Trump's first year back in job
Oped, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 16/01/2025
» Predictions about 2025 come with flashing caveats: no one can know what US President-elect Donald Trump will do, let alone how the rest of the world will respond. But one can speculate. Imagine it is January 2026.
Beijing needs a reset. Xi's got bigger problems
News, Karishma Vaswani, Published on 09/03/2024
» The script at China's National People's Congress is pre-determined months before the event, but there had been speculation this week that Beijing might name a new foreign minister. Instead, it seems senior diplomat Wang Yi will continue in the role.
Oil shenanigans
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/08/2023
» Re: "Race is on to clean up large oil spill", (BP, Aug 9).
Road safety still a running sore
News, Editorial, Published on 18/06/2023
» A fatal collision in Samut Sakhon province on a recent Friday night left a 51-year-old man dead and an 18-year-old severely injured. What caused the accident? This time, it was not drunk driving or a fast car but a poorly lit curve, which a local official blamed as the source of frequent accidents.
Stakes high as Prayut switches parties
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/12/2022
» Finally, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced on Friday his decision to join the Ruam Thai Sang Chart, or United Thai Nation (UTN) party, to become its first choice candidate for the premiership at the next election.