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Time for a change
Postbag, Published on 10/03/2025
» Re: "R&D essential for Thai rice," (Oped, March 8).
As long as it's a bit better than last year
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/01/2022
» It's that time of the year for columnists to suggest what could be in store for the next 12 months. However, things are so unpredictable at the moment even Nostradamus would struggle to come up with a half-decent forecast. Of course Thailand is not immune to the uncertainty although you wouldn't rule out occasional "misappropriation of funds" or to use the correct technical term, "cooking the books."
There have probably been better years
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/12/2021
» Well we've just about scraped through the Year of the Ox. It was a strange time, rather like living in a vacuum, not entirely sure what would happen next. Nothing could have been worse than 2020, but 2021 wasn't far off. At the start of the year there was hope that the cloud of Covid could be shaken off and we would all become happy folks in the Land of Smiles again, but it didn't quite work out that way -- it's the hope that kills you.
Bank of Thailand lands in hot water
News, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 16/01/2020
» It caught almost everyone by surprise when the baht strengthened past the psychological level of 30 baht per US dollar during the New Year holidays.
Capital's shrimp farmers drowning in wastewater
News, Danny Marks, Published on 14/01/2020
» If you recently ate fresh seafood in Bangkok, there's a good chance some of it came from Bangkok itself. The idea that seafood is cultivated in a city considered a concrete jungle might be surprising. But Bangkok's district of Bang Khunthian touches the Gulf of Thailand and in Bang Khunthian's sub-district, Tha Kam, the vast majority of land is used to farm seafood, particularly shrimp. A district officer estimates that 70-80% of Bang Khunthian's residents are aquaculture farmers. Many have earned their livelihood through this means for generations.
Safety, not speed
News, Postbag, Published on 12/12/2019
» Re: "Speed limit hike too risky", (Editorial, Dec 11).
Karma will haunt corrupt until the end
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 14/09/2019
» The sight of former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom head down, listening to the Supreme Court ruling on his role in the fake government-to-government (G2G) rice deals contrasted sharply with that of the merriment of his former boss, Yingluck Shinawatra, sharing a sumptuous meal with her brother and fugitive former prime minister, Thaksin, and his youngest daughter.
FFP's new battleground: campus
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/09/2019
» Finally, the Future Forward Party (FFP) managed to hold a panel discussion at Khon Kaen University yesterday.
Fisheries abuse tied to poor regulation
News, Steve Trent, Published on 01/05/2019
» Thailand's seafood industry has been haunted by illegal fishing and human rights abuse. Following the March 24 general election, the new government must build on the reforms that have already been gained during the past four years.
Regulating street vendors a daunting task
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 12/05/2018
» Vendors in Bangkok are the king of pavements. Motorcyclists may be a nuisance when they take to pavements. But they come and they go.