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It's a revenue grab
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/04/2026
» Re: "Thailand plans mandatory accident insurance for foreign visitors", (Business, April 8).
Loving the lizards
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/03/2026
» Re: "It's not just the park's lizards", (BP, March 16) & "Monitor monitoring", (BP, April 26, 2025).
Tinted screens
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/03/2026
» Re: "We don't need Seven Dangerous Days", (Opinion, Feb 27).
Portugal calls for global unity, multilateralism
Oped, Paulo Rangel, Published on 27/02/2026
» It is a great pleasure to be here in Thailand, and especially good to be able to have this opportunity to share our vision on how Portugal views the world and the role and importance of multilateralism.
Poll paranoia
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/02/2026
» Re: "Doubts mount over EC's poll handling", (Opinion, Feb 21).
How world's super-rich are rewriting the rules
Oped, Joseph E Stiglitz & Jayati Ghosh, Published on 13/02/2026
» Ongoing efforts to derail multilateral tax cooperation lie at the heart of a global programme to replace democratic governance with coercive rule by the extremely wealthy -- or what we call 21st-century Caesarism. Any strategy to counter this programme, therefore, must recognise that taxing extreme wealth is essential to saving democracy.
When infrastructure meets AI
Oped, Bertrand Badré & Saurabh Mishra, Published on 16/01/2026
» Infrastructure investment is booming. Around the world, governments are pouring trillions of dollars into roads, power grids, data centres, water systems, and housing, with many responding to intensifying climate shocks and the growing need for adaptation. Yet the construction industry -- the single largest force physically reshaping the planet -- is among the last major sectors to unlock all the benefits that digital technology offers. As a result, it accounts for about 21% of greenhouse-gas emissions, produces half of global landfill waste, and overspends by US$1.6 trillion a year.
Klatham MP faces grilling over ties to gambling
Oped, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 13/11/2025
» A House committee has summoned Chonnaphat Naksua, a Klatham Party MP for Songkhla, to clarify allegations regarding his involvement with online gambling networks after the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) froze 159 million baht of his assets.
How G20 could help end hunger
Oped, Raj Patel & Refiloe Joala, Published on 21/10/2025
» Upon assuming the G20 presidency in December, South Africa chose "solidarity, equality, and sustainability" as its theme. Far from being an empty slogan, this vision reflects the principles on which any credible international response to today's hunger crisis must rest.
Little sympathy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/09/2025
» Re: "Act now, as Suu Kyi is gravely ill", (Opinion, Sept 10). The problem with most activists and this freedom fighter is that they are very good at finding fault in others, not themselves. In a world where charisma trumps character, forgive the pun: Ms Suu Kyi is no exception.