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Present from Putin
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/03/2025
» Re: "Putin call 'a test' of deal-making skill", (World, March 19).
Donald Trump's tariffs will surely backfire
Oped, Takatoshi Ito, Published on 21/12/2024
» US president-elect Donald Trump appears committed to imposing high tariffs on imports to the United States -- or, at least, using the threat of tariffs to bend US trading partners to his will. Mr Trump now says he will enact a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico on his first day in office and raise tariffs on goods from China by 10%. And he has previously advocated 60–100% tariffs on imports from China and 10–20% tariffs on imports from all other countries.
We must not lose sight of Myanmar
Oped, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Published on 20/09/2024
» Three years on, there remains no end in sight to the crisis in Myanmar. As the international community is increasingly beset by the gridlock in Myanmar and instead drawn towards conflict elsewhere in the world, there is a real concern of a "Myanmar fatigue" setting in. Be that as it may, Thailand cannot afford to lose sight of the dire situation in its immediate neighbour.
Cultural resistance
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/06/2024
» Re: "Know your history", (Editorial, June 8).
Waking up to a world water crisis
Oped, Quentin Grafton, Joyeeta Gupta & Aromar Revi, Published on 28/03/2023
» The world is becoming accustomed to the drip-drip of catastrophic headlines following each new climate-driven disaster. Increasingly frequent and severe heatwaves are causing wildfires in California and widespread coral die-offs in Australia. Unprecedented floods have wreaked havoc in Pakistan, Germany, China, and New Zealand. Drought in the Horn of Africa is causing famine for millions. And this list could go on.
Better, in my book
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/02/2023
» Re: "Reading a relationship", (BP, Feb 18). If former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva agrees now to the offer of becoming a party-list member of the Democrat Party, he would be seen as lacking in principle.
Thailand's tin: Mining our real history
Oped, Rungsima Kullapat, Published on 29/09/2022
» Long before Thailand became a hub for industries like auto manufacturing, tourism and healthcare, it was a global hub for tin. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the mining of tin along the Andaman Sea coastline created wealth for Siam.
Thailand should legalise prostitution
Oped, Chattrika Napatanapong and Ratsameechan Saowakhon, Published on 20/07/2022
» Thanks to the hit biopic Gangubai Kathiawadi on Netflix, the plight of Thai sex workers and their needs for legal protection are back in the spotlight.
Stop funding environmental crime
Oped, Simon Zadek, Published on 09/02/2022
» One of the most profitable global criminal enterprises is one you might not expect. It is crimes like illegal fishing and logging, waste trafficking, and trade in wildlife. And the financial sector is reaping huge rewards from these assaults against the natural environment.
Protection pretence
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/12/2020
» Atiya Achakulwisut, in her Dec 1 commentary, rightly points out how the application of any such law as Section 112 of Thailand's criminal code [lese majeste] can only undermine the institutions it deceitfully claims to protect. The logically certain reality is more deeply corrosive.