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Slanted cartoons
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/04/2025
» During Donald Trump's first term, the Biden years, and the pre-2024 election run-in, the average Trump media coverage recorded by most media outlets was 93% negative.
Tough sell abroad
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/02/2025
» Re: "Somsak says health sector will boost economy", (BP, Feb 22).
A probe too far
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/05/2023
» The Public Health Ministry's disciplinary probe against Dr Supat Hasuwannakit, director of Songkhla's Saba Yoi Hospital and president of the Rural Doctors Society (RDS), heightens suspicions about whether the move is politically motivated.
Snakes can do good
News, Published on 29/08/2022
» Re: "Snake encounter reported every 15 minutes in Bangkok," (Online, Aug 27).
A tale of two cities, as Xi Jinping visits Hong Kong
Oped, Ivan Watson, Published on 01/07/2022
» 'Manhattan meets Hawaii." That's how I described Hong Kong to outsiders when I first moved here 7 years ago, dazzled by glittering skyscrapers ringing lush green mountains next to the sea.
More must be done for those with a disability
Oped, Renaud Meyer & Jyri Jarviaho, Published on 04/12/2021
» Every year on Dec 3 we mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), an opportunity to highlight the challenges people with disabilities face in their everyday life and the services and efforts government and other partners need to make to ensure their meaningful inclusion. Because it is critical to realise that disability inclusion is essential to upholding human rights, which is central and a pre-condition towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its principle of leaving no one behind.
Closures to backfire?
News, Postbag, Published on 28/06/2021
» Re: "Capital avoids total lockdown", and "Giving us a break", (BP and PostBag, June, 26).
Necessity is the Mother of Invention: Covid-19 Edition
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 20/03/2020
» The C-word has us all worried, confused and clean out supermarket shelves. The televised address by PM Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday didn't help much and the temporary closure of various venues until March 31 certainly does not. A few venues have taken extra measures and have temporarily shut shop, namely theCommons Thonglor, Beam and Demo. I'm pretty sure the list is going to get longer in the coming weeks.
Make Bangkok disabled friendly
News, Editorial, Published on 28/07/2019
» The story of a young, visually impaired woman and her four-legged companion and guide dog went viral when it hit social media earlier this month.
Baby steps toward a society of longevity
News, Somkiat Tangkitvanich, Published on 22/05/2019
» Extend the retirement age. Support labour-saving technology. Promote active ageing. Help workers learn new skills. Set up an old-age insurance system. And reduce the number of conscripts to ease the labour shortage.