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Bridge-building for ethnic concerns
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 08/05/2025
» Recent months have witnessed intense negotiations in Thailand's parliament concerning the proposed new law on the protection and promotion of the livelihood of ethnic groups. Can the various gaps be truly bridged?
Sea gypsies need help
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/05/2025
» Land conflicts on Lipe island -- home to sea gypsies -- have flared up again amid concerns over land grabs by greedy business operators in this part of the southern province of Satun.
Unfortunate accident
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/05/2024
» Re: "Motorcyclist dies after falling down drain", (BP, May 7).
Fix needed for high-altitude farming
Oped, Siriporn Kiratikarnkul and Nipon Poapongsakorn, Published on 01/02/2023
» The government has a set pattern for trying to solve the "plight" of farmers. It describes their problems as being low farm product prices, insufficient income and labour shortages, and the authorities have their own playbook for solving these.
Putin's actions prove Russia is a fascist state
Oped, Vasyl Cherepanyn, Published on 10/06/2022
» A few years ago, during a panel discussion on the politics of memory at a university in a German-speaking country, I called Russian President Vladimir Putin "the most powerful fascist politician in the world". Afterwards, the organisers shyly told me that while the event had gone well, the label I applied to the Kremlin leader was "too much" -- even though Russia had by that time already occupied Crimea and started a war in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. I was surprised not so much by the organisers' comment as by the way they made it. They seemed genuinely embarrassed as if I had said something obscene.
East Asia: Where are America's red lines?
Oped, Takatoshi Ito, Published on 05/05/2022
» Global geopolitical attention remains focused on the war in Ukraine. But a significant shift, potentially even more serious in the long run than Russia's invasion of its neighbor, seems to be occurring in East Asia as a result of President Vladimir Putin's war.