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Cute posts, cruel trade
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/11/2025
» For years, CITES -- the United Nations' multilateral treaty aimed at protecting endangered plants and animals from threats posed by international trade -- has focused on combating wildlife trafficking networks that smuggle exotic animals from forests and breeding centres to meet demand from private zoos and the traditional medicine trade.
Global jitters
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/02/2025
» Re: "Trade war will test govt", (Editorial, Feb 3).
Tolerance makes Bangkok a world city
Oped, Philip J Cunningham, Published on 24/01/2025
» Bangkok is a city of the world, but is it a world city?
With Israel and Iran it's tit for tat for tit for tat...
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 31/10/2024
» It's more like a courtship ritual between exotic birds than a 21st-century war. First the Israelis assassinate Revolutionary Guard generals in an Iranian embassy on foreign soil. Tag. You're it.
Thailand's most unlikely A-list celebrity
Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/09/2024
» Unless you have been in hibernation for the past few weeks you may have noticed that making the news has been the two-month-old female pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng (Bouncy Pork) which has been attracting large crowds to Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chon Buri. The little hippo, which acquired its name due to its "bouncy" behaviour has become an internet celebrity and indeed, an international star. She even made a guest appearance on the BBC World news.
Politics of religion
Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/03/2024
» Re: "Buddhism is always oddly political", (Opinion, March 16).
Wild animals are not pets
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/01/2024
» The report about a wealthy foreigner driving along a crowded street in Pattaya this week with a lion cub in the back of his Bentley convertible is not just another gaudy display of excessive richness.
Save Thai workers
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/10/2023
» Re: "PM to ask Riyadh for help", (BP, Oct 17).
Legacy politics
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/05/2023
» Re: "Rift over Speaker's job erupts", (BP, May 25).