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OPINION

Thin buyer guide

Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/02/2026

» Re: "Choosing the right air purifier for Thailand's rising air pollution", (Life, Feb 8).

OPINION

Decriminalising sex work needs clarity

Oped, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 04/02/2026

» The world's oldest profession has always been a taboo subject in Thai society, even in our politics so it was encouraging to see at least five political parties -- the Pheu Thai Party, the People's Party, the Movement Party, the Thai Sang Thai Party, and the Democrat Party -- agree that the current Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act B.E. 2539 (1996) needs to be repealed.

OPINION

Monks and politics

Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/01/2026

» Re: "Statue rivalry sows conflict", (Editorial, Jan 25).

OPINION

Time to restart peace talks in the far South

Oped, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 16/01/2026

» The series of coordinated bomb attacks at 11 PTT petrol stations in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat in the early hours of Sunday is a warning sign that southern unrest is enduring and can flare up at any moment.

OPINION

Safety failures cost lives

Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/01/2026

» First and foremost, this newspaper extends its condolences to the families of the victims of two deadly crane collapses -- one on Wednesday at a railway construction site in Nakhon Ratchasima province, and another yesterday on a section of Rama II Highway in Samut Sakhon. We join the public in praying for those injured and receiving treatment in hospital, hoping for their full recovery.

OPINION

Graft body faces test

Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/01/2026

» Two statements issued by National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) officials, urging a commissioner to resign over bribery allegations involving gold bars, suggest moral hazard at the country's graft-busting office.

OPINION

Thailand's political trajectory in 2026

Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 09/01/2026

» What happens in Thai politics this year and the immediate horizon will be determined by the upcoming election on Feb 8. While contesting political parties are in full campaign mode, the contemporary history of Thai polls so far in the 21st century is not encouraging. Only once in the past 25 years have voting results went the way they were meant to, in accordance with the popular will. Whether the vote in four weeks will follow the same pattern will depend on whether the conservative establishment gets its preferred outcome.

OPINION

'Dome' learns harsh lesson

Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/01/2026

» Singer and online influencer Pakorn "Dome" Lam has earned the dubious honour of being the first major test of Thailand's newly amended sexually harassment law.

OPINION

Thailand hit by a confluence of crises

Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 05/12/2025

» Thailand is currently facing multiple crises of unprecedented proportions in the highest corridors of power that will pose adversity for the economy and political stability next year and beyond.

OPINION

Bibi's strategy to keep justice at arm's length

Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 03/12/2025

» Israel's prime minister, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, has just asked the country's president, Isaac Herzog, to "fully pardon" him of all three charges -- bribery, fraud and breach of trust -- that he has been on trial for since 2020. And the question is: Why did he only ask for it now?