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Thailand's justice gap
Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/02/2026
» This week, Thailand marks the third anniversary of the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act 2022 -- albeit half-heartedly.
Lockerbie bombing and the questions that linger
Oped, Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Published on 20/12/2024
» I often wondered how much of our lives are predetermined by forces beyond our comprehension.
Bangkok traffic cure
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/10/2024
» Re: "Congestion fee questions", (Editorial, Oct 23). Indeed, penalising parties using private cars coming to town does not alone solve the horrendous traffic jams that some Bangkokians have to endure. The crucial enticement is to provide alternatives that are reliable citi-wise and popular. In London, it is usual to see most office workers taking public transport to work and using private cars at weekends.
Fujimori's Peru and the price of neoliberal success
Oped, Antara Haldar, Published on 10/10/2024
» The script of Latin American politics too often reads like a "dictator novel," and on Sept 11, another chapter drew to a close with the death of Alberto Fujimori. As the president who most defined -- and divided -- modern Peru, his legacy remains a topic of heated debate. One version of Fujimori's epitaph would commend his economics and condemn his politics, but the deeper lesson his life story offers may be that it is impossible to separate the two.
Bdap's arrest a litmus test
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/06/2024
» As Thailand vies for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for the 2025-2027 term -- something the previous Prayut government failed to do -- the arrest of Y Quynh Bdap, a Vietnamese political activist with UN refugee status, will serve as a litmus test for Thailand's human rights standards.
Cell tower poser
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/09/2023
» Re: "When scams turn deadly", (Editorial, Sept 9) & "Suspects extradited to China", (BP, Aug 25).
Thais can't breathe
Life, Punsita Ritthikarn, Published on 22/11/2021
» Last year, the Chulalongkorn student activist group Spring Movement arranged the exhibition "Separation/(Silence)" in memory of Thai pro-democracy activists and human rights advocates who have vanished since the 2014 military coup. To this day, the student-led organisation is searching for those missing persons.
Thai-Aussie ties are on cloud nine
News, By Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 23/02/2021
» On Feb 15, a historic milestone was achieved when Their Majesties the King and Queen visited the Australian Embassy -- the first time in the annals of Thailand's external relations that a monarch had visited a foreign mission. Their Majesties were there to view a documentary prepared by the Australian Embassy commemorating the King's time in Australia. Indeed, Thai-Australian relations have come a long way.
Honouring Assange, who is (almost) free at last
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/01/2021
» On Monday morning, a British judge finally rejected the US attempt to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and jail him forever (or at least for 175 years in a high-security 'supermax' prison) on the grounds that he is, as Joe Biden once called him, a "high-tech terrorist".
Thai justice system overhaul overdue
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 31/07/2020
» Thailand's current talk of the country is undoubtedly the scandal centring on Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya for the 2012 hit-and-run resulting in the gruesome death of a policeman on a motorcycle.