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Southeast Asia facing hidden extremist threat
Oped, Muhammad Makmun Rasyid, Published on 07/07/2025
» In May, Indonesia's counter-terrorism unit arrested an 18-year-old man in Gowa, South Sulawesi, on charges of spreading Islamic State (IS) propaganda and inciting bomb attacks on social media. Identified only as MAS, the suspect represents a deeply troubling development in Southeast Asia's struggle against terrorism: the rise of youth radicalisation driven entirely by online exposure.
Bus fire probe exposes DLT
News, Editorial, Published on 28/06/2025
» The outcome of the investigation into the tragic bus fire last year, which claimed the lives of 20 students and three teachers, is disgraceful -- but hardly surprising.
Medicine meets politics
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/06/2025
» Tomorrow marks a significant moment in the contemporary history of the Medical Council of Thailand (MCT), a low-profile yet prestigious association of doctors, with important implications for the medical community and Thai society more broadly.
Welfare fraud must end
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/04/2025
» A whistleblower's report about the massive pharmaceutical fraud involving government officials and medical staff at the Veterans General Hospital shows the need to investigate claims filed with state medical facilities, especially in light of the ballooning medical welfare budget.
Spending plans?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/04/2024
» Re: "Prawit declares B87m in assets", (BP, April 25).
The molecular line between life and death
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/03/2023
» 'We are but one very small company [among] many hundreds of companies using AI software for drug discovery and de novo design. How many of them have ... the know-how to find the pockets of chemical space that can be filled with molecules predicted to be orders of magnitude more toxic than VX?" This is a warning that requires a little explanation.
The false promise of Washington's flawed CHIPS Act
News, Anne O Krueger, Published on 23/11/2022
» The US Congress recently approved the CHIPS and Science Act, which allocates over $50 billion (1.86 trillion baht) to strengthen the semiconductor industry in the hope of making the United States self-sufficient. And US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said that President Joe Biden's administration should be "replicating" the CHIPS Act for other industries "as the key to American competitiveness".
Lucky Joe Biden is thrice-blessed
News, By Gwynne Dyer, Published on 19/01/2021
» Joe Biden is thrice-blessed. Not only did he win the Democratic nomination and then the presidential election, but as a result of the events of Jan 6 he takes office when the Republican opposition is in utter disarray and likely to stay that way for a long time. None of that was foreordained, or even very likely.
Dark winter ahead but jab miracles await
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 21/11/2020
» All the usual caveats apply: don't go out and celebrate, don't let your guard down, it's still going to be a long haul.