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Fireworks within limits
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/01/2025
» New Year's Eve and fireworks seem like an inseparable package. But mini rockets of exploding gunpowder in close proximity to a wild habitat is not a good idea. Ever.
Another year, same blasts
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/01/2024
» Tomorrow, the Lower House Committee on Industry will summon the five ministries responsible to discuss how to improve safety at fireworks factories following reports that a facility in Suphan Buri, where a deadly blast that killed 23 people occurred last Wednesday, may have had 500 kilogrammes of explosive materials stored inside.
Explosive matters
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2023
» A clip of an explosion at a fireworks storage facility in southern Narathiwat province on Saturday has gone viral. It serves as a reminder to society about the clear and present danger of having industrial factories and warehouses in residential neighbourhoods.
Unrest stems from France's turbulent past
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/07/2023
» On Saturday, the fifth day of violent protests all over France against the police killing of an unarmed teenager, Nahel Merzouk, the daily arrests dropped below 1,000 for the first time, but the violence became even more extreme.