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Why food waste composting may fail
Oped, Parichat Suknark, Published on 04/03/2026
» Imagine an enormous pile of leftover rice, vegetable scraps, or fruit peels dumped to landfill, slowly rotting and filling nearby communities with an unpleasant smell. But the smell is not the only problem.
Recalibrating Thai-US ties (once again)
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 22/07/2025
» It is about time for Thailand to discard the two-century-old euphemism about enduring Thai-US ties and be brutally realistic. It is about time for a blunt question -- what can Thailand offer to reduce its soaring trade surplus of US$43 billion with the US? If Thai negotiators don't come up with any interesting offers, then the tariff for exported goods from Thailand to the US will be 36% across the board after Aug 1.
Creepy toys
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/06/2024
» Re: "Doll seller faces charges over undelivered orders", (BP, June 11).
A prescription for healthier policy
Oped, Kemi Adeosun, José Antonio González Anaya and Trevor Manuel, Published on 06/09/2022
» A healthy population is both a cause and a result of economic growth and development. But achieving both today requires finance ministers to leave their comfort zones.
Blighted regime
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/01/2022
» Re: "Card holders can now use any hospital", (BP, Jan 3). Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's characterisation of his ministry's new policy of allowing cardholders to access any hospital as a "New Year's gift" to cardholders is illustrative of one of Thai society's most toxically dysfunctional structural elements: namely the largely unchallenged acceptance in Thailand that a major role of government in a democratic polity should be to dole out largesse to its citizen-supplicants.
Village chief's fruitless fight for justice
Oped, Penchom Saetang & Punyathorn Jeungsmarn, Published on 15/12/2021
» December is an important month for human rights and environmental protection movements.
Youth not ignoring climate change
Oped, Francesca Capoluongo, Published on 13/08/2021
» Climate change is all too real. For everyone and particularly young people it can seem overpowering. But there are solutions. Youth across Southeast Asia are finding innovative solutions.
New tactics to help migrant workers
Oped, Boonwara Sumano and N Aneksomboonphon, Published on 28/07/2021
» It is now clear that this pandemic has hit vulnerable populations the hardest. Despite being one of the most vulnerable groups in society, migrant workers, including their family members, have been left with little care from the government. Despite helping the Thai economy for so long, there is no clear policy and little assistance to support migrant workers during this pandemic. This has to change if we seriously want to curb this crisis.
A Wuhan lockdown will not work here
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 22/07/2021
» Originally, I planned to write an article titled "Will it be a soft landing or hard landing?" which would have been about the future of the world's financial markets and the economy.
Disparity worsens ocean pollution
Oped, Yaowalak Chanthamas and Adis Israngkura, Published on 09/06/2021
» Ocean plastic pollution is threatening humanity and Thailand cannot escape the blame as one of the world's worst marine polluters. Although the government has pledged to tackle marine pollution, one thing is certain. Success is out of reach if the state authorities fail to engage local communities as equal partners.