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Thailand wants faster inflation
News, Daniel Moss, Published on 06/06/2024
» It's hard to find a leader anywhere these days who will argue the case for faster inflation. Politicians would rather drink hemlock than call for a renewed acceleration; they are often too busy nodding sympathetically at what their opponents call a cost-of-living crisis. But there is a kingdom where calling for more elevated prices, sooner, isn't off limits. In fact, the government embraces the concept.
Drunk on power
News, Editorial, Published on 02/11/2022
» The Progressive Liquor Bill -- legislation touted to break the oligopoly in the lucrative liquor industry -- is expected to be debated at its second and final readings in the House of Representatives in early November when the House reopens after a recess.
Prizes for letter writers
News, Postbag, Published on 17/10/2021
» As the year limps to a close -- a year that most of us would prefer to forget -- I propose an idea that would enliven this column.
Local demand outstrips supply for virus tests
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/03/2020
» People not at high risk of contracting Covid-19 should stop going for tests after three hospitals in Bangkok complained of a shortage of testing solution, according to government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat.
Contaminated fish prompt PM warning
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/09/2019
» Responding to a study that showed mackerel caught in the Andaman Sea were heavily contaminated with microplastics, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday warned the public against carelessly polluting the environment with plastic waste.
Troubled justice?
News, Postbag, Published on 04/08/2019
» Re: "Thainess not all bad", (PostBag, July 30). I think everyone agrees that societies of other countries include families (and situations) similar to the one he refers to.
Modern world leaders are just walking cliches
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 30/07/2019
» One of the most striking things about Boris Johnson, who became UK prime minister, is how precisely he fits the stereotype of the eccentric upper-class Brit. With his elevation, Britain joins several major nations led by people who embody their national stereotypes and not the best of them at that. However, it could be argued that it's leaders defying such cliches who take their countries forward.
Allow unions, says ILO chief
News, Dave Kendall, Published on 29/07/2019
» One hundred years ago, Thailand was one of the founder members of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), a UN agency with a mandate to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes promoting decent work for all women and men.
HIV test kits good step
News, Editorial, Published on 22/04/2019
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made the right call at the right time by allowing over-the-counter sales of HIV home test kits in the country.
The next NK summit will be costly
News, Eli Lake, Published on 07/02/2019
» To hear US President Donald Trump tell it, his diplomatic gamble with North Korea is already paying dividends. In his State of the Union address, he announced that his next summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would take place in Vietnam at the end of the month.