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Is 'Gun' a loose cannon?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/10/2025
» At this moment in time, few people probably don't know who influencer Guntouch "Gun" Pongpaiboonwet is. Over the past few months, he has been on the frontline conducting an eerie campaign on the Thai-Cambodian border in the hope of removing Cambodian encroachers from Nong Chan and Nong Ya Kaeo in Sa Kaeo province.
Bad money won
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/02/2025
» Re: "Outlook dour after January SET decline", (Business, Feb 15).
Fixing Thailand's cannabis regulations
Oped, Kiratipong Naewmalee & Chanisara Dumkum, Published on 08/05/2024
» When cannabis was removed from the Narcotics Code in 2021, widespread, unregulated usage sparked a public outcry, calling for immediate governmental intervention to rectify the situation.
Low-carbon transition with data
Oped, Charika Channuntapipat & Saliltorn Thongmeensuk, Published on 28/02/2024
» Amid escalating climate crisis concerns, the imperative for businesses to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions does not slow down their growth; instead, it paves the way for new opportunities.
A post-coup 'minefield' for journalists
Oped, Ko Thet Paing, Published on 28/01/2022
» Instead of looking for news, some journalists in post-coup Myanmar are looking after the cosmetics and clothes that they now sell for a living. Those who have stuck to news scrape by with slashed salaries if they are lucky enough, while some even work without being paid. Others have fled to the borderlands or sought refuge overseas. A number have traded pens for swords, joining armed units that are fighting the military in different parts of the country.
What Thais can learn from Korean culture
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 18/06/2021
» Despite their huge popularity, I've always held off from watching Korean TV series. But being forced into home hiatus during the Covid-19 pandemic, I found myself glued to the set watching Hospital Playlist and Live Up To Your Name -- two Korean TV hits.
Pandemic poll drives reform demands
Oped, Larry Jagan, Published on 04/11/2020
» Myanmar goes to the polls on Sunday in a critical election that will determine the country's future direction. At issue is the country's fragile political balance -- between the civilian government and the still very powerful military -- and more importantly, give renewed impetus to the current government's drive to reform the country and the constitution. This election gives the voters the chance to decide whether the National League for Democracy (NLD) government, led by the charismatic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, will be given a renewed mandate to push forward on the country's tentative reform path and strengthen its democratic institutions.
Vaccine 'hope' plays on US stocks
Oped, Lewis Krauskopf, Published on 25/09/2020
» Optimism that vaccines are on the way to end the coronavirus pandemic has been a major factor in this year's US stock resurgence. That will face a critical test in coming weeks, as investors await clinical data on whether they actually work.
Anthem blues
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/05/2020
» Re: "Police swarm Hong Kong ahead of flashpoint anthem debate", (BP, May 27).
'New normal' for dining out is simply absurd
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 27/05/2020
» Last week my family decided to take advantage of the second phase of relaxed lockdown measures by eating out. The place we chose was an open-air noodle shop. When we arrived we were told to sit at separate tables -- one each. We were dumbfounded.