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World leaders are destroying the rule of law
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/12/2025
» Russia's "big concession is they stop fighting, and they don't take any more land," US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, when asked what Russia was conceding in the thinly disguised surrender document he was trying to shove down Ukrainian throats. He truly is a 19th-century man at heart.
Ability to pay key to debt restructuring
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 03/04/2025
» Last week's earthquake has provided Thais with two valuable lessons. First, Thailand has no national disaster management plan. No government agency seems to have had carefully thought-out plans and procedures to manage the situation. All measures were carried out on an ad-hoc basis. Worse, there appears to be no coordination among various agencies. Thais were left to rely on their own two feet as thousands of Bangkokians had no choice but to walk for hours to their homes when the mass transit railways were shutdown.
Fires and fortitude in California
Oped, JOE MATHEWS, Published on 18/01/2025
» If you're going to live the California dream, you'll never escape the nightmares.
Think of long stayers
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/06/2024
» Re: "Ministry prioritises upgrade of tourism", (Business, May 31).
PM2.5 nightmares
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/03/2023
» Re: "PM2.5: Endless deja vu in Thailand", (Opinion, March 12).
Grim reflections in the mirror of Ukraine crisis
Oped, Evgeny Tomikhin, Published on 20/05/2022
» I read with interest the article of colleagues from Australia, Canada, the EU, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, the UK and the US published in the Bangkok Post on May 12, 2022.
PM is in denial
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/12/2020
» The Constitutional Court has cleared Prime Minister General Prayut of any wrongdoing for continuing to occupy an army house, which should come as no surprise!
New hate speech rules threaten Asian democracy
Oped, James Gomez & Robin Ramcharan, Published on 18/07/2020
» Southeast Asia is experiencing new forms of hate speech that are increasingly played out over social media and a wide range of increasingly accessible digital platforms. Updated measures to tackle new forms of hate must move away from outdated policies focused on narrow definitions of hate speech.