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A 'retrospective' on Trump's first year back in job
Oped, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 16/01/2025
» Predictions about 2025 come with flashing caveats: no one can know what US President-elect Donald Trump will do, let alone how the rest of the world will respond. But one can speculate. Imagine it is January 2026.
Take mpox seriously
News, Editorial, Published on 22/08/2024
» From a country once considered at "almost zero risk" of an mpox outbreak, as declared by a senior health official two years ago, Thailand is now facing an increasing threat after the Department of Disease Control (DDC) confirmed yesterday that a patient who travelled to the kingdom from Africa might be infected with the more serious Clade 1b strain of the disease.
Onus on Pheu Thai as support dwindles
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 09/09/2023
» After making a policy statement before parliament on Monday, the Pheu Thai-led coalition is set to jumpstart its work under tight scrutiny from the opposition, especially the Move Forward Party (MFP). If this was not enough, members of the public are casting suspicious eyes at its policies, as several seem too good to be true.
Time to take axe to PM2.5
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/06/2023
» It has been two weeks since new PM2.5 emissions standards took effect.
China's 'comeback' needs more than a policy reversal
Oped, Yuen Yuen Ang, Published on 27/01/2023
» When President Joe Biden took office in 2021, his first message to the rest of the world was: "America is back". Having assumed his third term as general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in October, President Xi Jinping appears to be issuing a similar proclamation.
Use the tourism fund ethically
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/01/2023
» Thailand is no stranger to superlatives. Some of them do not engender pride, such as being among the top three nations with the highest number of coups; but a few others, such as having the most visited capital city in the world, make everyone beam with pride.
Too lax on Covid curbs?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/01/2023
» This Sunday, the Great Wall of Covid quarantine in China finally will be lifted, with millions of Chinese travellers set to make their first overseas trip in three years after an outbound travel ban that has been in place since January 2020.
Living with the virus
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 19/12/2022
» Thailand is gearing up for the upcoming holiday season, with the government collaborating with the private sector to offer a variety of entertainment and leisure activities to create a festive mood. The precautionary measures have been lifted, and people are congregating outside to socialise. Everything seems to be going well, but we shouldn't be careless.
Life, liberty and lost China output
Oped, Shang-Jin Wei, Published on 15/12/2022
» The anti-quarantine protests that erupted across China last month highlight the gulf between the Chinese people and Communist Party leaders regarding the necessity of the strict zero-Covid policy. Given the obvious disconnect, it is worth examining how and why the authorities and the public have grown so far apart in their assessment of the policy's costs and benefits.