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Troubling signs
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/02/2026
» Re: "How will Thailand's election play out?" (BP, Feb 5).
Throw him in the pot
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/02/2026
» Re: "A woman of the world", (Life, Nov 1, 2025).
Crushing dissent widens rifts with governments
Oped, Amitabh Behar, Published on 31/10/2025
» Thousands of civil society organisations (CSOs) and activists are gathering in Bangkok during the International Civil Society Week from Nov 1–5. The event will be organised by the CIVICUS Alliance. CIVICUS is an international non-profit organisation focused on civil rights and citizen action. It was founded in 1993 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Disaster beckons
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/09/2025
» Re: "Land Bridge to nowhere" (Editorial, Sept 17).
Fare hike fury
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/09/2025
» Re: "Cabs can catch up", (Editorial, May 27).
Invest, not spend
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/09/2025
» Re: "BJT to revive co-payment scheme for daily buys", (BP, Sept 7). Prime Minister Anutin Chanvirakul should subsidise investment, not consumption. A key reason for Paetongtarn's downfall was her blind insistence on her B10K/person handout to subsidise consumption, forecasting a fiscal multiplier of 3 to 4.
Unprejudiced healthcare
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/08/2025
» It's a universal principle that hospitals must be free of discrimination. Unfortunately, this seems not to be the case for Ubon Ratchathani-based Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital, which has decided not to provide any medical services to Cambodians.
Rationing 'truth'
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2025
» Re: "N Ireland town hit by second night of unrest", (World, June 11) and "Trump deploys Marines, raising tensions in Los Angeles", (World, June 10).
Theatre of white refugees from South Africa
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/05/2025
» As my flight landed in South Africa on Sunday, I looked in vain for the plane that was due to take off with the first 49 white, Afrikaans-speaking "refugees" of the many thousands who are supposedly going to find safety from racist persecution in Donald Trump's United States.
When disasters create unlikely alliances
Oped, Zoltán Grossman, Published on 15/03/2025
» Disasters are tragic and frightening events, whether emerging from the climate crisis, armed conflict, or health catastrophe. They reveal deep social inequalities and compel fear and insecurity. But times of catastrophe can also serve as opportunities to turn toward collective resilience and mutual aid and build unlikely alliances between communities.