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Trump hurting global trade in ideas
Oped, Sally Tyler, Published on 04/08/2025
» Much attention has been focused on Thailand's scramble to achieve a bilateral trade agreement with the United States to avoid a 36% tariff on all exported goods. Yet a different restrictive trade policy has received comparatively less scrutiny -- the Trump administration's clampdown on American universities, including a possible ban on the enrolment of international students.
Concession transparency
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/06/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has made a plausible move in ordering a review of the Green Line skytrain concessions.
Post-Covid and good governance
Oped, Gasinee Witoonchart, Published on 25/02/2022
» We are still in the midst of the Covid pandemic. We now know that it takes a few days for the disease to reveal any symptoms, but we may not realise that it has a profoundly negative effect in terms of our ability to trust others.
Let the city poll begin!
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/01/2022
» Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha should officially set the date for the Bangkok governor election.
Can PPRP avoid a bruising in city poll?
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 18/12/2021
» As the Bangkok governor election is drawing near, major political parties such as the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) and Pheu Thai coincidentally find themselves in a peculiar condition, with deliberate ambiguity apparently the best poll strategy.
Jailed activists put justice system to test
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 01/05/2021
» A request for bail for pro-democracy protesters languishing in jail was rejected for the ninth time on Thursday.
The time is now ripe to boost AI development
Oped, Gasinee Witoonchart, Published on 16/01/2021
» The pursuit of artificial intelligence (AI) advantages has been getting more attention in the past few years, with a number of countries making efforts to accelerate AI investments, especially in terms of human resources and digital infrastructure. Among them, is China, where the government has set a strategy to build its domestic AI industry, with the hopes of become the world's leader in AI technology by 2030.
Time for more like Yimsoo
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/10/2020
» The loss of Yimsoo Cafe's contract to operate an outlet at Thammasat University's Faculty of Law to a franchised brand has caused uproar in the online world.
Act to avert bloodshed
Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/08/2020
» As the country plunges into a deep divide, with the possibility of violent confrontations, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government cannot remain idle and must take action to avert what could become a national crisis.
'Boss' case decision-makers must tell all
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 08/08/2020
» Watching the developments in the hit-and-run saga involving the Krathing Daeng scion is like watching a B-grade mystery movie.