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Disaster management
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/11/2025
» Deputy Prime Minister Borwornsak Uwanno's decision to blame local mismanagement for the Hat Yai floods is a prime example of delivering useful information at the wrong time, as his remark makes the government look like it is hunting for a scapegoat.
Hole in haze narrative
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/01/2024
» Re: "PM to submit dust control plan to court", (BP, Jan 22).
A murder most foul
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/01/2024
» The pace of the investigation into the gruesome murder of an impoverished woman in Sa Kaeo is rapidly eroding the credibility of the police.
Democracy must prevail in Sahel
Oped, Josep Borrell, Published on 12/09/2023
» Some events are more memorable than others and serve as landmarks for a term in office. I will always remember attending a ceremony in Paris, in December 2019, to honour 13 French soldiers who had died in Mali. It was my first official act as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
The internet is not the enemy
Oped, Andrew Sullivan, Published on 09/12/2021
» We live in an age of wonder in which half the world now has access to a technology -- the internet -- that supports people's health and education, can be a lifeline in a time of disaster or disease, and was designed to be open to everyone but owned by no one. And the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted both its importance and its potential by forcing the world to connect remotely, contact-free, and in real time.
Perfect scapegoat
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/07/2021
» Re: "'Sorry' for slow vaccine supply," (BP, July 22).
Going from bad to worse
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/07/2021
» As the coronavirus pandemic worsens, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government is facing a crisis of confidence.
Government still plays the virus blame game
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 07/01/2021
» Almost three weeks after the first Covid infection in a Samut Sakhon seafood market was detected, the government still plays the blame game, with migrant workers as a convenient target. Am I surprised?
Myanmar's saint who lost her way
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/11/2020
» Almost completely obscured by the blanket global coverage of the US election, they are having one in Myanmar too. The outcome is even more a foregone conclusion, although in this case it will confirm the existing government in power. But it is only by condoning a great crime that democracy there survives.
'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.