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Another wasted year in Thai politics
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 26/12/2025
» As Thailand winds down 2025 with an early election looming on Feb 8, the most consequential issue to watch in the coming year will be whether recent topsy-turvy political patterns of polls, protests, and military and judicial interventions give way to a compromise between the old guard clinging on to vested interests and the new generation clamouring for reform and change.
Massacre questions
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/10/2022
» Re: "Former cop kills 37 in massacre", (BP, Oct 7).
Justice not done
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/04/2022
» Re: "Have faith in the justice system," (InQuote, April 18).
Kangaroo court?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/04/2022
» Re: "Expose skeletons", (PostBag, April 16).
Conservation over quarries
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/03/2022
» Environmentalists from Satun province submitted a petition to Unesco and a House panel on land use on Tuesday, asking them to look into rock quarry concessions that they say threaten parts of a Unesco "Global Geopark" established in April 2019.
Forgotten foreigners
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/02/2021
» I read with mounting interest the Feb 9 news report regarding "30 million Thais to be vaccinated this year". This is the shiny new plan (we can call it Tuesday's Plan) put forth that cancels all previous plans over the past nine months.
Virus crisis reveals skeletons in our closet
Oped, Surasak Glahan, Published on 16/04/2020
» It was a desperate call for help. About 100 people gathered at the Finance Ministry on Tuesday and demanded the minister tell them why they were denied the 5,000-baht cash handout the government has granted to informal workers.
Scandal won’t go away
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha needs to understand that this luxury watch scandal is a serious issue. This so-called “private matter” of his deputy will weigh heavily on his credibility as long as he stays on as Thailand’s prime minister -- and will never stops unless and until this apparently inappropriate behavioural problem is corrected.