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Air quality improving year on year, Chadchart says
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/01/2026
» Particulate matter pollution across Bangkok has markedly improved this year, with the number of days in which PM2.5 levels exceeded safe limits down by more than 60% year-on-year this month.
Ex-Pheu Thai leader bows out
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/10/2025
» Former Pheu Thai leader Sompong Amornwiwat on Friday announced his resignation from the party, saying internal conflicts and his inability to voice certain opinions left him with no other choice.
City gains stronger powers against smog
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/09/2025
» Bangkok will be designated a "special pollution control zone" from November to March in an unprecedented attempt to tackle the city's chronic smog, governor Chadchart Sittipunt announced on Tuesday.
Conflict in Gaza and Kashmir on a parallel track
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 12/05/2025
» There is a striking parallel between the 20-month war in the Gaza Strip and the week-old not-yet-war between India and Pakistan. Both confrontations were set off by horrendously cruel mass murders by terrorists whose goal was obviously to start a war that drew the attention of the world back to their own goals and grievances.
Behaviour shift key to ending plastic use
News, Celine Kusnadi, Published on 12/05/2025
» Southeast Asia is no stranger to the plastic crisis. Despite growing awareness and countless"reduce, reuse, recycle" campaigns, single-use plastic consumption remains stubbornly high.
Smart drive to boost rice farming
News, Sagee Wongchaisuwan, Published on 28/02/2025
» Thailand is looking to strengthen its rice farming sector by introducing a climate-smart initiative for growers nationwide.
Thailand chokes while promises fade
News, Danny Marks, Published on 03/02/2025
» Almost two years ago, in March 2023, as Thailand was grappling with its annual smog crisis, Paetongtarn Shinawatra -- while campaigning for the Pheu Thai Party -- promised that, if elected, the party would take decisive action to alleviate air pollution in the country. She stated that her government would work with neighbouring countries to manage forest fires and encourage the conversion of post-harvest waste into compost for fertiliser, providing a sustainable alternative to burning.
No-burn campaign to ease dust: BMA
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/02/2025
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has launched a no-burn campaign in rice fields to combat air pollution from fine particulate matter (PM2.5).
Bare-knuckle politics
News, Published on 14/12/2024
» For a long time, local elections had been trivialised and dismissed as an insignificant gauge of public opinion.
Why is the US presidential race even close?
News, John Mark Hansen, Published on 04/11/2024
» I teach a course at the University of Chicago on elections, and I hear the same kind of question from friends on both the right and the left. The GOP cannot understand why Donald Trump is not far ahead in the polls, whereas the Democrats wonder how it can possibly be that Kamala Harris is not running away with the race.