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Another health app
News, Editorial, Published on 23/12/2025
» The Public Health Ministry is set to relaunch its Mohpromt application next month, pivoting from its role as a central platform for Covid-19 vaccinations to a comprehensive digital health "super app".
Why China's marriage crisis really matters
Oped, Yi Fuxian, Published on 04/04/2025
» New marriages in China reportedly plummeted by one-fifth last year, implying that the official number of births will likely fall from 9.54 million in 2024 to 7.3- 7.8 million in 2025. Thus, while China represents 17.2% of the global population, it will account for less than 6% of births -- comparable to Nigeria.
Refugees face deepening crisis
Editorial, Published on 16/02/2025
» US President Donald Trump's abrupt suspension of USAID funding has left more than 80,000 refugees in Thailand adrift without essential medical care. Clinics have shut their doors. Medicines are running out. Lives are now hanging in the balance.
A 'retrospective' on Trump's first year back in job
Oped, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 16/01/2025
» Predictions about 2025 come with flashing caveats: no one can know what US President-elect Donald Trump will do, let alone how the rest of the world will respond. But one can speculate. Imagine it is January 2026.
Party-pooping haze
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/01/2025
» Re: "PM2.5 tipped to worsen until Monday", (BP, Jan 10).
Back from the past
Postbag, Published on 29/12/2024
» Re: "Decision on Kittiratt as Bank of Thailand chair not yet final", (BP, Dec 27) & "Kittiratt defends rice scheme: IMF triggers another round of criticisms", (Business, Nov 14, 2013).
End the rhetoric
Postbag, Published on 25/12/2024
» Re: "PM sets bold course for nation", (BP, Dec 20).
Well done to the Aussies
Postbag, Published on 01/12/2024
» Re: "Australia to figure out how to enforce teen social media ban", (Spotlight, Nov 30).
Trump II's intellectual foundations
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 22/11/2024
» It seems counterintuitive and contradictory to think of an intellectual foundation behind United States President-elect Donald J Trump when he is professedly unintellectual, even anti-intellectual. But make no mistake. Mr Trump is merely a phenomenon. Understanding it reveals his worldview and consequent policy prospects. But doing so requires seeing the Trump phenomenon as it is rather than why and how it is detested by countless millions of us. Indeed, the biggest difficulty when analysing Mr Trump and his second administration is the global disdain he elicits.
Meaningful digital transformation
News, Atsuko Okuda and Shamika N Sirimanne, Published on 20/11/2024
» The relentless pace of technological advancement is nothing short of breathtaking. Quantum computers, soon to compute 47 years faster than today's supercomputers, are nearly a reality. ChatGPT, once a novelty, has seamlessly integrated into daily life. Drones now traverse the skies, delivering food, medicine, and disaster relief to the most remote corners of the globe.