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Bangkok's clean streets, empty souls
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 10/11/2025
» Banthat Thong used to be a neighbourhood, not a concept. You could live here and find everything: restaurants, bookstores, hardware shops, clinics, banks -- even a place to have your shirts made. It was one of those streets where life unfolded upstairs and business happened downstairs. Today, it is something else entirely.
Suvarnabhumi needs more than just free spaces
Oped, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 01/08/2024
» After almost two decades in operation, Suvarnabhumi airport is finally moving in the right direction.
Selling out the public
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/06/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's plan to revise the law to entice more foreigners to buy condominiums seems to be backfiring already.
Put culture first in old town revamps
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 28/03/2024
» Will Thailand's old towns include their old communities as they are renovated? In many of these important districts, institutional owners of land are apt to evict legacy tenants to make way for redevelopment, threatening vintage architecture and eroding vibrant local cultures and ways of life.
Juggling funds
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/03/2024
» Re: "EC asked to probe minister's shares", (BP, Feb 26).
Unnecessary directive
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/04/2023
» Re: "Army, cops pressed to nab hacker", & "AWOL hacker sparks outcry", (BP, April 11& 12).
DSI must clear up image
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/01/2023
» On Wednesday, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin made the right call by transferring the director-general of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), Traiyarit Temahiwong, to the Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS).
Goodwill to China
Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/03/2022
» Re: "China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on board crashes in China," (Online, March 21).
The death of inner cities is greatly exaggerated
Oped, Carlo Ratti, Published on 23/04/2021
» The end of the office, the end of the university campus, the death of the city. The past months of pandemic doom and gloom have witnessed many dire predictions. A common theme has been that our new-found, battle-hardened ability to live and work remotely will render physical space obsolete. Yet, after countless lockdowns, quarantines and Zoom sessions, I would put forward an opposite proposition: embracing and reimagining the space of our cities will soon be more powerful -- and more necessary -- than ever before.
Alro land rule will hurt poor
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/11/2020
» Attempts by the Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) to revamp its regulations to allow Sor Por Kor landholders to use their plots for non-agricultural purposes have raised real doubts about possible foul play, as illegitimate windfalls could be handed over to the rich and unscrupulous politicians.