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When journalism still exists -- but no longer matters
News, Carla Norrlöf, Published on 14/02/2026
» 'Democracy Dies in Darkness" became the motto of the Washington Post in 2017, four years after Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and one of the world's richest men, purchased the newspaper. Today, however, Mr Bezos, who has throttled the Post's opinion page and now slashed the newspaper's staff, seems determined to demonstrate that a free press, an essential component of democracy, can be killed off in broad daylight.
When repressive states choose terror over death
News, Alan Clements, Published on 23/01/2026
» Fyodor Dostoevsky -- one of the few writers to survive state terror and return with a psychology sharp enough to indict it.
Living in Thailand's age of impunity
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/01/2026
» There's no place like Thailand. Joyscrolling TikTok and Reels reveals dozens of clips made by international visitors lamenting having to leave our lovely country and return to dreary Europe or joyless America. "Nobody talks about how hard it is to go from this" -- insert a cut of a wonderful beach in Krabi -- "to this"--cut to a drab, damp suburban street somewhere in the West. Add a crying-face emoji. "I want to move here!" the traveller announces. True, everybody loves Thailand.
Police put to the test
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/12/2025
» In 2025, Thailand faced a convergence of crimes and scandals that shook public confidence in institutions meant to protect society. From a deadly mass shooting in Bangkok to sprawling online scam networks, monk misconduct and a senior police scandal, the year exposed deep vulnerabilities linked to crime, governance and accountability, leaving lingering questions about reform and public trust.
What Sudthisak's return means
News, Alona Fisher-Kamm, Published on 29/12/2025
» The return on Dec 10 of the remains of Sudthisak Rinthalak, the last Thai national abducted by Hamas on Oct 7, 2023, closes a painful circle; but it does not close the wound. His return is not only a moment of relief but a moment of remembrance. It forces us to confront, once again, the human cost of the massacre carried out by Hamas on that dark day.
Israel hits hard and fast to stop Iranian threat
News, John J. Metzler, Published on 21/06/2025
» Well, it seems to have started. Israeli airstrikes on Iran's nuclear research and development sites have ushered in a new phase of the Middle East conflicts, which began when Tehran's Hamas terrorist proxies invaded Israel on Oct 7, 2023, murdering 1,200 people and taking 254 hostages.
Marriage shock; fatal roadside row; shackles no barrier
News, Mae Moo, Published on 15/06/2025
» Confusion over motive
Exhibition shows plight of quake survivors
News, Sooksodsai Sooksomchitra, Published on 18/05/2025
» Imagine standing before a centuries-old pagoda as it shakes and crumbles into dust. In that instant, the world you knew vanishes as families run down the street in panic.
Hope for miracles at SAO site
News, Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 06/04/2025
» A tragic event unfolded in the heart of Bangkok, where a powerful earthquake caused the collapse of the State Audit Office's building on March 28. Among the survivors is 30-year-old Phiraphon Mowiang, an electrician from Khon Kaen, who narrowly escaped death.
Thaksin says sorry for Tak Bai
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 24/02/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday apologised for the tragedy of the Tak Bai massacre in Narathiwat in 2004, which occurred during his tenure as prime minister.