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Baht bets rising
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/12/2025
» Re: "BoT measures to halt rapid baht uptick", (Business, Dec 5).
Africa's example to end malaria
Oped, Jean Kaseya, Published on 26/05/2025
» Despite being preventable and curable, malaria has continued to claim African lives. In 2023, the continent accounted for about 95% of the 597,000 deaths from malaria worldwide, 76% of which were children under the age of five.
Violence tests peace hopes
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/05/2025
» The escalating violence in the restive South in recent weeks is abominable. The random killings of almost a dozen people, mostly civilians, have seen the office of Chularajmontri -- the highest-ranking Thai Muslim cleric, who generally stays neutral -- joining condemnation of such acts.
Fine-tune visa policy
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/01/2025
» In the wake of reports about the kidnapping of several Chinese citizens by scam syndicates operating across the border in Myanmar, Senator Wanchai Ekpornpich urged the government to urgently review Thailand's visa-free policy, which was recently expanded to include visitors from 93 countries and territories.
Beaches vs buildings
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/08/2023
» Re: "PM puts Phuket project back on agenda", (BP, Aug 29).
A child killer meets its match
Oped, Keith Klugman, Published on 22/11/2022
» Like many others, I spent much of the last few years in isolation to avoid getting sick. And now we are learning that this widespread disappearing act produced some unexpected side effects. In particular, infections from once-common illnesses -- like influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) -- plummeted.
Clear Covid confusion
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/07/2022
» If there's one thing that we can be sure of, it's that the Covid-19 pandemic is down, but not out.
Hazing over
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/06/2022
» Re: "University to end hazing abuses," (BP, June 9).
Jobless data, not cherries
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/06/2022
» The country's latest employment rate should give the government and public a sense of relief. However it is also breeding concern about whether the data is being cherry-picked to project an overly positive image of the state of the economy.
Thai economy to see uptick in 2022
Oped, Kirida Bhaopichitr, Published on 12/01/2022
» The Thai economy will continue to recover from last year, but is yet to reach its pre-Covid level. In 2022, economic growth is expected to be 3.0-3.5%, against 0.8% last year and -6.1% in 2020. This growth rate, however, still does not put the Thai economy back to its value in 2019. The value of the Thai economy or its gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to reach its 2019 level in 2023.