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Three shocks that shook us in 2025
Oped, Yanis Varoufakis, Published on 24/12/2025
» This was the year that the remaining pillars of the late-20th-century order were shattered, exposing the hollow core of what passed for a global system. Three blows sufficed.
Still not learning
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/12/2025
» The Anutin government recently launched a national committee to investigate mistakes made during Hat Yai flood management. The goal of the committee, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Borwornsak Uwanno and flood experts, is to "draw lessons" from the Hat Yai flood disaster, with the hope that such lessons will improve future disaster preparedness.
Derelict outpost
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/12/2025
» Re: Toxic threat sweeps all before it", (BP, Dec 1). Your recent report left me more than a little confused about a village I have known for 37 years. The description bore little resemblance to the village I visit maybe four times a week when I visit my local supermarket or withdraw money from the ATM. Those golden years of rafting took place before the highway was constructed over the mountain range.
Where there's Muck there's puffins
Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/11/2025
» Important news from Northern Ireland. For the first time in more than 25 years puffins have been spotted on the quaintly named Isle of Muck. The isle is a nature reserve on the Antrim coast and derives its unusual name from the adjacent town of Portmuck.
Addicted to 'ya dom'
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/11/2025
» Re: "Inhaler fuss 'a lesson'", (Opinion, Nov 3).
Teaching troubles
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/10/2025
» Re: "Poll: Outdated curriculum tops public concerns on Thai education", (BP, Oct 26).
Border row spirals again
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/09/2025
» The tense situation in the border province of Sa Kaeo, with Cambodian villagers staging a rowdy protest at Ban Nong Ya Kaeo village, has resulted in injuries on both sides and requires attention from decision-makers in the Thai government.
A border fence too far
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/09/2025
» The territorial conflict over Ban Nong Chan in Sa Kaeo province may compel some officials to opt for permanent fences along the Thai-Cambodian border.
Future utopias stumble over governance
Oped, Joe Mathews, Published on 20/08/2025
» In 2020, the rapper Akon declared he would build his own eponymous city on the site of the coastal village of Mbodiène, Senegal.
New tourism path for climate survival
Oped, Kamphol Pantakua, Published on 20/08/2025
» Hotel bookings are vanishing. Tour buses sit idle. Empty beaches. The culprit? Not mass protests. Not pandemics. But smoke, dust, and heat. Tourism fuels Thailand's economy, yet smog, heat waves, and flash floods are rapidly choking it. Can paradise still sell if it's unbreathable?