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Disaster relief needs rethink
News, Editorial, Published on 23/04/2025
» The government policy to provide compensation for property damaged in the March 28 earthquake was initially welcomed as a positive step to help the underprivileged get back on their feet.
Economics, at its core, is irredeemably sexist
Oped, Yanis Varoufakis, Published on 05/04/2024
» Economics has an intractable "women problem". High-school girls avoid it. Female undergraduates abandon it. And the problem runs deeper than the difficulty of attracting enough women to mathematics, science, and engineering. Even women who have reached the discipline's summit, like Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, consider economists "a tribal clique" and their models defective.
Can river meet all needs at same time?
Oped, Apisom Intralawan & David Wood, Published on 17/11/2023
» Population and economic growth -- including the switch to electric vehicles and the rapidly expanding use of digital technology, leads to higher global electricity demand, which is expected to double by 2050, according to In McKinsey's report "The Global Energy Perspective 2021".
The spiral of violence that led to Hamas
Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 13/10/2023
» Hamas' brazen and vicious attacks within Israel have rightly drawn condemnation around the world. If this is a war, as both sides agree it is, then Hamas' deliberate targeting of civilians counts as a major war crime.
A search for land justice on Koh Lipe
News, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 19/01/2023
» When asked about the sea gypsy way of life, Saluoy Hantalae's eyes flashed with happiness. The woman of Urak Lawoi origin from Lipe island, rushed to bring a ga-bang boat (traditional boat used by sea gypsies) model and explained vividly.
Lives are torn
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/01/2023
» Re: "New rules spook tourists" (BP, Jan 9). The recent announcement of the new travel requirements is bringing misery to thousands of travellers. I am from the UK and spend six months in Thailand.
Forest dwellers get raw deal
News, Editorial, Published on 16/10/2022
» Two lawsuits on forest encroachment made headlines late last month. One involved a powerful family charged with encroaching over 6,200 rai of national forest. The other was a landless peasant charged with encroaching on 10 rai of forest land. The legal outcomes highlighted yet again the gross disparity, legal double standards and injustice involved in such cases.
Criminal gangs tarnish Golden Triangle
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 11/06/2022
» Bo Keo airport which is under construction in the northern part of Laos may give the impression of economic development in this once quiet corner of the world.
Nan proves villages have the answers
News, Prasarn Marukpitak, Published on 23/05/2022
» For those in the provinces, having greater say in the key issues of local administration remains a distant dream. For instance, they cannot vote for their governors, as is done in Bangkok.
It's hard to beat a bit of Idle chatter
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/08/2021
» Thanks to readers for pointing out that in a recent column on quaint place names I failed to mention the village of Idle, now a suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire.