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Never give up
News, Postbag, Published on 20/02/2020
» I beg to differ with S Tsow's Feb 19 comment that he "taught English for a number of years at a major university here, and found that, regardless of the teacher's accent, Thai students have pronunciation problems that no number of drills could correct".
Protecting wildlife protects people
News, Gilbert Sape, Published on 20/02/2020
» From my base in Bangkok, to Beijing and London -- seeing people wearing face masks is becoming common sight. People are living under a shadow of fear with coronavirus sweeping the globe.
In Laos, price of free speech a heavy one
News, Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal & Adam Bemma, Published on 20/02/2020
» The imprisonment of Houayheuang "Muay" Xayabouly, a young, female Lao environmentalist turned internet activist who simply asked for help for flood victims, should be a matter of deep concern to the international community.
Historic ruling offers pro-choice hope
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 21/02/2020
» This is historic. This is final. Abortion is no longer illegal in Thailand. Women and girls now can end pregnancies without risking arrest, imprisonment, and even death, thanks to the Constitutional Court's ruling on Wednesday.
EC credibility put to test
News, Editorial, Published on 21/02/2020
» Despite being the keeper of rules, the Election Commission (EC) never really informed political parties that there are regulations barring them from taking out loans.
Irrational sentence
News, Postbag, Published on 21/02/2020
» "A former abbot of Wat Sa Ket (Golden Mount) was sentenced to a suspended jail term of 36 months and fined 27,000 baht for embezzlement of 69.7 million baht in temple funds", read your online report concerning the politely termed "malfeasance" of a senior monk and a bunch of criminals from the National Office of Buddhism.
Govt plans that sound like bad ideas
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 21/02/2020
» Pardon me, dear readers, for the headline betrays my inadequacy in wordsmithery. You see, I put as much effort into coming up with it as the following esteemed people perhaps with their "ideas". It seems you can always count on the government for questionable plans but these three recent examples take the cake. Read on for your entertainment (which may be tinged with hopelessness).
Linking Covid-19 and 'Parasite'
News, Apichai Sunchindah, Published on 21/02/2020
» The ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 or Covid-19, which originated in China over two months ago and has been spreading around the world has claimed at least 2,100 human lives with another 70,000 laboratory-confirmed cases -- mostly in China.
Unequal justice system favours conflict
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 22/02/2020
» On June 28 last year, four men stepped off two motorcycles near an intersection in the Bangkok suburb of Min Buri. They approached a young man in a white shirt with baseball bats in hand and began to beat him, leaving him with severe injuries, before speeding off on their vehicles.
A dagger to democracy
News, Editorial, Published on 22/02/2020
» Following the Constitutional Court ruling yesterday that disbanded the opposition Future Forward Party (FFP), Thailand's deeply entrenched political uncertainty has embarked on a new, but familiar, chapter.