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Sad lessons from Korat
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/02/2020
» When I heard about a 40-something gunman firing at least 40 shots in central Bangkok on Friday (no one was hurt and he was arrested), my first thought was that it had some link to the recent atrocity in Nakhon Ratchasima. The Valentine's Day incident came just days after a soldier killed 29 victims in the country's worst-ever mass shooting.
Graft panel delivers zip
News, Editorial, Published on 17/02/2020
» Thailand has rarely been short of allegations of graft and misconduct associated with public offices, and the recent allegations of shady business operations within the barracks come as no surprise. Given the country's notoriety in this area, the public's expectations of deliverables from the House committee on anti-corruption and misconduct are high. But the committee has delivered next to nothing.
Sea of change
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 17/02/2020
» The other day, I was walking in the park near my house when I saw this plastic bag, puffed up and blown along by the wind, crossing my path. It reminded me of that famous scene in American Beauty, where teenager Jane Burnham and boy-next-door Ricky Fitts watch a video that Ricky captured of a discarded plastic bag dancing in the wind.
'Crisis' plan is censorship
News, Editorial, Published on 19/02/2020
» If the measure proposed by Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta to have state agencies dictate news coverage during "times of crisis" is adopted, it could further undermine press freedom and people's right to information.
Many English tribes
News, Postbag, Published on 19/02/2020
» Re: "Teachers won't come", (PostBag, Feb 18).
Germany, Japan and the war on fuel rationality
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 19/02/2020
» Germany and Japan are finally winning a war together. Unfortunately, it is the War on Rationality.
Time running out on Tokyo Olympics
News, Philip J Cunningham, Published on 19/02/2020
» Japan needs to rethink the Olympics. The most pressing reason to postpone or cancel the 2020 Tokyo summer games, which are due to start in late July, is a raging public health crisis of unknown dimensions.
Tiger industry continues to profit
News, Heather Sohl, Published on 19/02/2020
» In the wild, tigers are apex predators. Solitary animals that can travel almost 300km to find food and mates, they very rarely come in contact with other tigers or people.
China's bank lending gets a digital revolution
News, Huang Yiping, Published on 20/02/2020
» China's economy is growing at its lowest rate in over 30 years, but if the country's nearly 40 million small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) could overcome a lack of access to funding, they could become a powerful engine of economic dynamism. Can digital innovators close the SME financing gap?
Spend budget wisely
News, Editorial, Published on 20/02/2020
» The Finance Ministry has finalised arrangements for 20 billion baht of loans from local banks to cover the national budget which will be made available immediately.