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For biosafety or business?
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 27/11/2015
» Questions about food safety and stability in Thailand have arisen after the Cabinet on Tuesday approved the draft law on biosafety to legalise and regulate genetically modified organisms (GMOs). If endorsed by the National Legislative Assembly, this draft will become effective a year after being published in the Royal Gazette.
Why Turkey shot down the Russian plane in a heartbeat
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 27/11/2015
» The key fact is that the Russian plane, by Turkey's own admission, was in Turkish airspace for precisely seventeen seconds. That's a little less time than it takes to read this paragraph aloud. The Turks shot it down anyway -- and their allies publicly backed them, as loyal allies must.
Pakistan suffers as polluters prevail
News, Sherry Rehman, Published on 27/11/2015
» It is a painful irony of climate change that those least responsible for the problem are often the most exposed to its ravages. And if any country can claim to be the victim of this climate injustice, it is Pakistan. As world leaders prepare to meet at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, the country is reeling from the aftereffects of devastating floods that damaged buildings, destroyed crops, swept away bridges and killed 238 people.
Time to talk Turkey
News, Postbag, Published on 27/11/2015
» The downing of Russia’s plane by Turkey (BP, Nov 26) seems to be brash and likely to escalate tensions, in a region which is already brimming with conflict.
Fix migrant labour rules
News, Editorial, Published on 27/11/2015
» Thailand's efforts to clear its name as a hub of forced and slave labour received a double blow this week.The first came from a report by global food giant Nestle on endemic forced and slave labour abuse in the Thai fishing industry. Immediately afterwards, two corporate watchdogs -- Swedwatch and Finnwatch -- released a joint study on widespread labour abuse in the chicken processing industry, reported worldwide by the Thompson Reuters Foundation.
Western folly in Middle East quagmire
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 27/11/2015
» Democracy is not for every region. Nowhere is this more evident than in the modern Middle East. As individual regimes and the entire region disintegrate and revert back to their familiar past of tribal wars and internecine strife that are answerable only to force and strength, not international rules and norms, it is instructive to look back at the origins of the current phase of violence and mayhem.
Will THAI's fortunes take off or falter?
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 27/11/2015
» The past week has seen a lot of talk about how bad our national carrier Thai Airways International (THAI) has become over the past few years. Not many people realise that THAI's problems are not unique -- the global airline industry is facing the same challenges.
#Analyse #AnalLies
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 27/11/2015
» I would like to start this editor’s note with something I learned a long time ago in my reasoning class. One of the (few) things that have managed to stick to my brain is when my teacher told me, “Just because we have never seen a green swan does not prove they do not exist.”
Pheu Thai mishandled invitation sent to Yingluck
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/11/2015
» It now appears the letter inviting former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to Europe for an exchange of opinions on the Thai political scene is authentic, it's just not a formal invitation from the European Parliament.