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Stop press intimidation
News, Editorial, Published on 02/01/2018
» The Thai Journalists Association wound up the year by issuing a depressing statement. It rated 2017 as yet another year where the free press was regulated and intimidated by the military government. The TJA said the regime hinders the media by restricting freedom of expression. And it says this causes public harm by not allowing examination and by barring criticism of the junta, collectively and individually.
Ivory towers won't fall
News, Postbag, Published on 05/01/2018
» Re: "Let's ban ivory here", (PostBag, Jan 3).
Ivory ban can work
News, Postbag, Published on 07/01/2018
» I thank Paul Bromberg ("Ivory towers won't fall", PostBag, Jan 5) and 449900 ("Enforce ivory ban", PostBag, Jan 4) for underscoring my point about the need for effective enforcement of bans on ivory as a means toward reducing poaching of elephants.
Possibly time to look on the bright side
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/01/2018
» Having just about scraped through the Year of the Chicken, here we are seven days into 2018 and wondering what's in store during the Year of the Dog. It probably won't be all that great, but we'll leave the gloom and doom to the experts. Let's just hope it's a least a bit more enjoyable than the past couple of years which have really been quite awful, and almost of an annus horribilis nature.
Shifting the Thai education paradigm
News, Nicha Pittayapongsakorn, Published on 10/01/2018
» Preparing youngsters for the 21st century is one of the major challenges of any education system. The Thai education system is struggling to carry out this mission despite countless reform attempts. Is there any alternative view to look at this issue and what are the new strategies for changing the system?
Speed really kills
News, Postbag, Published on 10/01/2018
» Re: "Toll still worst in the world", (Editorial, Jan 8).
Educating Rohingya refugee kids
News, Kevin Watkins, Published on 11/01/2018
» Amina is a case study in the power of hope. Three months ago, armed vigilantes attacked the six-year-old's village in Myanmar's Rakhine State. Amina saw neighbours killed, an uncle wounded by gunfire, and her home razed.
Solar key to accelerating Africa's energy transition
Oped, Charlotte Aubin, Published on 13/01/2018
» For much of Africa, the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner forms of energy is seen as an environmental imperative. With fossil fuels comprising a majority -- as high as 70% in some cases -- of the energy mix, the situation on the continent is indeed ecologically dire.
Leave Yingluck be
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/01/2018
» Re: "Officials 'must capture Yingluck'," (BP, Jan 12). We should all extend our sympathy to the government for having to resist pressure from various sources to pursue extradition proceedings against Yingluck Shinawatra.
Designer brands shed big bucks to stave off copycats
Oped, Lim Wei Shi, Christopher Tang & Sarah Gao Yini, Published on 13/01/2018
» Thailand is on a drive to clamp down on black market branded goods with its "Stop Fake Goods" campaign aimed at tourists, which started at the end of last year.