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Words of wisdom
News, Postbag, Published on 02/01/2018
» Re: "Regime's gifts must be of true value", (Editorial, Dec 31).
Slavery fight gets a boost
News, Editorial, Published on 16/01/2018
» Human trafficking is arguably the worst of the world's scourges. Around the globe and here at home, men, women and children are bought, sold, traded and exploited for the profit and/or pleasure of others.
Corruption is embedded in the sex trade
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/01/2018
» The "Victoria's Secret" police list has laid bare the failure of the military regime's anti-corruption and reform attempts.
Raise the Thai game
News, Postbag, Published on 19/01/2018
» Re: "Making Thai passports more powerful", (Opinion, Jan 15).
Secrets of the sex trade
News, Editorial, Published on 19/01/2018
» The high-profile raid on Victoria's Secret Massage parlour in Bangkok may have stamped out one human-trafficking case, but it will not dent the unregulated and illicit sex trade of other trafficking rings. It's no secret that the sex trade operates and even flourishes in most Thai cities.
We're an ageing society. More sex please?
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 20/01/2018
» The Thai government wants its citizens to have more sex. Yes, really.
Red-light menace
News, Postbag, Published on 24/01/2018
» Re: "Govt strives for trafficking fight lift", (BP, Jan 22).
School chief deserves jail
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/01/2018
» Those investigating a sex scandal involving a school director and a 14-year-old student in Nakhon Ratchasima deserve praise for wrapping up the case in such a short period of time. The initial probe was obviously forced by the huge public attention concerning the case of Nathaphob Thongboontho, director of Ban Patong Tha Neon Samakkhee School in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Bua Yai district, and the girl, who is an 8th-grade student (Mathayom 2).
The new face of gender equality
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 09/02/2018
» Welcome to some innovative and refreshing action in favour of gender equality recently! A few days ago, Malaysia’s highest court, the Federal Court, passed a judgement in favour of a Hindu woman whose husband had changed his religion to Islam, without her knowledge, and whose husband then changed the religion of the children to Islam, without the mother’s consent. The court underlined that consent on the part of both parents was needed to change the religion of the children.
Reform must be revived
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/02/2018
» It now seems clear that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has abandoned his promise to reform the Royal Thai Police (RTP). Straightening out the police was just part of the overall National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) reform plans after the May 22, 2014, coup. But this was arguably the most important and definitely the most popular. For years, it seemed the RTP was like the weather; everyone complained, but no one was able to do anything about it.