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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.
School bullying in the Asia-Pacific affects us all
Oped, Jenelle Babb and Danika DeCarlo-Slobodnik, Published on 27/11/2020
» Earlier this year, a young boy and his mother made a profound statement. Yarraka Bayles posted a video of her nine-year-old son, Quaden, crying and saying that he wanted to kill himself after being taunted by classmates. The video has since spread far beyond their native Queensland and spurred serious discussions about bullying and our shared responsibility to ensure that schools are safe places to learn.
EU is putting gender equality first and foremost
Oped, Josep Borrell & Jutta Urpilainen, Published on 26/11/2021
» Rarely in the world have women and girls' rights been challenged in such a concerning way as they have been in Afghanistan. The European Union has made it clear that future EU development assistance will depend on the respect for norms on human rights, including women's and girls' rights. The EU will continue to support women and girls worldwide, sticking to our values and beliefs.
Save big trees
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/12/2023
» Our Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) cut down several big trees along Rim Khlong Prapa Road on Monday.
Curing ailing health scheme
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/09/2020
» On Tuesday, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government approved a proposal to allow local administrative offices to take over the administration of the healthcare budget allocated to areas under their jurisdiction and switch to electronic forms of budget disbursement. This is a crucial and forward-looking public health policy decision.
Democracy isn't declining; it's the nation-state
Oped, Joe Mathews, Published on 19/10/2024
» Democracy is not in decline. The nation-state is.
Wipe out scammers
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/02/2025
» Re: "Chinese-led scam gangs leave Payathongzu", and "Police tighten screws on call centre gangs", (BP, Feb 13).
The hard-won benefits of soft diplomacy
Oped, Kishore Mahbubani, Published on 10/12/2022
» The world seems like a calmer place after the G20 meeting in Bali last month. The question is why.
Can AI help end deforestation?
Oped, Julian Fox & Anssi Pekkarinen, Published on 21/04/2023
» From hoovering kitchens and driving cars to reading and writing, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are increasingly being used to save human's time. But can this kind of technological innovation help us save the planet?
Tracing error
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/02/2022
» Re: "Get serious on tracing," (Editorial, Feb 1).