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Prawit's joke in bad taste
News, Editorial, Published on 18/01/2019
» As one of the country's leaders, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon should be keen to avoid bad jokes, especially ones that -- due to a lack of sensitivity -- could hurt the feelings of people in mourning, not to mention embarrass Thailand diplomatically.
Immigration's poor choices
News, Editorial, Published on 09/01/2019
» A Saudi teenager took "running away from home" to a new level on Sunday when she showed up at Suvarnabhumi airport. What happened next, however, turned into unpleasant farce, with Thailand as villain.
Hypocritical cyber bill
News, Editorial, Published on 03/01/2019
» Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai, in his op-ed published on Tuesday in the Bangkok Post, underscored "a digital Asean" as one of the priorities which Thailand as the Asean chair envisions for the region to move "towards the blessings of peace, freedom and prosperity". On the same day, Vietnam's cybersecurity law, described by critics as "a totalitarian model of information control", took effect.
Who trusts the NACC?
News, Editorial, Published on 27/12/2018
» The court procedures in a case involving former executives of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Inc, who breached Japan's antitrust law by allegedly bribing a Thai official over a power plant project in the southern province of Surat Thani, are worthy of note.
Mass transit key to cleaner air
News, Editorial, Published on 23/12/2018
» It's time to panic. For two consecutive years, Bangkok residents have had to cope with a serious air pollution problem, ultra-fine dust known widely known as PM2.5.
Time for Prayut to show his integrity
News, Editorial, Published on 16/12/2018
» As the country gears up for an election, initially expected to take place late February next year, the military regime under Prime Minister Chan-o-cha should learn about the political etiquette that obliges it to refrain from the business-as-usual edict in running state affairs.
Abetting dictators
News, Editorial, Published on 12/12/2018
» The sudden government interest in apprehending political opponents of foreign governments is disappointing. It may be coincidence but in just a week, police have forcibly detained critics of the governments of Cambodia and Bahrain. The arrests and threats of deportation or extradition to these undemocratic countries go against normal human rights practices. They also violate decades of Thai policy that often welcomed and never threatened lives of foreigners pitted against their governments.
Inequality exposed
News, Editorial, Published on 10/12/2018
» The economy expert Banyong Pongpanich was studying recent statistics last week when he made an interesting discovery. Based on figures reported in the latest annual Global Wealth Databook by Credit Suisse (CS), the inequality gap in Thailand has become the worst in the world. The figure represents national assets held and controlled by a nation's richest 1%, compared with the other 99%. In Thailand, that 1% is about 500,000, compared with the 50 million Thais of working ages.
Rallies are about seeking equality
News, Editorial, Published on 09/12/2018
» The "yellow vests" protest phenomenon which gripped France over the past few weeks may make some policymakers engaged in a fight against global warming think about a policy U-turn. It should not be so.
Enough of the iron grip
News, Editorial, Published on 07/12/2018
» The military regime will today shake hands with representatives from some political parties at a meeting that is to help pave the way for the post-coup era.