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Money isn't everything
News, Postbag, Published on 31/10/2021
» Re: "Tourism readies for takeoff," (Business, Oct 27).
The forsaken women of Afghanistan
Oped, Pinelopi Goldberg, Published on 17/09/2021
» Owing to the pandemic and other calamities, many referred to 2020 as a "biblical year". Now, however, it is starting to look like we are in a "biblical decade". Between the floods in Western Europe, the wildfires in Greece and Turkey, and the Delta and Mu variants of Covid-19, our planet and traditional way of life are coming increasingly under pressure.
The secret to making democracy civil
News, Matt Qvortrup, Published on 16/08/2021
» 'When you take responsibility away from people you make them irresponsible," proclaimed English politician Sir Keith Joseph almost half a century ago.
Shifting climate costs to the world's poor
Oped, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 28/05/2021
» To tackle climate change, rich nations are promising to end fossil fuel use in 29 years. As this becomes excruciatingly costly, the G7 is now thinking about making the world's poor pay for it. That will go badly.
Workplace gender equality needs quantum leap
News, Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, Published on 08/03/2021
» It's now more than 100 years since the International Labour Organization first established standards on women in the workplace, focussing on maternity protection.
Stipend cases are immoral
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/02/2021
» It has been two weeks since the controversial recalling of elderly stipends came to light. The problem exposes how messy state databases are and also the negligence of officials tasked with disbursing state welfare.
Old but not out
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 01/02/2021
» Thailand started the Year of the Ox by becoming a fully fledged ageing society, with the number of aged people rising to 13.1 million or 20% of the total population, according to the National Economic and Social Development.
Food for thought
News, Postbag, Published on 11/01/2021
» Covid-19 has caused schools nationwide to close for weeks and maybe months. I understand that -- but it means that millions of young boys and girls will miss their regular lunch, just when their growing bodies need it most. TDRI reports that 16% of Thai youth are undernourished nationwide (19% in Isan) -- affecting their brain development -- and for many, their free school lunch may be the only balanced meal they get each day.
Immigration games
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/12/2020
» I, like nearly 90% of all foreigners living here in Thailand, am getting tired of going to immigration for our yearly visa renewal, only to find out that we did not follow the "rules of the day". We want immigration to state a clear policy of what is, or is not, required to renew our visas. To that end, we ask:
Ethiopia's new war and how its PM is to blame
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 11/11/2020
» Americans should congratulate themselves. Their election system is definitely better than Ethiopia's. In fact, it works so well that there's unlikely to be another American civil war.