Showing 691 - 700 of 797
Ethiopia: War in Tigray still a tricky prospect
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/12/2020
» 'Love always wins. Killing others is a defeat," said Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June 2018, shortly after surviving a grenade attack at a rally in Meskel Square in the capital, Addis Ababa. How was he to know that just thirty months after saying that he would have to stop loving and start killing?
Time to test Prayut?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/11/2020
» Despite HM the King's request that the lese majeste law not be implemented (which is in line with the wise advice of his great father), Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has decided to ignore this request and has announced that "all laws" will be implemented to quell the current protest movement against his government.
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.
A monopoly, for sure
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/11/2020
» Re: "A more unequal society than ever before", (Opinion, Nov 14).
A more balanced narrative of Thailand's pandemic
Oped, Natapanu Nopakun and Yajai Bunnag, Published on 20/11/2020
» Thailand's success in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic, with effective control of local transmission, has gained global recognition. With such achievements, though challenges remain, the country has quite a few stories to share with the world.
Technology can end waste woes
Oped, IAN CHRISTESEN, Published on 19/11/2020
» World Toilet Day might not sound like the most exciting of international commemorations. But, given that around 780 million Asians are forced to defecate in the open, and that approximately 80% of wastewater across the region is returned to the environment untreated, the annual marker does highlight one of the more immediate and pressing concerns faced by the region, and the planet.
Of melody, monkeys and musician
Oped, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 18/11/2020
» Playing music for monkeys? Some people might not believe that there could be such an activity.
Axe sure to fall
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/11/2020
» Re: "Chuan Leekpai wants everyone to let parliament do its job", (BP, Nov 17).
Multilateralism in a post-Covid World
Oped, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Published on 18/11/2020
» The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the crisis of multilateralism and international cooperation that we already witnessed well before the pandemic broke out. Multilateralism has come under tremendous stress and strain. Much of this is due to the growing sentiments of anti-globalisation in many countries, particularly in the US and the European Union, coming from both the extreme right and left of the political spectrum. The backlash against globalisation has manifested itself in the rise of nationalism, populism, unilateralism, protectionism and xenophobia. In the midst of such discontent, globalisation and multilateralism are blamed for loss of jobs, loss of control over national borders, loss of national sovereignty and loss of confidence in the future by millions of people who have not been able to keep pace with the speed and depth in which our world has become integrated and globalised.
New democracy demands unleashed
Oped, Larry Jagan, Published on 12/11/2020
» Millions of Myanmar voters went to the polls last Sunday to voice their overwhelming support for democracy and their opposition to the military's involvement in politics. Throughout the country, people queued patiently and peacefully -- sometimes for up to two hours in the hot sun -- to mark their ballot papers in the polling stations.