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East-West divide underscored in Covid-19 controls
Oped, Jeffrey D Sachs, Published on 10/04/2020
» East Asian countries are outperforming the United States and Europe in controlling the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the fact that the outbreak began in China, to which the rest of East Asia is very closely bound by trade and travel. The US and Europe should be learning as rapidly as possible about the East Asian approaches, which could still save vast numbers of lives in the West and the rest of the world.
Lifelong learning key to future economy
Oped, Ployroong Lerttaweepornkul, Published on 08/04/2020
» If you think disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation only affect lower-skilled workers, not professionals like you, think again.
Outbreak exposes weak social protection for poor
Oped, Chen Chen Lee, Published on 08/04/2020
» The global number of Covid-19 cases is now over 1.3 million with no sign of abating. Within Southeast Asia, Indonesia and the Philippines lead the region with 209 and 163 deaths respectively. While the number of Covid-19 cases in the region is small compared to that in the US, Italy or Spain, this may change drastically in the coming weeks as the pandemic sweeps across millions living in the slums.
Govt falters in face of steep learning curve
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/04/2020
» As the coronavirus infections graph continues to climb, it's the Prayut Chan-o-cha government's learning curve that has managed to remain flat.
Toxic control
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/04/2020
» Re: "Forests doomed by power and prejudice," (Opinion, April 2).
Don't leave the poor kids behind
Oped, Bundit Kertbundit, Published on 02/04/2020
» In less than three months, the coronavirus disease has spread fast and furious, wreaking havoc across the country in ways unimaginable. Responding to the avalanche of threats, authorities have thrown down the gauntlet and rushed to open the spigots of support measures to keep society and the economy afloat.
Imagining a post-coronavirus world
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 31/03/2020
» Prior to the World Health Organization categorising the Covid-19 outbreak as a global pandemic, nobody would have imagined that the most of the world would be in lockdown as it is today, with over one billion people forced to stop doing their daily routines as they are advised to stay at home to avoid contracting and/or spreading the virus. To survive, each affected country, big or small, will have to use whatever skills and resources they have to fight this common enemy.
Thai-style rule by law lands new blow
Oped, Surasak Glahan, Published on 12/03/2020
» With the Election Commission (EC)’s decision on Tuesday to pursue criminal charges against Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit over a much-disputed media share transfer case, many observers may have stopped questioning how Thailand’s law-enforcement system could have come this far, and started wondering whether the worst of things is yet to come.
Thailand not the worst place to go ‘troppo’
Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/04/2019
» The Songkran festival seems to have gone on forever this year. There are definitely an awful lot of city people who slipped away for a “long weekend’’ about 10 days ago and haven’t been seen since. Not to worry. By the time they get back they should be just in time for another long weekend.
Developing skills the key to learning
Oped, Hugh Delaney, Published on 25/03/2019
» The term “education for the 21st Century” recognises that we are living through a period of rapid change in an increasingly globalised environment, to which education systems need to adapt, not just through a one-off reform, but continuously.