Easy to Fully Take Sides, Politically, But at What Price for Thailand?
The just concluded 2024 saw the intensification of the toxicity, and animosity, between supporters of the ruling Pheu Thai Party and those of the main opposition People’s Party. Propagandists on social...
View ArticleCrackdown on Call Centre Scammers Won’t be Easy for Thailand
Phone, and online, scammers, the so-called “call centre gangs” operating from two neighbouring countries, are getting out of control and severely affecting Thais. The problem suggests at least three...
View ArticleSame-Sex Marriage Right in Thailand Should Not Be the End But a Beginning
Many people will rejoice come Thursday, January 23, 2025, when same sex marriage will finally be made legal in Thailand – the first it Southeast Asia. For many decades in the past, gays, lesbians, or...
View ArticleUnderstanding Why Thailand Failed to Tackle PM2.5 Microdust Particles
The blame game has intensified this week after Bangkok achieved the notoriety of being among the 10 most air-polluted major cities in the world for at least three days, according to the IQAir app....
View ArticleLearning From Trumpland
Less than two weeks into the second Trump Presidency, the world has already learned from Trumpland what they shouldn’t do, or what they can do and get away with it, depending on your political...
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