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Opinion: Honest Learning From Strangers in the Next Table
One of the occasional perks of sitting alone at a cafe or bar next to a table of conversing people is you get to hear things you otherwise wouldn’t. At a cafe in Bangkok, I recently sat next to a...
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Opinion: Now We’re All Suckers For Power
It's good that nearly five years of direct military rule will likely be over soon, but even the way it ends shows we've all come to depend on absolute power. The post Opinion: Now We’re All Suckers...
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Opinion: A Happy Christmas and New Year Every Day? No Thanks
It’s almost Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Seeing the lights and decorations for the holiday season and people taking photos with Christmas trees, one wonders: Why not have festivals every day?...
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Opinion: Fear and Foreboding in Laos
The disappearance of Surachai Danwattananusorn has sent shivers among exiled anti-monarchists, particularly in neighboring countries. The post Opinion: Fear and Foreboding in Laos appeared first on...
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Opinion: Unequal Thailand a Daily Struggle
That Thailand is one of the most unequal societies on earth should be a concerns for all Thais, from those at the top all the way to the lowest echelons. Last month, the National and Social...
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Opinion: #SaveRahaf and the Twitter Storm that Battered Two Kingdoms
Eighteen-year-old Rahaf Mohammad al-Qunun was both media savvy and lucky to avoid being forcibly sent back from Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport to Saudi Arabia to meet possible death. The use of...
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Opinion: A Land of Smiles So Easily Cracked by Conflict
A man was arrested Tuesday for killing his wife and her family of five in the northern province of Uttaradit. Another man arrested on the same day after killing his girlfriend after she ended their...
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Opinion: Unmistakable Message to Thailand Surfaces in Mekong
Now that police have confirmed through DNA the identities of at least two Thais murdered and mutilated horrendously, I wonder what ... The post Opinion: Unmistakable Message to Thailand Surfaces in...
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Opinion: Ignorance of Nazis, History a Bug or Feature of Thai Education?
Why do some young Thais commit the blunder of wearing clothes with Nazi symbols? Is it a failure of the Thai education system? Is it the sheer insensitivity or ignorance of some youths? Or is it a...
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Opinion: Thailand Can Do the Right Thing For #Hakeem
Is Thailand merely an innocent caught in the middle of a diplomatic power play between Australia and Bahrain over the fate of refugee footballer Hakeem AlAraibi? The post Opinion: Thailand Can Do the...
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Opinion: Friday’s Political Drama Reignited Political Divisions
Between the time Ubolratana Mahidol’s candidacy was announced and effectively ended less than 14 hours later, all of Thailand was turned upside down. Tribal allegiances, enmities and identities were...
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Opinion: A Sad, Shocking Week That Tested Football’s Heart
PARIS — It was a week of sad and shocking images for football. From the murky depths of the cold sea that separates France and England came a chilling photograph, shot remotely, of the crumpled plane...
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Opinion: Prayuth Returns as Only Viable Anti-Thaksin Candidate
Former Princess Ubolratana Mahidol’s short-lived bid to become prime minister – which ended when a royal command opposing her candidacy was issued Feb. 8 – revived the anti-Thaksin Shinawatra camp....
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Opinion: Anti-Communist Song Belongs in Thailand’s Past, Period
Indoctrination isn’t what it used to be, not when competition for people's ears and eyes has become so intense. The post Opinion: Anti-Communist Song Belongs in Thailand’s Past, Period appeared first...
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Opinion: Fun With Stereotypes, Thai Election Edition
What kind of people vote for which parties, and why? The post Opinion: Fun With Stereotypes, Thai Election Edition appeared first on Khaosod English.
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Opinion: Future Forward Now a Bigger Political Target
The dissolution of Thai Raksa Chart Party on Thursday for having nominated Princess Ubolratana as a candidate for prime minister – dragging the royal institution into politics – has left many...
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Opinion: 3 Days, 3 Key Votes – And No End in Sight for Brexit
On Wednesday, the British Parliament overwhelmingly rejected – for a second time – a Brexit plan worked out by Prime Minister Theresa May. The post Opinion: 3 Days, 3 Key Votes – And No End in Sight...
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Opinion: ‘Third-Choice’ Abhisit Haunted by His Past
Declaring he won’t support junta leader Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha as prime minister after the election was probably Abhisit Vejjajiva’s final major political gambit. The post Opinion: ‘Third-Choice’...
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Opinion: How Humans Fit Into Google’s Machine Future
By Ed Finn, The Conversation In 1998, Google began humbly, formally incorporated in a Menlo Park garage, providing search results from a server housed in Lego bricks. It had a straightforward goal:...
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Opinion: PGA Tour Study Shows Disparity in Ranking Points
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida — Two tournaments on different continents illustrate why PGA Tour players are increasingly skeptical about the world ranking. Against a field as strong as some majors, Tommy...
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