Commentary
Opinion: BMA continuing market shutdown, hurting small vendors already affected by Covid-19
The best photo to describe the helplessness of Thais left behind was taken last weekend. The photo, which was posted by Facebook user Aom Arseeyeh, was used by local news to report on an incident at a market by the...
Covid-19
Opinion: It is time we divest our interests from Beijing; we can no longer trust the PRC
China has made big overtures to the region and the world in the last ten years, promoting both its giant infrastructure project (the Belt and Road Initiative) and its closely related development bank (the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank).In...
Main News
CP Group finances TESCO deal despite numerous lenders pulling out because of coronavirus
Charoen Pokphand Group, Thailand’s largest conglomerate, has sealed a deal with 9 financial institutions to undertake a $10.6 billion acquisition of TESCO's operations in South East Asia, totaling some 1,965 stores in Thailand and Malaysia.The deal, which was finalized...
Commentary
Opinion: Thailand relaxing its student haircut rule is a victory on the road to individualism
In a victory for Thai students everywhere, new regulations governing hair growth for students was published in the Royal Gazette on May 1 meaning that both male and female students can now grow their hair long.There are, of...
Covid-19
Restaurants cautious as Thailand allows some to re-open
On Sunday, the Thai government allowed some restaurants and eateries to re-open after a month of closure. The government had shuttered many businesses in their attempt to keep coronavirus infection numbers low.The re-opened restaurants will still have to...
Covid-19
Opinion: For Thais, only disorder in today’s world order
“You are more American," a friend of mine once told me, "than some real Americans.”A preposterous proposition, I thought. Berkeley based I may be, but I am Bangkok born and bred. I had never set foot in the United...
Commentary
Opinion: The government is creating an income barrier for its aid, leaving behind the poorest and most vulnerable
A couple of days ago, my mother, told me that she had registered to receive a survival bag (ถุงยังชีพ) from the government.After a few days, the bag arrived at my home. The pack consists of a tray of...
Covid-19
April saw no insurgency-backed violence in Thailand’s Deep South, the first month without attacks in 16 years
There was no insurgency-backed violence in Thailand's Deep South for the month of April, the first time in sixteen years that there were no insurgency attacks taking place in a given month.Thailand's three southern Muslim-majority provinces of Yala, Pattani,...
Covid-19
Thailand discovers six new coronavirus infections; sixth straight day of single-digit infections
Thailand’s government said on Saturday that it had discovered six new coronavirus infections bringing the total number of infected to 2,966.There were no new fatalities with the death toll still at 54.13 more patients have recovered from the virus...
Current Affairs
Opinion: If Prayut wants public sympathy and ‘no politics,’ he should stop his party’s infighting first
This week Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha asked the opposition to put politics aside and concentrate on helping the government contain the coronavirus pandemic.Now is not the time for politics or criticizing the government, the prime minister said, but...
