Opinion

The Prayut government has been on the receiving end of another round of negative press in the thick of the coronavirus crisis, due to the Prime Ministers’ recent comment that he would “seek help from the wealthiest members of...

Following Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s surprise announcement on Friday evening that he will be approaching Thailand's 20 richest families, who are “seniors of the society,” to help the country fight against the outbreak of the coronavirus, one question lingered...

The start of Songkran marks the Thai traditional new year where people from different parts of Thailand return home to gather with family, to pay respect to their elders, and to catch up and celebrate with their relatives for...

It was a strange digital flareup. Ceaselessly, and seemingly inexplicably, over an entire night and day, Thai and Chinese netizens took to Twitter to rain insults on each other. Ostensibly, the issue arose over a hapless Thai photographer who, in...

While countries around the world made headlines for moving heaven and earth to repatriate their citizens living abroad and affected by the coronavirus outbreak, Thailand has chosen a decidedly different route and have asked Thais living overseas not to...

We can all agree that everyone is affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Nobody is safe from the virus, regardless of their social status. Top politicians, celebrities, and sports personalities have been infected. Nevertheless, if the disease spreads further, it...

In 2016, I released a documentary called ‘Smoke: A Crisis in Northern Thailand’ that looked into the causes and possible solutions to the rampant agricultural and forest fires that plague this region, year-after-year. I spent about ten months working...