Opinion

The man-made Mountain B pub fire tragedy which led to at least 15 deaths and dozens of injuries was basically preventable. Police confirmed hours after the fire that one exit door was locked, the operator had no license to operate a pub, the place used inflammable acoustic foam panels and more.

Post-election political stalemate, the specter of the junta leader returning as prime minister, witch hunts against new party leaders – what’s there to be...

About a week ago, CLSA Thailand organized a panel talk called ASEAN Forum 2018. On the panel were three smiling men in dark suits. They were Anuthin Charnvirakul of Bhumjaitai Party, Abhisit Vejjajiva of the Democrat Party and Chaturon Chaisang of Puea Thai Party. I wasn’t at the talk, but I saw the photo on a Facebook feed.

A little inconvenience for drinkers occurred on Wednesday and Thursday this week in Thailand because they were Buddhist holidays. People simply cannot buy alcohol or consume it in public, legally at least.

Even those of us not particularly cognizant of the climate crisis could not help but be alarmed by what has been happening around us lately.

With a functioning opposition bloc in Parliament, it would be easy to say Thailand is transitioning back to semi-democracy. But there’s a case to...

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...

BANGKOK — A group often overlooked when considering the Deep South’s ongoing separatist conflict is the kingdom’s majority Thai Buddhists.

Wednesday marked the formal end to Yingluck Shinawatra’s political career when the Supreme Court found her guilty of dereliction of duty, namely over the...

I sweat – a lot. Not just slightly above average. When I run, my shoes sometimes get flooded. I sweat so much that I...