Opinion

The bigger the lie, or at least the bigger the attempted deception, the higher chance it will succeed in making others believe – at least some people believe this judging from the latest re-positioning of the ruling Phalang Pracharath Party which now branded itself as the party for national reconciliation.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United Kingdom’s Brexit vote is arguably the greatest disaster ever to hit the European Union. Now, the EU must act fast – not least by ending the post-referendum market turmoil – if it is to survive.

What kind of patriotism is when waging war with a neighbouring country is seen as a good thing by ultra-nationalist Thais

By Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Project Syndicate

TOKYO – As Shinzo Abe sits down this week in Seoul with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, he does so as the leader of a country that many people around the world now seriously underestimate. That dynamic certainly will be felt during the three Northeast Asian powers’ first summit since 2012.

Dear Cambodian neighbors, It saddened me to learn that over the past week, some Thais and Cambodians on social media heightened the level of toxic and degrading verbal and written attacks against one another as a result of the repatriation of “The Golden Boy” bronze statue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City after many decades.

On Wednesday, the British Parliament overwhelmingly rejected – for a second time – a Brexit plan worked out by Prime Minister Theresa May.

Khaosod English's Pravit Rojanaphruk spoke to Thai-based Cambodian labour right activist Ms Saing Ry about how she and the more than 400,000 migrant workers are coping and their future.

From the Editors

The stream against the Draft ‘Amnesty-for-all’ bill seems to have become stronger and stronger, not only among Thai people, but also foreigners, as the...

Anyone who has ever lived through times of violence and civil strife should appreciate the benefits of having peace in the streets. But at what price?