Editorial
Bangkok Post editorial column
These editorials represent Bangkok Post thoughts about current issues and situations.
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Stand firm on coup crisis
Tomorrow, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will gather in Jakarta for a summit to discuss the crisis in Myanmar while the world watches on anxiously.
Don't silence deep thinkers
The recent termination of employment, work permit and related visa of David Streckfuss, an American academic who has worked at Khon Kaen University for the past 27 years, has intensified fears over suppression of academic freedom.
Help frontline staff first
It's a shame that all frontline workers -- doctors, nurses and healthcare personnel -- have not received Covid-19 vaccines yet.
Beds can't go to waste
With Covid-19 infection cases skyrocketing and a rise in fatalities, the government must come to term with reality, making use of all scarce resources wisely, as it races against time in dealing with the new outbreak.
Justice reform can't wait
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted many activities, but it shouldn't disturb the justice process.
Nuclear tainted water a no-go
Early last month, Japan honoured the victims of a triple disaster in which over 20,000 people lost their lives. The catastrophic chain of events began with a 9.0-magnitude earthquake -- the Great East Japan Earthquake as it came to be known -- which caused a tsunami with 38-metre high waves which crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Give private jabs a shot
The Prayut Chan-o-cha government is in hot water over its Covid-19 vaccination plan which critics view as sluggish and overly dependent on the AstraZeneca vaccine.
End justice wait for Karen
Seven years after Karen activist Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen's death in 2014, issues close to his heart, like ancestral rights of fellow ethnic villagers in Kaeng Krachan National Park, remain unfulfilled. On top of that, the long arm of the law still cannot reach his killers.
Don't protect the culprits
More than a week after the Covid-19 cluster in Bangkok's Thong Lor area was detected, resulting in a new wave of infections that dampened the Songkran mood, not to mention the great damage it dealt the economy, there are growing concerns over possible foul play in the investigation process concerning the clubs where the bug spread.
High road toll a blow
Numerous deaths and injuries related to road accidents over the past three days, almost half way into the extra holidays during the Songkran festival, once again attest to the fact the government's approach to tackling the road toll is of no use.
