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'Phuyai' must lead kids by good example
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 05/01/2018
» As National Children's Day draws near, it's time for the public to pay attention to the annual slogan (<i>kham kwan</i>) thought up each year by the prime minister of the day for kids.
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Old solutions no answer to dust menace
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 25/01/2021
» When pressured by newshounds last week about another round of PM2.5 dust that has blanketed the capital city and some other provinces for several days in a row, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon answered, "The government has tackled it all along." Really?
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Pareena saga a test of land reform resolve
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 15/11/2019
» When Deputy Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow defended Pareena Kraikupt -- a Palang Pracharath Party member and MP for Ratchaburi who is being grilled in a high-profile land scandal -- by suggesting that she may escape forest encroachment charges because her family "had lived on the disputed plots prior to the enactment of land reforms", I could sense his triumph, as well as relief.
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Prayut plays with fire over appointments
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 30/04/2018
» After nearly four years in executive power, what Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha sees as "usual" appears to be not so usual, at least for those who want to see new things in politics.
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PM must tread carefully or else feel the heat
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 29/01/2018
» If Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his NCPO brothers are not in the habit of checking the temperature, it's the time for them to start.
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Getting to the bottom of PM poll of polls
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 13/09/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has every reason to be miffed with pollsters.
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Know-it-all leaders keep on bumbling
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 03/11/2016
» I cannot help but feel a bit of pity for Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon who has been bombarded with heavy criticism for his gaffe regarding falling rice prices.
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Our leaders like keeping it in the family
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 22/09/2016
» With their fathers on opposite sides of the political spectrum, Pathompol Chan-o-cha and Panthongtae Shinawatra should not have anything in common.
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Political will needed for Mahakan fix
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 07/10/2016
» "The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision." This quote by Helen Keller immediately came to mind when I learned of the decision by the government to back the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's plan to uproot the Mahakan Fort community in its eviction plan.
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Storm clouds gather over charter vote
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 27/04/2016
» Climate-wise, we are told that the almost-unbearable heat, with the mercury rising well over 40C, will soon be over. Monsoon rain is about to start and will drive away the sweltering weather.
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