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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?
MRT checks give false sense of security
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 20/08/2015
» This is a pure coincidence. Less than a week before the horrendous bombing that killed 20 and injured more than 100 innocent people at the Erawan shrine on Monday, a friend posted a question on his Facebook page about the effectiveness of security checks on the city MRT underground train system. As any commuter knows, all passengers are asked to open their bags while security guards absentmindedly flash a torch into them. For stations with more than one guard, it's likely they chat with each other as they carry out the checks.
In no mood to celebrate city’s big day
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 25/04/2014
» Bangkok this week celebrates its 232nd anniversary since it was founded.
Arming the South with a replica cannon
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 14/06/2013
» The wreckage of the replica of the historic Phaya Tani cannon damaged in a bomb blast at the Krue Se mosque in Pattani's Muang district is plain to see.