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Outbreak highlights our complacency
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 21/12/2020
» We are seemingly paying a high price for Covid-19 complacency.
Bangkok booze ban is the last thing we need
Oped, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 10/04/2020
» Social distancing as a means to curb Covid-19? OK. Partial curfew after 10pm until 4am, probably OK.
The state has no business in people's sexual lives
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 04/05/2019
» It seems that the story involving Kerry workers and a woman's delivery order of sex toys led to a happy ending. But did it really?
Heritage neglect lets Si Thep down
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 09/03/2019
» Recent news reports about an oil exploration project which is a just a stone's throw away from Si Thep historical park in Phetchabun has shocked the Thai people. The project, if it isn't shot down, may dim the hopes of the site becoming a Unesco world heritage site. PLOENPOTE ATTHAKOR talks to well-respected scholar Phuthorn Bhumadhon about the hot topic.
Dreaming of a carbon-free travel culture
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 29/11/2016
» Over the weekend, Ayutthaya had a chance to host a memorable music event, properly titled "Jazz in the World Heritage."
Deadly rail crossings and crash deja vu
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 06/04/2016
» It's appalling. The sight of the crash between a train and a coach that killed four and injured more than 20 at a rail crossing in Nakhon Pathom on Sunday was sad beyond words.
Flood gripes won't help city plan a future
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 18/06/2015
» This week's torrential rains mean sleepless nights for Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra and city administrators who are again being put to the test.
Ministry scraps museum merger plan after protests
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 13/05/2015
» The Culture Ministry has abandoned a plan to merge the National Museum Nakhon Pathom with U Thong museum in adjacent Suphan Buri province after local resistance, permanent secretary for culture Apinan Poshyanand said yesterday.
Plan to merge museum stirs locals' wrath
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 08/05/2015
» When the Fine Arts Department came up with a plan to merge the National Museum Nakhon Pathom with a bigger museum in Suphan Buri, it probably didn't expect any resistance from locals.
Start off with the basics to reform police
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 30/01/2015
» Recent rapes and deadly violence in the tiny province of Nakhon Pathom have gripped the entire country with sadness.