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'Thais-only' policy is racism, pure and simple
Oped, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 13/06/2020
» 'This cannot be serious" was my initial reaction to news reports saying the Transport Company is imposing a ban on foreign travellers as a measure to curb the spread of Covid-19.
How the smog crisis plan shows Thai class divide
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 15/02/2019
» Once again, Bangkok is blanketed with PM2.5 dust after a short reprieve.
Thammasat, inequality and 'colourism'
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 15/09/2018
» As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For some, the controversial billboards with heads and bare shoulders of ex-Thammasat University cheerleaders are gorgeous, but for many, it's downright decadent for an education institute that has been formative in Thailand's political history.
Toxic policies just as bad as toxic chemicals
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 08/09/2018
» It seems Deputy Agriculture and Agriculture Cooperatives Minister Wiwat Salyakamthorn's days with the military regime are numbered. His likely exit has been widely speculated upon after his strong stance against "three dirty farm chemicals", namely, paraquat, chlorpyrifos and glyphosate.
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.
Class conflict between tower and Mahakan
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 03/07/2017
» 'No more eviction nightmares for the old Mahakan community as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration agrees to rent the land plot and allow the old community to develop a living museum."
It's best not to forget lessons of 1991 coup
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/02/2017
» Feb 23, the day the military top brass toppled the government of Chatichai Choonhavan in a bloodless coup in 1991 (with a political bloodbath, known as the Black May uprising the following year) passed by almost without notice.
Jokowi win shows virtues of listening
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/07/2014
» When I was a political science student at Thammasat University many years ago, there was a major course that many senior students scrambled to register for.
Notes on how to restore judicial shine
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 01/05/2014
» They were just small hand-written notes but they have shaken the judiciary. The notes — one was sent to police chief Adul Saengsingkaew, and the other to his deputy — were scribbled by the secretary-general of the Office of the Administrative Courts Direkrit Jenkrongtham.
Luang Pu courts public opprobrium
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 13/02/2014
» Luang Pu Buddha Issara is the kind of person you either like or loathe. The 46-year-old monk, who is also the abbot of Wat Onoi in Nakhon Pathom’s Kampaeng Saen district, has become a core leader of the protest movement against the Yingluck Shinawatra government. Many Buddhists feel uncomfortable with the activist role he has taken on.