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Virus a wake-up call to change our bad habits
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 21/03/2020
» With Covid-19 infection cases soaring past 300 in a short time, we have now realised the battle with this disease will be much tougher than we thought. In other words, despite the predicament in Wuhan, we unforgivably underestimated the threat it posed.
No room for apathy as haze crisis returns
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 11/01/2020
» With levels of particulate matter measuring 2.5 micrometres or less in diameter -- PM2.5 fine dust -- surpassing 180, Bangkok was ranked as the fourth most polluted city in the world yesterday. People in the provinces -- both near and far -- have also experienced similar problems.
A night at the opera sets stage for noisy battle
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 05/07/2019
» Once again, Bangkok is experiencing a noise-related conflict.
Frenchman's music not to the regime's ears
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 14/06/2019
» A short clip featuring a song mocking a once well-known musical ditty, We Will Keep Our Promise, by junta leader and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, has become an instant hit. Yan Marchal, the clip maker, a budding songwriter and singer, has shot to fame overnight.
It's only right for a true hero to be recognised
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 20/04/2019
» Activist Daycha Siripatra turned from a villain to a hero overnight.
Chemicals fight must go before judges
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 15/08/2018
» Another big fight against powerful farm chemical giants is set to begin.
Mahakan: An awful example of renovation
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 02/08/2018
» It may take another six decades or longer for the Mahakan Fort -- which has been turned into a new park -- to regain its classic beauty.
No one's grinning over EC rejection
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 07/05/2018
» "See you in court," activist Sombat Boonngamanong told the Election Commission last week, right after it rejected his bid to register his political party, known in Thai as Krian, meaning firebrand.
Mahakan obliteration is a crying shame
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/04/2018
» Bangkok is celebrating its 236th anniversary this week -- with a sad irony. Just as the government kicked off celebratory activities with a fanfare on Saturday, the city is losing its old Mahakan Fort community -- one of its oldest communities known for its wooden houses that represent the architecture of the early Rattanakosin era in the late 18th century.
Loy Krathong must be kept under control
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 01/11/2017
» It's Loy Krathong time once again.