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Cough up cash to stop road carnage
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 15/05/2019
» Thailand will soon have new traffic laws, based on the more stringent Japanese model, a senior land transport official said recently. Obviously, he was thrilled.
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?
Prevention is the drowning scourge cure
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 20/07/2016
» The recent report about drowning being the biggest killer of children in Thailand between 2006 and last year is sad indeed.
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.
Keep fingers crossed in bid to stem Mers
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/06/2015
» The Public Health Ministry seems to be taking pride that it has performed well in dealing with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) health challenge. It's just that two words are missing from that sentence: "so far".
Rail crossings don't have to be death traps
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 05/06/2015
» At last, the Transport Ministry has decided to make railway crossings, a notorious death trap for motorists in this country, safer.
Soaring fears over fires in the night sky
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 31/10/2014
» Finally, someone has come to their senses about the release of northern-style lanterns. Yi peng floating lanterns have become a big fad not only in Chiang Mai and some other provinces in the North, but also in Bangkok as people love to look at the glittering lights when hundreds of them are released in the sky at night.