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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.
You can't rely on luck to end road carnage
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 20/12/2018
» The numbers never lie; the state's efforts to tackle road fatalities have paid off. According to the Road Safety Group Thailand, the country's ranking improved from No.2 in the world, with 36.2 traffic-related deaths per 100,000 people, to No.9, with the deaths being reduced to 34:100,000.
Not just one culprit in bus crash horror
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/03/2018
» It seems the 18 holiday-makers who were killed on Wednesday night when a double-decker bus crashed in Nakhon Ratchasima were victims of careless driving.
Laxity on big buses poses threat to lives
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 07/12/2016
» 'One passenger was killed and dozens injured as double-decker bus overturns in Songkhla province."
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.
Rude revelry waters down Songkran
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 10/04/2014
» With Songkran just a few days away, it seems we are counting down to insanity. It may sound like I’m being a killjoy, but I mean it.
Rude revelry waters down Songkran
Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 09/04/2014
» With Songkran just a few days away, it seems we are counting down to insanity. It may sound like I'm being a killjoy, but I mean it.
Court halts building plans
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/09/2013
» The Supreme Court says it will reconsider its plans to construct a mammoth new courthouse close to the Grand Palace.
Train safety is well and truly off the rails
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 22/03/2013
» If you think the number 297 is no cause for alarm, maybe it's time to think again. It's the number of deaths in railway accidents in Thailand which has totalled 887 in six years.
Courthouse death sentence
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/12/2012
» A high-profile dispute over the old Supreme Court building has reached a dead end. The Supreme Court staunchly insists it has the right to continue with its plan to replace the ageing structure with a new, much bigger office, citing a cabinet resolution it acquired in 1988, but the Fine Arts Department and a group of conservationists want to keep the old building for a simple reason _ it is national heritage.