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After dissing disabled, Skytrain must lift its game
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 14/03/2018
» Enough is enough, wheelchair-bound Manit Intharapim must have told himself before smashing the glass elevator door of a BTS lift at Asok station.
O-net morality test serves no purpose
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 12/01/2018
» In a bid to ensure Thai children grow up as decent citizens, the authorities have come up with an ambitious plan: to amend a national exam to weigh up their goodness and morality.
'Coconut shell' students find their voice
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 13/11/2017
» Over the weekend, a group of Suankularb School students involved in a parade during a traditional football match found themselves in hot water for their thought-provoking political satire.
It's the regime itself most in need of reform
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 17/08/2017
» In theory, the appointment of 11 reform committees this week should make us feel optimistic about long-awaited national reform. But in reality, we don't quite feel that.
Thais need to check their intolerance
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 07/08/2017
» I am not a fan of Suthita Chanachaisuwan. To be more precise, I don't know her personally.
It's a big mistake to trash Bangkok history
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 06/07/2017
» In the view of the state, the embattled Mahakan community, struggling against a state eviction order, is just trash that must be removed from the historical site. Many academics, however, disagree.
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."
Without people, Mahakan will be 'dead'
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 08/03/2017
» As the Mahakan Community conflict drags on, <b>PLOENPOTE ATTHAKOR</b> talks to Chatri Prakitnonthakan, a lecturer at Silpakorn University's Architecture Faculty, who conducted a study on the community in 2006.
Let's do away with climate hypocrisy
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 03/12/2015
» Does "carbon footprint" mean anything to you?
Temple row intensifies in tit-for-tat property battle
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 10/09/2015
» The Kalayanamit temple's conflict with the local community has intensified, with the temple successfully booting out another tenant.