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Boss case shatters public confidence
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 17/08/2020
» If you start to feel a sense of relief that justice seems to be back on track in the shameful hit-and-run case involving Vorayuth Yoovidhya, after both prosecutors and police suddenly put the brakes on their attempts to free him, you may well have to think again.
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.
Ban Plainern saga shows city never learns
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 25/04/2019
» Art enthusiasts are looking forward to next Monday, when they will have the chance to tour Ban Plainern, the former residence of Prince Naris, the master artist of Rattanakosin.
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.
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 <i>Krian</i>, meaning firebrand.
In police theatre, the joke is on us
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 27/09/2017
» Those who have lived in Thailand long enough have probably heard of a form of folk theatre known in Thai as likay.
Lessons from Kenya's war against plastic
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 20/09/2017
» As Kenya wages war on plastic waste, it appears I happen to be in the country at a very crucial time.
Police blitz on alcohol pics goes too far
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/07/2017
» At first, I thought a reporter at a mass-circulation newspaper who covered a police warning on members of the public not to post pictures of themselves with booze on social media got it wrong.
Goodwill can stop ticking time bombs
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 10/02/2017
» A colleague, while we were having a quick lunch together at this office, suddenly asked: "Why has Asean achieved so little in its goal to become a community?"
Embattled residents fight to hold the fort
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 15/03/2016
» In the eyes of the state, the residents of Mahakan Fort, a group of people facing a state eviction order, have been stubborn, continuously violating rules.