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Luang Pu courts public opprobrium
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 13/02/2014
» Luang Pu Buddha Issara is the kind of person you either like or loathe. The 46-year-old monk, who is also the abbot of Wat Onoi in Nakhon Pathom’s Kampaeng Saen district, has become a core leader of the protest movement against the Yingluck Shinawatra government. Many Buddhists feel uncomfortable with the activist role he has taken on.
Chadchart loo push raises a stink
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 22/08/2013
» We don't need any further evidence that Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt has had a very busy schedule over the past few weeks in order to achieve his ambitious goal _ to improve the public transport system.
Busted Brit MP blazes a trail for Thai politicians
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 08/02/2013
» A politician, actually a cabinet minister, had to prematurely give up his prestigious career after it was discovered that his wife, whom he later divorced, had faced a speeding charge for him.
'October spirit' lacking as reds mark uprising
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 19/10/2012
» I happened to find myself in the middle of a red-shirt gathering at the Democracy Monument on Sunday. It was Oct 14, and the people in red were celebrating an historic event associated with our nation's democracy _ the student-led uprising in 1973 against Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn and his clan.