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Putting in a word for the environment
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 05/06/2014
» Does anyone realise Thursday, June 5, is World Environment Day?
Coup or no coup, task ahead is huge
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 22/05/2014
» Is it a coup? Or isn't it?
In no mood to celebrate city’s big day
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 25/04/2014
» Bangkok this week celebrates its 232nd anniversary since it was founded.
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.
A 'Golden Opportunity'
Life, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 07/01/2014
» At first sight, those who don't know Monovithya Kem may mistake the young female politician for a model, especially in the lobby of a five-star Bangkok hotel, where she awaited a media interview late last week.
Samut Songkhram pressures govt over water project
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 25/11/2013
» The public hearings on the water management project require a major change or they will be doomed to failure.
BMA urged to scrap elevated road plan
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 13/10/2013
» Scholar Sulak Sivaraksa and leading civic groups have urged the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to scrap a plan to build an elevated highway along the Ratchadaphisek-Asok road, citing adverse impacts.
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.
Senate panel probes Supreme Court plans
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 03/09/2013
» A Senate committee has vowed to investigate irregularities in the new Supreme Court construction project, which is to replace a complex of heritage buildings at Sanam Luang.
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.