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Both sides must give peace a chance
Oped, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 15/10/2020
» On Wednesday the country narrowly missed a confrontation -- quite possibly violent -- between groups of people with different stances when it comes to the monarchy. But there are no sighs of relief -- just yet.
The art of the people
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 23/06/2018
» To mark the 1932 revolution, a crucial event in Thailand's modern history when a group of young soldiers and civilians brought about political transformation from absolute to constitutional monarchy, academic Chatri Prakitnontakan is putting together an exhibition, "Revolutionary Things", where he, together with fellow scholar Kittima Chareeprasit, will display rare objects relating to the historic change and reconceptualise them.
Even in absentia, missing plaque does its job
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 22/04/2017
» It's been more than a week since a plaque commemorating the 1932 Siamese Revolution disappeared from the road surface near the King Rama V statue in Bangkok, sparking a public outcry and giving the authorities another headache to deal with.
Bad policing traps us in our vicious cycle
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 23/01/2014
» Is it a cycle? Or a vicious cycle?
Yingluck takes a gamble, and puts all at risk
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 07/11/2013
» We don't need to look at Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's resume to know that her family's background is in trading.
'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.