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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.
Charupong’s surprise ends up as a yawn
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/06/2014
» A clip of former interior minister Charupong Ruangsuwan announcing the launch of the Organisation of Free Thais for Human Rights and Democracy (FT-HD) on Tuesday morning at dawn came as a real surprise.
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.
'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.