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Heritage neglect lets Si Thep down
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 09/03/2019
» Recent news reports about an oil exploration project which is a just a stone's throw away from Si Thep historical park in Phetchabun has shocked the Thai people. The project, if it isn't shot down, may dim the hopes of the site becoming a Unesco world heritage site. PLOENPOTE ATTHAKOR talks to well-respected scholar Phuthorn Bhumadhon about the hot topic.
Bangkok's car-free day is mere lip service
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/09/2018
» On Saturday morning, as city officials and invited guests were lining up to welcome Deputy Governor Sakoltee Phattiyakul who was due to officiate a city function, everything seemed to go as planned.
A concrete jungle where cars remain king
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 30/06/2018
» Pedestrians who use Asok Montri Road in the Sukhumvit area will have to brace for more inconvenience, starting next week, with police set to close one major pedestrian crossing during morning rush hours they blame for congestion.
Let's go Dutch when it comes to cycling
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 17/09/2016
» This year's Car Free Day is approaching this weekend -- with little fanfare.
BTS bike rules good start but still fall short
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 16/06/2016
» Months after cyclists were left anxiously wondering if they would be banned from the BTS train system, cyclists who use non-folding bicycles now know their fate: a partial ban will be implemented.
Cyclists fall prey to the BTS crush
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 22/02/2016
» Should cyclists and their two-wheelers be allowed to use the BTS skytrain? The question has been raised time and again by BTS passengers.
Let's do away with climate hypocrisy
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 03/12/2015
» Does "carbon footprint" mean anything to you?
Plan to merge museum stirs locals' wrath
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 08/05/2015
» When the Fine Arts Department came up with a plan to merge the National Museum Nakhon Pathom with a bigger museum in Suphan Buri, it probably didn't expect any resistance from locals.
'Free riders' shouldn't spoil poor's travels
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 06/02/2015
» From now and for the next few months to come, certain officials at the Transport Ministry are supposed to busy themselves trying to find the real poor — or the criteria to identify them — as they are eligible for the free bus and train programme.
Censorship and common sense get all mixed up
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 03/10/2013
» They did it again. Those at the top of Mcot, the state-owned operator of Channel 9 television station, made news headlines this week by slapping a ban on the Khon Khon Khon (People Searching People) documentary.