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Putting Thai food to the test
Life, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 21/09/2018
» The clock on the wall turned 10am. The ambience around the student centre building at a Nairobi university was dormant and calm, except a training kitchen where groups of young people, all wearing aprons and caps, busily made a dish. Some measured ingredients while their buddies read recipes out loud; others putt meat into the pot. The scene was almost chaotic with sounds of utensils clanking and bite-sized meat sizzling on frying pans.
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Fresh talks a step to douse far South fires
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 05/01/2019
» Despite a spate of attacks rattling the restive far South over the past few weeks, the chief negotiator of peace talks in the region, Gen Udomchai Thammasaroraj, remains hopeful.
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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.
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Who to blame for Airbnb 'nightmares'?
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 31/05/2018
» Recently I received a letter from a reader named "Chaley" who complained about the negative impact of Airbnb in his neighbourhood, which he referred to as "the misery" of this new business.
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Something rotten in handling of Mahakan Fort issue
Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 12/02/2018
» The demolition of a landmark house at Mahakan Fort in the name of conservation has stunned conservationists who have condemned the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration for a saga which began in the early 1990s.
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Old railway stations are slipping away
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 18/03/2017
» As Thailand is going ahead with its double-track train development plan, the first casualties of the development are the old railway stations across the country.
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Prevention is the drowning scourge cure
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 20/07/2016
» The recent report about drowning being the biggest killer of children in Thailand between 2006 and last year is sad indeed.
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Keep fingers crossed in bid to stem Mers
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/06/2015
» The Public Health Ministry seems to be taking pride that it has performed well in dealing with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) health challenge. It's just that two words are missing from that sentence: "so far".
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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.
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Locals left in the dark on plans for elevated 'roof' road
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 07/08/2013
» As a state project with an impact on the life of locals, construction of an elevated highway along Ratchadaphisek-Asok Road has to involve public participation _ a principle endorsed in the constitution.
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