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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.
Train reaction: Fighting to save old stations
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/06/2017
» Parinya Chukaew is using social media to take on the establishment in hope of saving up to half of the nation's 400 ageing railway stations. They are slated to be razed but he argues they must be conserved as part of Thailand's cultural and architectural heritage.
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.
Action urged for Yama lintel return
Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 23/08/2016
» Thailand should employ the same tactic that enabled the country to successfully reclaim the famous reclining Vishnu lintel from the US in the 1980s in pressing for the return of an ancient artefact now on display at a San Francisco museum, a Fine Arts expert Sahawat Naenna said.
Priceless Buri Ram lintel found in San Francisco
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 04/08/2016
» A Buri Ram-based conservation group has kick-started a campaign to press for the return of a "lintel", a decorative object above a gate, believed to have been smuggled out of Thailand decades ago.
Shelters not the answer for HIV patients
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 29/05/2015
» Fact: Some three decades after the first HIV/Aids case struck the country, causing numerous deaths, Thailand has led a successful fight against the disease. The country has a remarkable vaccine programme under way to reduce the risk of transmission.
Rethinking the fun of floating fierry lanterns
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 21/11/2013
» It has taken quite a while for City Hall to realise the danger of floating lanterns and how they put the city at risk of public disaster.
Courthouse death sentence
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/12/2012
» A high-profile dispute over the old Supreme Court building has reached a dead end. The Supreme Court staunchly insists it has the right to continue with its plan to replace the ageing structure with a new, much bigger office, citing a cabinet resolution it acquired in 1988, but the Fine Arts Department and a group of conservationists want to keep the old building for a simple reason _ it is national heritage.