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Stolen statue found at bus stop
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 16/05/2021
» A rare statue of Phra Sri Arya Maitreya which was stolen from a local museum at Wat Lai in Lop Buri's Tha Wung district in early March was discovered on Saturday morning.
Ancient lintels coming home
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/03/2021
» Two ancient lintels believed stolen and put on display at a US museum are to be returned to Thailand next month, Fine Arts Department chief Prateep Pengtako said.
Activists threaten lawsuit over blasting at fresco site
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 21/03/2020
» A southern conservation network yesterday threatened to take the Fine Arts Department to court unless it restored the Khao Yala conservation zone in Yala province to protect its ancient cave paintings from industrial rock blasting.
Temple works enter 2nd phase
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 13/03/2020
» The restoration of Ayutthaya's Wat Chaiwattanaram, one of Thailand's cultural landmarks, has entered its second phase with support from the US government.
FAD urged to rethink Khao Yala plan
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 06/03/2020
» Conservationists have urged the Fine Arts Department to nullify an order that revokes part of Khao Yala mountain -- home to an ancient fresco -- as a conservation site in Yala's Muang district in order to pave the way for a quarry.
Troops at Mahakan rattle locals
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 19/01/2018
» A leading academic and social activists have expressed concern about the deployment of soldiers at the embattled Mahakan community by the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc), saying the military presence has created a climate of fear.