Mobile Phone Ban for Thai Movie Cinemas | Commentary by David Barkdull Mobiles ban for cinemas Petchanet Pratruangkrai Mobile phones will soon be banned from cinemas as the government strives to combat the high level of intellectual-property-rights (IPR) violations in the Kingdom. The move follows a meeting yesterday between Deputy Commerce Minister Banyin Tangpaporn and [...]
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Mobile Phone Ban for Thai Movie Cinemas | Commentary by David Barkdull
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May
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Coup Rumors Swirl in Bangkok
≡ Category: Abhisit Vejjajiva, Assets Examination Committee, Bangkok, Constitution, Corruption, Coup, Culture, Democratic Party, Democrats, Education, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Government, Latest Breaking News, Military, News, People Power Party, Political Philosophy, Politics, PPP, Revolution, Samak, Thailand, Thaksin | ≅ Comments Off
Coup Rumors Swirl in Bangkok Thirayuth Boonmi, a prominent Thai social critic stated yesterday the dash by the People Power party (PPP) to amend the constitution will trigger a political emergency which could lead to another armed military takeover of the government. The remarks by the ex-student leader of the Oct 14, 1973 rebellion were [...]
May
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Everyone’s Still Talking about Rice
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Everyone’s Still Talking about Rice Vietnamese leaders have rejected Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej’s assertion that a Southeast Asian rice price-fixing cartel was soon to be in business. According to the Vietnamese government, the Thai negotiators who were scheduled to visit them in Vietnam to thrash out the issue last month had never even shown up. [...]
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Burmese Immigrants Head for the Hills
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Burmese Immigrants Head for the Hills About a thousand Burmese laborers in the southern province of Surat Thani have gone to hideouts in the nearby mountainous areas over the past week, subsequent to hearing rumors that Burmese armed forces were coming to take them home to participate in a referendum on a new Burmese constitution [...]
