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Abhisit Announces Changes to Thailand’s Investment Laws Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, in a speech about restructuring the Thai economy and riding out the economic crisis, has announced that the Thai government is moving to amend laws regarding investment in an attempt to increase the confidence of those investing in Thai businesses. The government is hoping [...]

Rare Irrawaddy Dolphins Facing Extinction in Mekong River The environmental organization, The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) has announced a study finding that only 64 to possibly 76 Irrawaddy Dolphins remain in the Mekong river. The explanation given for the declining numbers is that toxic pesticides as well as industrial waste are so polluting [...]

Baby Panda in Chiang Mai Names Narrowed to Four A committee made up of members of the Zoological Park Organisation of Thailand has chosen four names from thousands of suggestions submitted from throughout the kingdom for the new female baby panda recently born at the Chiang Mai Zoo. The four possible names making up the [...]

ECONOMIC BLITZKRIEG by Dave S. Brian Bloom’s latest insightful article at www.gold-eagle.com got me thinking again. In an attempt to understand the tremendous, unprecedented economic and political developments of the past few years, I am putting forth the hypothesis that the ‘powers that be” in the West are engaged in a strategy of ‘Economic Blitzkrieg’ [...]

China’s world champion Wu Jingyu took the Olympic Gold in Taekwondo in the final of the Women’s 49kg defeating Thailand’s Buttree Puedpong. Thailand’s Buttree Puedpong gets the WDH Gold for Best Spirit, after the Taekwondo Olympic bout Buttree Puedpong humbly said “I had dreamed just to wear the Thailand jacket in the Olympic Games and [...]

As reported here first on WDH | Thaksin not returning to Thailand from China, self-imposed exile Former ousted Prime Minister Thaksin will not return to Thailand from China. Thaksin has flown to London, England from Beijing. Thaksin was to arrive in Bangkok today for court hearing on Monday on corruption cases against Thaksin. Thaksin’s wife [...]

Thailand woman wins gold for Thailand in Olympics Thailand Weightlifter Premwadee, or Nong Kay, has won the first gold medal for Thailand in Weightlifting in at Olympic Games in Bejing, China. Premwadee or Nong Kay, a 24-year-old Thai athlete from Nakhon Sawan, Thailand won the gold medal in the 53kg class. Nong Kay broke an [...]

President Bush visits Thailand today President GW Bush arriving in Thailand today US President George W. Bush will arrive in Thailand today on his 8 day visit to Asia. President GW Bush’s second stop is Thailand. Earlier today GW Bush met with South Korean President Lee Myung. The meeting included talks on North Korea’s nuclear [...]

Thaksin not to return to Thailand from China Olympics Visit, voluntary exile for Thaksin An inside government source has said that Thaksin has made a deal with Thai government officials not to return back to Thailand after a recently approved short visit to China for the Olympics this week. Thaksin was to return to Thailand [...]