Latest News in Thailand

Suspected ‘Bad Girls’ Banned from Protest Sites
by David Barkdull
Bangkok
The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have yet again shown their true colors by banning suspected ‘bad girls’ from their protest site at Government House. Declaring its protest site off limits to sex workers, the PAD security guards did not only warn the protesters against sex workers [...]

An open letter to the Ladies Professional Golf Association ‘LPGA’
I’m sitting in Bangkok reading an Associated Press news article in my local paper entitled “English Only.” It appears that the Ladies Professional Golf Association has proposed that an English language test be imposed on foreign golfers. If someone on the street told me of this [...]

Letter from PAD-People’s Alliance for Democracy Thailand to USA and Canada
Dear friends and people of conscience in Canada and USA,
You might be wondering why are these Thai people gathering at this place and at this time under the summer heat. The answer is simply because the previous and current government of our country and the [...]

Obama and wife’s picture on cover of ‘The New Yorker’ magazine
by David Barkdull
Bangkok, Thailand
The New Yorker magazine has received some backlash for this week’s cover, showing Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim in the presidential Oval Office. In the cartoon Obama is fist-bumping his Afro-wearing wife Michelle, who is outfitted with camouflage and an AK-47 [...]

Shopping in Thailand - Shopping Tips on Saving Big Bucks in Thailand
Thailand, especially Bangkok, is touted by many, usually mall owners and officials from the Tourist Authority of Thailand, as the number one tourist shopping destinations in the world. I’m not convinced but no one can dispute the availability of good and number of shopping [...]

Heath Ledger, Academy-Oscar award for ‘The Joker in The Dark Knight’ ???
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is contemplating giving an award to Heath Ledger, posthumously, for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight. The buzz is that the sympathetic members of his extended family and fans think he “was” an [...]

Whiners and double standards for expats living in Thailand
I have often heard that 25% of all tourists coming to Thailand are sex tourists. The expats that live here all know how they ended up here. I am a bit naive, but when someone says they were just walking down the street one day and ended [...]

Handgun/Firearms Weapon Rights in Thailand … WHO CARES !!!
The unbelievable letter by Tom Hritz demanding to know why the Bangkok Post didn’t report on a US Supreme Court ruling must have been a joke.
Mr Hritz makes a wild correlation between the omission by the Post and the possibility the editors were afraid to notify the [...]

Contractors Pump Out Waste from Septic Tanks in Chumphon
This Morning I received some disturbing information from a friend of mine who lives in Chumphon. This information affects everyone, especially vegans, and as a public service I want to alert as many people as possible.
It appears that the contractors that pump out the [...]