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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 waste [...]

LATEST NEWS: THAILAND FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT ‘FBA’ CAN SINGAPORE KEEP SHIN CORP? CAN FOREIGNERS OWN THAI LAND WITHOUT THAI NOMINEES? by Mysai Kung All revisions to Thailand’s Foreign Business Act (FBA), which would have brought tighter rules for outside investors, have been scrapped, Commerce Minister Mingkwan Sangsuwan said on Friday, 13 June 2008. “Why close [...]

Maths whiz-kids country’s best hope in Thailand We need more mathematical whiz-kids to rescue both the Thai and world economies, and a chance to promote literacy in maths may not be far away. Published on January 21, 2008 The military hardware exhibition was one of the top events on Thailand’s Children’s Day. Army headquarters was [...]