Latest News in Thailand

Thailand’s best learning institution, Chulalongkorn University ranked top 200 universities in the world
Thailand’s top learning institution, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, is now rated in the top 200 universities in the world, rated by the latest Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings.
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand is ranked at number 166, tied with Germany’s Gottingen [...]

Thailand’s football team wins against USA
Thailand’s football team won against USA 5-3 in second round of World Cup Football in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Thailand has 1 win and 1 loss to Italy in opening game. USA lost 5 to 0 to Paraguay and lost 6 to 1 to Italy, in a 3rd straight loss to [...]

Coup in Thailand?
PM Samak said there will be no coup against Thai government and that he will attend the UN General Assembly in NYC later this month.
Amid high expectations of another coup in Thailand with ongoing PAD anti-government protests, recent student anti-government protests, economic instability, the Thai baht at a 19 month low against US [...]

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 weapons program. President [...]

President Bush coming to Thailand, August 2008
US President GW Bush will be going to Thailand to make a farewell speech to Asia before leaving office next year. US President GW Bush is coming to Thailand on August 4th next month. President Bush and his wife will make a visit to Thailand as the guests of [...]

New Thailand Foreign Minister appointed today
Bangkok, Thailand: Retired Thai diplomat Tej Bunnag was appointed Thailand’s foreign minister today.
Tej Bunnag is thought to be best man to handle ongoing Hindu Temple land disputes with Cambodia.
Tej Bunnag is a foreign affairs veteran and former ambassadors to several countries, Cambridge University UK educated, has served as ambassador to [...]

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 [...]

Moving to Thailand
by David Barkdull
Bangkok, Thailand
Are you thinking about moving to Thailand? Are you contemplating moving to Thailand, to what is essentially the other side of the world? I say, go for it! However there are considerations that you need to address before you make the jump to Thailand. Just a few years ago [...]

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 [...]