News from Thailand – November 20, 2012
Thai hotels need to invest more in eco-friendly services to keep European tourists concerned about their carbon footprint.
News from Thailand – November 19, 2012
Bangkok Post devotes half the front page to Obama's lightning visit to Thailand. He was not given much time to relax after his arrival on Sunday at 15.00 p.m.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, from stooge to statesman
Despite Yingluck's successful career as CEO, after her appointment as prime minister on August 5, 2011, her abilities were viewed with disdain and laughter. 'Straw man', 'excruciating lack of knowledge', 'just a charming face', those kinds of terms
News from Thailand – October 30, 2012
The online lottery announced for next year, where you can bet on 2 or 3 numbers, will be postponed indefinitely.
News from Thailand – October 29, 2012
Has the Thai Spring begun? It seems as if the large number of anti-government protesters yesterday surprised even Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung.
News from Thailand – October 28, 2012
Myanmar could become the source of the spread of a new drug-resistant malaria strain that poses a global threat.
News from Thailand – October 16, 2012
Bangkok Post opens today with a great article about the auction of 3G licenses. Because I don't understand it, I refer interested readers to the newspaper's website.
News from Thailand – September 26, 2012
From October 1, experts expect a fierce competition between Nok Air and Thai AirAsia with interesting discounts and other marketing tricks, from which passengers on domestic destinations will only benefit.
News from Thailand – September 23, 2012
Airports of Thailand staff and officials, a total of 135 men, played passenger at Don Mueang airport yesterday to check that all systems are working properly. They also had suitcases with them to make it all seem real.
News from Thailand – September 19, 2012
About 500 Muslims demonstrated in the pouring rain in front of the US embassy in Bangkok yesterday. According to the newspaper, they were 'angry'. Like Muslims in other countries, they protested against a film mocking Mohammed.
The current government has not even been able to deliver on the populist promises. The increase in the minimum wage (if implemented) has long since been canceled out by the sky-high inflation.
News from Thailand – August 6, 2012
Can it get any crazier? A Thai archaeologist claims to have found the legendary Atlantis. The ancient walls at Doi Suthep, which have been discovered, are said to be remnants of the city of Jed-lin, known from folkloric tales of ancient Chiang Mai, and Jed-lin was actually Atlantis.
News from Thailand – August 3, 2012
About 2003 teenagers were extrajudicially shot dead between 2005 and 23 during Thaksin's war on drugs in Kalasin province, the Department of Special Investigation says. In one case, the officers were convicted on July XNUMX (three were sentenced to death), but the other cases were never brought to trial.
News from Thailand – July 29, 2012
Legalize gambling to increase tourism revenues and end illegal casinos in the country. Dhanin Chearavanont, chairman of the CP group and Thailand's richest man, makes this proposal in Forbes magazine.
News from Thailand – July 24, 2012
The death of a 2-year-old girl at Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital in Bangkok still baffles doctors. The first tests for Enterovirus 71 (EV-71) were negative, later the virus was found in a throat culture, but heart and lung involvement suggests that she may also have suffered from diseases other than foot and mouth disease (HFMD).
News from Thailand – July 20, 2012
When there is as much rain this year as last year, the same areas of Bangkok will flood again. If it rains less, which is expected, Bangkok will remain dry, but the provinces of Lop Buri and Ayutthaya will be faced with considerable flooding. This says Seree Supradit, director of the Climate Change and Disaster Center at Rangsit University.
Why the bickering about a new constitution?
Loyal readers of Thailand blog must gradually begin to wonder: why do they complain about the constitution in Thailand? There is a simple and complicated answer to that question.