Thai News Snippets

Well this does explain a lot about Thaksin’s popularity. Thais ok with corrupted government By: BangkokPost.com Published: 28/06/2009 at 12:02 PM A latest survey reveals that many Thai people would accept a crooked government if it can make the country prosper and raise their standard of living. The Abac Poll Research Centre conducted a survey [...]

Interesting story in The Nation about a poll which indicates that more and more Isaan women are seeking a Western husband Bagging a farang More than threefifths of women in the Northeast surveyed in an Isaan poll said they wanted to marry farang husbands, mainly because of their wealth, faithfulness and respect for women. Of [...]

It’s one of those “Only in Thailand” sorts of headlines. I assume that skinny prostitutes extorting vexed clients is perfectly okay. I mean, what does her being overweight have to do with this story and why is it in the leadoff sentence? You can thank TravelHappy for the catch.

Another interesting article in the Bangkok Post. Many teenagers in Bangkok liked to use marijuana, followed by amphetamines and weeds, according Abac Poll for Assumption University. The poll’s recent study on drug abusers was conducted in Bangok involving people between 12 and 65 years old from 2,452 households from January 2 to 17, 2009. 43.6 [...]