My Thai wife and I spend more and more time outside of Thailand and though she’s acclimated pretty well to the changes, the one thing that she always misses (besides really, really, really spicy Thai food and her family) is television shows from Thailand. Her English is good enough to watch farang television but what …
Looks like supermodel Kate Moss won’t be adding at least $40,000 USD to the Thai economy this year. Supermodel Kate Moss suffered an expensive hangover, as an alcohol-fuelled festive period has reportedly forced her to cancel a USD 40,000 trip to Thailand. The supermodel regularly jets out to the luxury Thai island of Koh Sumui …
A really interesting story in The Nation about a think tank’s recommendation that the Thai government develop a welfare system. I do disagree when they say the market system failed in Thailand. Something that doesn’t actually exist can’t fail. When the government is nothing more than a way for people to enrich themselves and make …
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 …
I ran across a slew of bad news for Thailand: First from the Wall Street Journal is news that Ford Motor Company plans on moving its operations in Thailand to China. Ford Motor Co. confirmed Thursday it plans to move its Asia, Pacific and Africa regional headquarters to China from Thailand. While the move will …
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 …
Every time the ante gets upped in this ongoing struggle between the reds and yellows someone inevitably says that Thaksin has crossed the point of no return. But this is Thailand so just when you think you’ve seen it all, boom!, something even more surprising happens. Thanksin has been taking pot shots at the government, …
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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.
From the Bangkok Post Assoc Prof Sukhum Chaloeysap of Suan Dusit Poll on Saturday said that he was not surprised with the report that Ministry of Culture had found more than 1,000 websites claiming to be by university students selling sex. The quoted price ranges from 1,500-3,000 baht or higher for very good looking female …
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 …