Thai News Snippets

Thanksin Crosses the Point of No Return . . . . Again. Really This Time

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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Vexed Client Extorted by Fat Prostitute

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.

Smoking Weeds

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 …

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