Gig Warunee Through to Finals Round of Thailand’s Got Talent
Gig Warunee Suwanurak was back on Thailand's Got Talent on Sunday night to take part in one of the...
Month: July 2012
Thai Exports Fall in June 2012 Due to European Financial Crisis
Thai rice - photo copyright IRRI Images - Creative Commons License Even though various members of the Thai government...
Weightlifter Pimsiri Sirikaew Wins Silver Medal for Thailand at London 2012 Olympics
Thai weightlifter Pimsiri Sirikaew in her final lift Wonderful news for Thailand as Thai weightlifter Pimsiri Sirikaew wins a...
Street Dancing in Bangkok, Thailand Showcases GATSBY Dance Competition
In the past couple of years, there has been a wave of street dancing in Thailand. Most of it,...
Thailand One of World’s Worst Violators of Ivory Trade Laws WWF Says
Elephants forced to perform in one of Chiang Mai's tourist elephant shows. Thailand one of world's worst violators of ivory...
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Causes 18 Bangkok School Closures
Rash caused by hand, foot and mouth disease - copyright Ngufra, Creative Commons License While hand, foot and mouth disease...
Thaksin Shinawatra Cheated Out of 3 Billion Baht by Dubail Attorney: Lawyer Jailed
Thaksin Shinawatra, courtesy of his Facebook page The latest news about Thaksin Shinawatra to hit Thai newspapers proves you don't...
Superstition in Thailand on the Increase: Guman Thong Statues and Luck
It is fascinating how superstitious even the most modern of Thais can often be. They believe in the power of...
How Much is the Departure Tax from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport?
Recently, we've had a few e-mails asking us how much the departure tax is from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport. In...
Malaysian Tourist Shot to Death in Narathiwat, Thailand: Terrorists Involved?
Investigation of one of the many car bombings in the Narathiwat region of Thailand In the last couple of years,...
Jan Dara — the 2012 version of the classic story hits movie theaters in Thailand
Since I moved to Thailand a decade ago, and began to familiarize myself with Thai culture, one of my favorite...
Why is Fare Taking at Bangkok’s BTS Sky Train So Inefficient?
I took the BTS skytrain in Bangkok, Thailand today and, as always, was annoyed about how inefficient fare taking at...
Thai TV Pool Warns Watching Olympics in Thailand May Be Impossible on Satellite
As Thai TV companies have seemed to want to prove again and again lately, if you want to live...
Seven Something Releases in Bangkok July 12, 2012 – 3 Directors, 3 Love Stories
Nichkhun Horvejkul that oh-so famous Thai-Chinese/American singer and member of the Korean boy band 2PM (got all those nationalities?) is...
Woman Falls off Bangkok BTS Platform in Front of Approaching Sky Train
With the way many Thais are so impatient to get on the BTS sky train in Bangkok, it's not...