A rocket-propelled grenade exploded near a team of UN observers in a Damascus suburb, the military said, as dozens of people were killed in violence while clashes raged between regime troops and armed rebels. At a NATO summit...
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CHICAGO : Protesters streamed into downtown Chicago Sunday for one of the city’s largest demonstrations in years – a march to the lakeside convention center hosting a historic Nato summit. The largest demonstration of the summit weekend ended...
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Prommin Lertsuridej, praised by his boss, fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as the brains behind the now defunct Thai Rak Thai Party, has vowed not to seek any political position once the five-year political ban on him...
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Thousands of people in Lat Yao district in Nakhon Sawan and nearby areas will join a public hearing today to learn about an environmental and health impact assessment (EHIA) linked to the Mae Wong Dam. The event, held...
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Thailand's gross domestic product growth for the first quarter of 2012 rose 0.3 per cent year-on-year and 11 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2011, National Economic and Social Development Board secretary-general Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said on Monday.
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Governing party urged to improve performance Thai Rak Thai Party’s banned former foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai says the government needs to do a better job of handling challenges such as national reconciliation and violence in the deep South....
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Just a quick follow-up to my last post : For news about Saturday’s red shirt gathering at Rajaprasong to mark the second anniversary of the May 19 army crackdown, you can find stories from: The Straits Times Reuters...
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A perspective on the current Asian flashpoint Recently, world news organizations such as CNN, BBC, Reuters and AFP returned their lenses to Asia. Nope, not to report on Asia’s continuing rise as an economic powerhouse again, but rather...
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Putahracsa Hua Hin is special THE Putahracsa is a low-rise villa-style resort set majestically on the eastern coastline of Hua Hin, yet less than a 10-minute drive to the modern city centre.? The original owner of the land...
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Performing before a full house, Garden International School students showed off their musical talents brilliantly at the GIS Spring Concert and Ceilidh. The splendid rendition of HM's the King's Anthem by the school choir Entertainment began with the...
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Panga Vathanakul (center), managing director of the Royal Cliff Hotels Group, with executives of  T.N World Supply Co. Ltd., during the company’s dealer meeting and seminar dinner at the Pattaya resort. Kiti Chungsawanant, TN managing director, said, “Royal...
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The Sukosol comes alive with the sounds of music next month with the return of the  Asia International Guitar Festival and Competition. Now in its sixth year, the festival is one of Asia’s biggest and most vibrant events...
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On his promotion to director of administration at Chonburi police station, Colonel Kreetha (right) of the anti-trafficking division was honored by monks at a making-merit ceremony.
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Every month Suan Dusit conducts a political index survey. The benefit of the Suan Dusit political index is that it is (1) nationwide, (2) a large sample size for the survey (5,403 for March and 7.213 for April),...
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The health of Thai Studies internationally is of significant professional and personal interest to many New Mandala readers. Many of you will thus want to follow Harvard University’s plan to establish a newly assertive role in the field. The...
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Giles Ji Ungpakorn on Thaksin Shinawatra’s inability to distinguish himself  (me, me, me) from the broader politics of the red shirt uprising: Taksin says the Thai political crisis “was just about himself Giles Ji Ungpakorn Speaking over the...
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Thailand Transnational Crime Coordination Center arrested two Columbians and two Mexicans, who are a part of a burglary gang operating in Chonburi and Samutprakan provinces, stealing valuables from luxury houses.
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A Norwegian and his Thai wife were driving their Toyota Fortuner back home after a dinner in Pattaya. The Norwegian happened to cut off a Vigo pickup truck. The Toyota Vigo driver got angry and pulled out a 11...
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Each year the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore produces an edited journal/book with a wide range of contributions dealing with recent events in the ten countries of the region. With the title  Southeast Asian Affairs it...
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True to form, parts of the British media have not been shy with critical commentary about the foreign royals who joined Queen Elizabeth II to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. Along with Mswati III of Swaziland and Hamad bin...
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Recording 112 Days, Campaign to amend Article 112 organized by the Campaign Committee for Amending the Article 112 (CCAA112) 27 May 2010, Sri Burapa Meeting Hall, Thammasat University, Taprachan Campus 13.00 – 13.15 “CCAA 112 Reports” by Waad...
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On 18 May, a bail request by Somyot Prueksakasemsuk was denied yet again and the Constitutional Court dismissed his petition to seek its ruling on the constitutionality of Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the l?se majest?...
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As PPT readers know, the military spends a small fortune each year propagandizing on behalf of the monarchy. It is a full-time job, when they are not blasting away at civilian oppositions. At the Bangkok Post it is...
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Brisbane to BKK, BKK to Nana, Nana to Big Dogs. First day, first cold frosty beer at 7pm, delivered by a 25yr old waitress in a red, tight, short skirt and tightly clinging white buttoned top. She walks...
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Myanmar aims to restore a stretch of the infamous ``Death Railway'' to Thailand which was initially built by Japanese-held prisoners of war, the minister in charge of the scheme says.
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YANGON: Myanmar aims to restore a stretch of the infamous "Death Railway" to Thailand which was initially built by Japanese-held prisoners of war, the minister in charge of the scheme told AFP.
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Here’s an article about rental properties and their ROI in BKK: Rental yields remained largely unchanged in the first quarter of this year in the downtown Bangkok condominium market, ranging from 3% to 9%, despite prices for new...
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The cabinet has approved in principle two draft bills aimed at fighting the funding of terrorism through money laundering in the hope the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) will remove Thailand from its blacklist, Justice Minister...
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PPT is sorry to see the (hopefully, temporary) end to The Isaan Record . We found it a refreshing take on the northeast and its people that was not found elsewhere. The two authors have a goodbye post...
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Framework for 21st Century Learning – The Partnership for 21st Century Skills Read full story > > > Written by: Ajaan Rob Hatfield, M.Ed.. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com
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CWCP Police 2 arrested a drunken mother who was begging with her 8-years-old daughter who sat on mat with a puppy on Pattaya walking street. The mother claimed that she didn’t force her daughter to beg but the daughter...
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Pattaya Mayor Itthipol Khunplome (sitting third from right) is guest speaker at a dinner meeting of the British Chamber of Commerce Thailand (BCCT). Seen sitting are Simon Landy (fourth from left), BCCT chairman, and David Cumming (third from...
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When the new Sofitel So Bangkok on Sathorn road opened, I thought this was just going to be another luxury hotel… great, but how original can it be? Sathorn Road is considered nice or even posh, but it...
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