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Daily weather updates for tropical island destination Koh Samui in Thailand by long term resident Camille Lemmens Read full story > > > Written by: camillelemmens. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com
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Today’s weather; It’s raining full on since somewhere last night around Koh Samui this morning with an occasional thunder and lightning tossed in. Nothing like the rainless weather I predicted yesterday! Oops, sorry. Current temp at 7am is 23.9C We also had … Read full story > > > Written by: Camille Lemmens....
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Many Thais have dual citizenship. Readers may recall that in early 2011, then Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was said to hold U.K. citizenship. This claim was by Robert Amsterdam, a lawyer for Thaksin Shinawatra and the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship. This accusation was one of several reasons for Amsterdam claiming that...
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Earlier today there was a car bomb in Yala province, one of the 3 provinces in the Deep South which has seen a large upsurge in violence since 2004, that has killed at least 10 (as blogged about here ). Around the same time, there was also an explosion at a hotel and...
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Mrs. Rosmalin Tangnoppakul, the wife of Mr. Amphon Tangnoppakul, who was prosecuted and convicted to 20 years in prison under Article 112 , wrote a letter to Professor Worachet Pakeerut after he was assaulted in late February 2012.? The attack on Professor Worachet came after the Khana Nitirat (“Law for the People”) proposed...
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Last year, as Thailand experienced severe flooding BP  blogged repeatedly about the the water level in dams last year – see  Sirikit  and Bhumibol  dam posts. The relevance being as the water level in the dams increased, the authorities had to release water from the dams, but this was happening during the rainy...
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Total Admission Fee for Thais 30 Baht Total Admission Fee for Farang 150 Baht Dual pricing is a sensitive subject for expats in Thailand.  With entrance fees to many parks, museums, tourist venues and events, there is often two sets of pricing.   There is one price for Thais and another price for Farangs...
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Red shirts and democracy advocates should question Thaksin Shinawatra, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship and the Pheu Thai Party whether their priority is to bring Thaksin home or to help those red shirts who are in jail, said Somsak Jeamteerasakul, a Thammasat lecturer and political commentator, on his Facebook page. In...
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Following is a video posted on Youtube to deliver the Siamerican’s second video weblog (vlog) of the year, to bid farewell to March 31 and welcome on April, 2012. The year has been a busy one so far, and the SW realized that he has Read full story > > > Written by:...
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At The Nation Constitution Court President Wasant Soipisut is cited on politics and reflects a gloom that has enveloped that royalist camp as Yingluck Shinawatra’s government has negotiated several challenging months and appears to have managed to get even lese majeste out of the headlines in recent weeks (without doing anything much for...
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AP : Suspected Muslim insurgents set off a series of bombs as shoppers gathered for lunch Saturday in a commercial hub of Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south, killing eight people and wounding dozens, officials said. Yala Governor Dethrat Simsiri said that 68 people were wounded by three blasts that occurred within a 100-meter (100-yard) radius...
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On 30 March, Pol Sub-Lt Pongniwat Yutthaphanboriban, Director-General of the Office of Criminal Litigation of the Office of Attorney General, said that the public prosecutor had decided not to indict Jakraphob Penkair on l?se majest? charges since Sept last year. Jakraphob, a former minister in the Thaksin Shinawatra government, was accused of committing...
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I have been using my Samsung Galaxy for a few months now with AIS 3G here in Khon Kaen and the results have been spotty to miserable. continued here: TRUE 3G testing in Khon Kaen Thailand #Amazingthailand 31,03.12 Read full story > > > Written by: admin. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com
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The Nation reports that the Department of Special Investigation is “expected to conclude before Songkran its investigation of an alleged conspiracy to topple the monarchy, and recommend that the case be dropped for lack of evidence.” That there is a “lack of evidence” and “unclear evidence” should be a damning criticism of Abhisit...
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Wake up about about 8am and LMV is naked, drying her hair in the mirror. Drying the hair on her head. Not her muff hairs. She shaves. Whats with all the fucking noise
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I do not need to write a ‘for dummies’ guide for Malaysians. They have made up their minds about Lynas and are now quite knowledgeable about the issues. They have learned more about rare earth and radioactive thorium than many of us will ever learn in a life time and they want Lynas out of...
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I do not need to write a ‘for dummies’ guide for Malaysians. They have made up their minds about Lynas and are now quite knowledgeable about the issues. They have learned more about rare earth and radioactive thorium than many of us will ever learn in a life time and they want Lynas out of...
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Community Peace Building Network, Asian Indigenous Peoples Pact and Burma Partnership Four workshops organized by civil society organizations were forced late last night to move their workshops to La Palaranda hotel, away from the main venue of the ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC)/ASEAN People’s Forum (APF), the Lucky Star Hotel (on Street 336,...
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Directed by Isara Nadee Starring Marsha Vadhanapanich, Peter Knight, Poramet Noi-um, Anchalee Hassadivichit, X Thiti, Namo Tongkumnerd Released in Thai cinemas on March 22, 2012; rated G Wise Kwai’s rating: 3/5 The cliches of airline disaster movies – so hilariously parodied in Airplane! , which holds up to repeated viewings – are trotted out for… Read...
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PADI Instructor Development Update 2012 on Koh Tao in Thailand by award winning Platinum PADI Course Director Camille Lemmens Read full story > > > Written by: camillelemmens. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com
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Naga Sighted on Nong Han lake Thai media identify the object as a Naga. Naga is a deity found in Hinduism and Buddhism. Nag is the Hindi term for Cobra. From the video it’s hard to determine if the object is indeed an animal or other object. I’m a bit skeptical, especially since...
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When the Democrat Party was the Army’s surrogate ruling political party it often alleged that business deals done by Thaksin Shinawatra and his various governments wreaked of cronyism. There was certainly some of that. But of course, so does the Democrat Party smell on these things. Worse, it had an enormous credibility problem...
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When the Democrat Party was the Army’s surrogate ruling political party it often alleged that business deals done by Thaksin Shinawatra and his various governments wreaked of cronyism. There was certainly some of that. But of course, so does the Democrat Party smell on these things. Worse, it had an enormous credibility problem...
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A girl participates in a swimming contest in order to raise money to help an ailing friend. To help her win, she is coached by a former ninja. Title: Rak Ha Ha Ha (??? 555 ???????????) Director: Jaturong Mokjok Cast: Jaturong Mokjok,Jim Chuancheun,Pokchat Tiamchai,Pongpitch Preechaborisuthikul Rating: Comedy, Drama  PG… Read full story > >...
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Human Rights Watch Perpetrators From All Sides Should Be Investigated and Prosecuted (New York, March 30, 2012) – The Thai government should undertake a transparent and impartial investigation into violence and abuses by all sides in the 2010 political upheavals and hold accountable all those responsible, Human Rights Watch said today. Serious investigations...
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International Federation for Human Rights and World Coalition Against the Death Penalty Paris, 29 March 2012. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (WCADP) express their outrage at the hanging of three inmates this morning in prisons in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Fukuoka. These executions are...
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photo-journ's newsblog by John Le Fevre Editorial The death of Leicestershire English teacher Gareth Davies is one of the most needless deaths to have occurred in Thailand in several years and in the final analysis amounts to nothing more than a… Read full story > > > Written by: John Le Fevre. Discovered...
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Front Line Defenders From 9 March to 23 March 2012, Dr Paikiasothy Saravunammutta, Ms Nimalka Fernando, Ms Sunila Abeysekera, and Mr Sunanada Deshapriya were targeted by government media and a Government Minister for their participation in the 19th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, where they had been lobbying to expose...
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The water-splashing and beauty pageants that feature at every Songkran Festival are as much part of the fun in Songkhla as all over Thailand. The city’s Hat Yai Midnight Songkran Festival has beauty contests, free concerts, Songkran procession, foam … Read full story > > > Written by: Richard Barrow. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com...
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Monday Open Mic continues at DET 5, Sukhumvit Soi 8 from 8.30pm. Tonight (Friday) PETER DRISCOLL AND THE CRUISERS (who did a great set at last weekends Music 4 Kids) are back at Tokyo Joe’s (Suk. Soi 26) from 9.30pm Tonight (Friday)  CHAI BLUES plays at Nothing But The Blues (Tonglor Soi 13) …...
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