France 24 has a multimedia article that readers will find of considerable interest, focusing on lese majeste and the death and rites performed for Ampol Tangnopakul. It begins: It was an unlikely place for a funeral: religious rites for Ampon Tangnoppakul, also known as “Uncle SMS”, were held Wednesday night outside Bangkok’s Criminal...
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Interesting article recently in the Bangkok Post On the last day of my 1st visit to Thailand and the Big Mango Bar, I had a pile of notes that I didn’t want so thought I’d give a little challenge to a couple of Mango girls. I told them that I’d give them 100bht...
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Interesting article recently in the Bangkok Post On the last day of my 1st visit to Thailand and the Big Mango Bar, I had a pile of notes that I didn’t want so thought I’d give a little challenge to a couple of Mango girls. I told them that I’d give them 100bht...
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Here is my latest Spanish Friday video. From this point on I will be making a different video every other week. One week will be me just speaking pretty much off the cuff. The other weeks will be a prepared planned out script that … Read full story > > > Written...
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The Campaign Committee to Amend Article 112 (CCAA) has already collected over 10,000 signatures to propose the Nitirat bill to Parliament to amend the l?se majest? law. The group, which consists of academics, activists and writers, will hold an activity on 27 May to conclude the signature-collection campaign, which started earlier this year,...
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The utterly sad thing about being human is to mistake wrong for right, seeing evil deeds as maintaining justice because one is so misguided as to see oneself as superior to others A man was accused of offending the honour of the King, the Queen, and the Heir-apparent without any clear evidence. He...
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Under the horrid Abhisit Vejjajiva regime of royalist repression, several issues of the Economist were not distributed in Thailand. Now under the lese majeste spinelessness of the Yingluck Shinawatra administration it has happened again. Subscribers in Thailand have been told that they will not be get the issue dated 12 May 2012 because...
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It is with considerable disgust that PPT writes this post. We once chose to refer to Abhisit Vejjajiva as the Butcher of Bangkok for his role as the prime minister who took responsibility for state actions that resulted in bloodshed in April and May 2010. We are stuck for an appropriate description of...
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On Friday, 4 May 2010 about 500 Myanmar migrant workers employed at the SD Fashion/Idea Garment factory in Mae Sot, Tak Province, claimed victory in a struggle against their employer for increased wages and improved living and working conditions. The workers achieved a near doubling of their wages as a result of a two-day...
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Andrew Marshall (AKA Zenjournalist) has posted contents of 4 SMS messages in the Uncle SMS case. The contents were surprising. Based on what BP had heard and all reports, previously there was only mention that the SMS messages were offensive or insulting. See below: AP : The court said Amphon had sent offensive text...
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A couple of days ago PPT posted that disgruntled Puea Thai Party member Chalong Riewraeng had grumbled that Jatuporn Promphan might be made a Cabinet member. He complained about Jatuporn facing lese majeste charges and that a court verdict was expected in a month. As we said then, we didn’t know why Chalong...
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The Asian Human Rights Commission has posted a forwarded message from a group of human rights NGOs in Thailand concerning the untimely death of lese majeste convict Ampol Tangnopakul. It can be read in full here in English and here in ??? . We provide excerpts below, signed by Human Rights Lawyers Association,...
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The Asian Human Rights Commission has posted a forwarded message from a group of human rights NGOs in Thailand concerning the untimely death of lese majeste convict Ampol Tangnopakul. It can be read in full here in English and here in ??? . We provide excerpts below, signed by Human Rights Lawyers Association,...
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June 14th – 17th If you are a guitar lover such as I am then you won’t want to miss the annual Asia International Guitar Festival sponsored by the Thailand Guitar Society in association with the Conservatory of Music Rangsit University and the Siam … Read full story > > > Written by:...
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June 14th – 17th If you are a guitar lover such as I am then you won’t want to miss the annual Asia International Guitar Festival sponsored by the Thailand Guitar Society in association with the Conservatory of Music Rangsit University and the Siam … Read full story > > > Written by:...
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June 14th – 17th If you are a guitar lover such as I am then you won’t want to miss the annual Asia International Guitar Festival sponsored by the Thailand Guitar Society in association with the Conservatory of Music Rangsit University and the Siam … Read full story > > > Written by:...
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Funk Fanatics, SUPABAD, the 11-piece James Brown tribute band, will be playing one of their final concerts in Bangkok (before disbanding) at Det 5 tomorrow evening (12/05), commencing at 21:00. For those of you who missed it, they played their first gig at Det 5 on March 24th this year and, in approximately...
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Funk Fanatics, SUPABAD, the 11-piece James Brown tribute band, will be playing one of their final concerts in Bangkok (before disbanding) at Det 5 tomorrow evening (12/05), commencing at 21:00. For those of you who missed it, they played their first gig at Det 5 on March 24th this year and, in approximately...
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The ICT Ministry has finally signed the deal with a Chinese supplier to order hundreds of thousands of tablet computers for free distribution to Grade 1 school children throughout the country. Delivering free computers was a manifesto promise of the Pheu Thai party which … Read full story > > > Written by:...
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The ICT Ministry has finally signed the deal with a Chinese supplier to order hundreds of thousands of tablet computers for free distribution to Grade 1 school children throughout the country. Delivering free computers was a manifesto promise of the Pheu Thai party which … Read full story > > > Written by:...
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Last week, reporters asked Premier Yingluck Shinawatra whether a Cabinet reshuffle, her second since taking office, was forthcoming. She smiled and said: “The weather is really very hot, isn’t it?” Two days later, the same group of reporters, having heard specific names being mentioned… Read full story > > > Written by: suthichaiyoon....
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Last week, reporters asked Premier Yingluck Shinawatra whether a Cabinet reshuffle, her second since taking office, was forthcoming. She smiled and said: “The weather is really very hot, isn’t it?” Two days later, the same group of reporters, having heard specific names being mentioned… Read full story > > > Written by: suthichaiyoon....
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Last week, reporters asked Premier Yingluck Shinawatra whether a Cabinet reshuffle, her second since taking office, was forthcoming. She smiled and said: “The weather is really very hot, isn’t it?” Two days later, the same group of reporters, having heard specific names being mentioned… Read full story > > > Written by: suthichaiyoon....
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Providing free and reliable internet access to all citizens has become a meaningful goal for many governments – although it is clearly more expensive for those countries with extensive rural areas and mountainous or otherwise difficult areas of terrain than others. Read the Read full story > > > Written by: John Walsh....
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Getting fit and getting my finances in order are personal goals this year. I don’t have a newspaper, hedge fund or any yahoo stock so where’s all my money going? Last month I started using the Toshl personal finance app for the iphone to track all my expenses. Well, I guess the… Read...
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Getting fit and getting my finances in order are personal goals this year. I don’t have a newspaper, hedge fund or any yahoo stock so where’s all my money going? Last month I started using the Toshl personal finance app for the iphone to track all my expenses. Well, I guess the… Read...
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AS few as 6 years ago things were much less complicated in Isaan. continued here: Isaan Dancing, a look back in Northeast Thailand Read full story > > > Written by: admin. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com
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AS few as 6 years ago things were much less complicated in Isaan. continued here: Isaan Dancing, a look back in Northeast Thailand Read full story > > > Written by: admin. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com
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AS few as 6 years ago things were much less complicated in Isaan. continued here: Isaan Dancing, a look back in Northeast Thailand Read full story > > > Written by: admin. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com
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Southern Thai Gaeng Som Now I do have a lot of favorite Thai dishes, but nothing pleases me more than a southern Thai food feast. One of the dishes that I just can’t get enough of and keep eating as much as possible is southern… Read full story > > > Written by:...
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