Burmese Nobel Peace Laureate Makes Historic Visit to Thailand
Region: ThailandBy Mong Palatino Ronald Reagan was still president of the United States the last time Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi left Myanmar. That was 24 years ago. This week she travelled [1] to Thailand where she delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum in Bangkok. Suu Kyi’s historic visit instantly grabbed global media attention. Netizens, on the other hand, use the #assk [2] hashtag to monitor Su... more
Views: 929Thailand: Red Shirts Back in the Streets
Region: ThailandWritten by Mong Palatino On May 19, 2012, tens of thousands of Red Shirt protesters commemorated [1] the second anniversary of the army and police crackdown [2] on anti-government protesters in central Bangkok, Thailand. The May 2010 [3] street violence resulted in the deaths of more than 90 people. Many Red Shirt members are supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who was ousted by a coup in 2006. ... more
Views: 981Thailand: Facebook Blamed for Teen Pregnancies
Region: ThailandWritten by Mong Palatino Thailand has one of the highest teen pregnancies in the world. It’s estimated that 120,000 unplanned teen pregnancies happen each year. And it seems popular social networking site Facebook is partly to blame for the unwanted pregnancies, if we are to believe the conclusion [1] of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) The NESDB has revealed that people... more
Views: 1660Freedom of expression compromised in Thailand
Region: Thailand
Thailand: Online freedom of expression in Thailand has been compromised forcing people to limit their opinions and comments to themselves. The Thai Crimes Act holds webmasters criminally liable for all comments made by others on their site and threats imprisonment under the law. According to Chiranuch Premchaiporn director at Prachatai “I manage an online discussion forum and was arrested for comme... more
Views: 1245Bagan Drawing of Myanmar Artist PE NYUNT WAY will be held at Thailand
Region: Thailand
Pe Nyunt Way, 59 year old male is famous artist in Myanmar. His art exhibition, "Bagan Drawing" will be held at Suvannabhumi Art Gallery, 116, Chareanrat Road, A. Muang, Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand. from Oct.16th to Nov.6th 2010. Bagan The ruins of the city of bagan cover an area of 42 sq. km. containing about 3000 edifices. Popularity known to travellers as the city of four million pagodas and the richest archaeolog... more
Views: 2271Thailand captures a plane carrying arms from N.Korea.
Region: Thailand
Thailand authorities have detained 5 people on board a cargo plane,which was flew from the North Korean capital Pyongyang carrying weapons. As per my informations, the chartered cargo plane landed at a domestic airport in Bangkok to refuel on Saturday afternoon. The plane was reportedly on its way to Sri Lanka. There was receiving an inspection request from the US government, Thai authorities examined the plane and d... more
Views: 1205Apple MacBook MC240LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop
Region: ThailandThe power of the Macbook is perfect for daily computing and basic development. The addition of the Nividia graphics cards adds a lot to photo, video and light gaming. I am also very pleased that Apple did not increase the price when they added the faster 2.13GHz chip and expanded the hard drive space. Originally I was going to purchase one of the new aluminum Macbooks just for the better performance but the recent addi... more
Views: 2399Be Careful What You Wear: Thailand's Colorcoded Protesters
Region: ThailandBy Mong Palatino Red shirts. Yellow shirts. Blue Shirts. Pink Shirts. White Shirts. Orange Shirts. Purple Shirts. Black Shirts. Be careful what you wear in Thailand today. Your politics are determined by the color of your shirt. A blogger suggests that tourists should wear floral shirts in Thailand in order not to be identified with any of the political forces here. The two main conflicting groups are the Yellow Shir... more
Views: 5180Thousands of Protesters Call for New Elections in Thailand
Region: Thailand
About 20,000 people swarmed the streets in Thailand Tuesday demanding the dissolution of the Thai parliament and called for the holding of new elections. The protesters are allied with the former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who is on a self-imposed exile. The street protest came three days before the scheduled annual summit of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Thailand is host... more
Views: 1530Politics in Thailand: Life Since the Coup
Region: Thailand
I have lived through many coups in Thailand since 1950. Some were bloody and some were bloodless. Some took a few hours and some lasted for days. A few were of necessity but most were more of mere power struggle. But the September 2006 coup has a different unique nature and the political situation after has changed immensely since. I said unique in a sense that it was welcomed by a very big portion of the populat... more
Views: 2102
