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July 19, 2005Terrorists In ThailandLast year Thaksin's government sent in police militia to quell fundamentalist Islamic violence in a southern Thai province that is populated primarily with muslims. As a result over 60 combatants...Read this update July 17, 2005Thainess And The WestThe July 2005 edition of the slick upscale magazine for English-speaking foreigners called The Big Chilli ran an article with interviews of prominent Bangkok residents to get their views of...Read this update July 14, 2005Walking Out On The AmbassadorThe Foreign Correspondents Club hosted another panel discussion last night with the Iranian ambassador to Thailand, H.E. Mohsen Pakaein Western observers were confounded by the surprisingly strong victory in Iran’s...Read this update Enemies of the State?The Foreign Correspondent's Club hosted another panel as part of it's occasional series on freedom of the press this week. Panel members were Anchalee Paireerak, operator of www.fm9225.com, one of...Read this update "11 Minutes" Outranks MaoOn my way to my BTS Skytrain station, I stop for lunch at The Emporium, an upscale indoor shopping mall where there is a variety of restaurants on the 5th...Read this update What Is A Farang?Or what does "farang" mean to the Thai people. It has been said that the word derives from the French. It is also the Thai word for guava so you...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on July 14, 2005 07:16 PM
TrackBack | Category: Names For Foreigners, Thai Culture, Thailand July 12, 2005Stories Of The StreetTen baht (25 cents) for a motorcycle taxi gets me to the American educated dentist down the soi and around the corner in little more than a minute...scared to death...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on July 12, 2005 07:40 PM
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