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Thai students sing a song of Michael Jackson during a gathering to pay tribute to the late entertainer, in Bangkok on Friday July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) A fan of Michael Jackson lays flowers during a memorial ceremony for the singer in downtown Bangkok July 3, 2009. (REUTERS…

At last a good negative stat ! The Producer Price Index is down 10,54 % in june, compared to june 2008. I know… I didn’t speak about CPI and PPI… for a long time. Regarding the CPI, I said why ( here )…… Read full story >>>

For the fifth time in less than a year, The Economist will not be distributed in Thailand. The issue dated 4th July contains an article titled Treason In Cyberspace, which discusses several pending lese majeste cases; the article does not contain any inflammatory material, though the magazine’s distributors are… Read full story >>>

A movement to collect petiontions to free takky (nah, we had iggy.) is gaining momentum, at least in newspaper debate. Every evidence of his conviction is marred because of the bloody useless bloodless coup. Guilty but the … were unfair to me. They were appointed by the coup. He never talked about… Read full story >>>

It’s official. Thailand’s National Film Archive has become a public organization, effective as of a Royal Gazette entry on June 22.It’s a promotion up the bureaucratic chain in the Ministry of Culture that could mean the Archive can move more quickly and more effectively to save what’s left of Thailand’s withering cinematic heritage… Read full story >>>

Still don’t believe you have what it takes to create change? Well to help quench the doubt, see if you can track the evolution of one volunteer’s belief she could contribute. The Question : What would happen if you gave kids living… Read full story >>>

I ventured to our local park called Thung Sri Muang, this week here in Ubon Ratchathani we have our biggest festival, The Lenten Candle Festival and the city is booked out for around 5 days. At the park I went to look at this, wax. There is an International Wax Sculpture Competition… Read full story >>>

Thai Sticky Rice with Mango dessert is a real Thai classic. The ThaiChimes travellers love this heavenly mango dessert with Thai Sticky Rice, known in Thailand as Khao Neow Mamuang. This famous dessert is sold the length and breadth of the… Read full story >>>

Maybe it already showed by the previous posts on the various emblems and seals , heraldry and its ability to create a concise picture for the entity in one simple image is quite fascinating to me. At least in English literature, the Thai heraldry is virtually non-covered to … Read full story >>>

I love Aree and fresh supplies of magazine, but I could only find a worn the Economist over the counter. While the newest time has MJ on cover, the Economist was some thing less than Obama and a grizzly. People start posting links in social networks. It might be another time Read full story >>>

Another hectic month: Throughout 6/09, PM Abhisit was here, there and everywhere, trying to get his government’s policies accepted by the elites and implemented quickly by the bureaucrats. He had to work extra hard to get the SP2 and 2010 budgets through parliament in between official … Read full story >>>

OK these are not exactly up to date, but I rarely get a chance to watch films other than when I'm travelling (I realise that sounds lame, but it's true). Quantum of Solace - James Bond In my opinion, this is infinitely better than DC's first attempt, although there are… Read full story >>>

This is one of me after a good night out nursing a massive hangover. … and of me having problems with my computer. More seriously, can you tell me where these carvings come from? On my travels through life I love to collect things along the way, things that remind me of my experiences and… Read full story >>>

The Thai dish this week is Deep-fried Prawn in Red Curry or “chu-chee koong tod”. The word “chu-chee” comes from the sound when you put something into hot oil. If you don’t have prawn you could use fish, pork or chicken…

The Economist Excerpt: But the efforts of self-proclaimed royalists are arguably doing as much harm to the institution as criticism by their opponents. The justice minister, Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, for instance, has declared that his highest priority is the protection of the monarchy. … Read full story >>>

Well, however we have started of as a country in Patronage system. Most of you who read about Thailand and it’s brief history, because we decided to count our history 700 years ago and disregard the 300 years before that because it involved the Southern complexity… Read full story >>>

The U.S. Navy shadowing a North Korean cargo ship suspected of carrying weapons bound for Burma is the stuff of potboiler thrillers. Yet for two of the world’s most reclusive and repressive states, the only unique feature of these events is the fact that anyone is taking notice. For … Read full story >>>

[SWJ] Siam Cement Wins Thailand’s Top Title in The Wall Street Journal Asia’s Asia 200 Survey - WSJ.com [It’s been a tough year for Siam Cement PCL, one of Southeast Asia’s oldest and biggest industrial conglomerates. But that hasn’t kept it from maintaining its… Read full story >>>

I don’t often hat-tip to other blogs but I just had to post a link to Thailand Jumped The Shark for this post . If you are not aware of it, the blog is an insightful Thai politics blog which, alongside stalwarts Bangkok Pundit and New Mandala , decontructs the hype… Read full story >>>

In England the sixth month of the year is known as Flaming June and last month the English weather did live up to that title on a few occasions. It was more flaming June for me when the second day … Read full story >>>

Yesterday I went to visit a Thai monk at my local Buddhist temple. The Thai monk in question, Yong, recently joined the temple for four months as part of his families merit making during the Thai Buddhist Lent (Vassa). Vassa is the… Read full story >>>

I guess that most peoples image of a Thai Buddhist monk might well be one of meditation and prayer. Well that would be true but monks also maintain the temple grounds and in the case of the photograph the temple truck! Incidentally if you… Read full story >>>

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is arriving in Myanmar today. He will be here for 24 hours. He will land in Yangon with his entourage of about thirty people at around the same time that the court will reconvene for Aung San Suu Kyi and John… Read full story >>>

Normally when I stay in Pattaya I like to book a nice room in a small boutique hotel because they are much cheaper and they have less rooms which means more attention is payed to the guests they have. Personally I love to … Read full story >>>

The Nation online provides two ways to love Thailand. Read full story >>>

Bangkok Post Since Thaksin Shinawatra was toppled in a military coup in September 2006, Thailand has arguably survived without a foreign policy. Successive governments were too preoccupied with having to fight for their political existence. The unending political wrangling between various factions effectively put the country’s foreign policy on the back… Read full story >>>

Went on a sky train today, a person coughed and people surrounding him stepped back. Too late, he’s already cough with no mask. A kid of a friend was alienated from his pal at school. They really take this matter seriously than that of… Read full story >>>

[Bangkok Post] South unrest leaves 2,897 orphans The number of orphans had increased sharply from1,425 in January 2007 to 2,897 at the end of June, showing that the violence had intensified in the last 30 months, he said. Mr Suparerk said southern unrest has left 542 women widows in Pattani, 502 … Read full story >>>

CRPT exactly. Former prime minister Thaksin’s old ruling party Thai Rak Thai ( TRT ) becomes Chan Rak Prathet Thai , in short: CRT. I Love Thailand.org . Initiated by? Our dear prime minister’s office. Well, CRT is not exactly a party. And not … Read full story >>>

PRPT exactly. Former prime minister Thaksin’s old ruling party Thai Rak Thai ( TRT ) becomes Pom Rak Prathet Thai , in short: PRT. Pom Rak Prathet Thai. I Love Thailand.org . Initiated by? Our dear prime minister’s office. Well, PRT is not exactly … Read full story >>>