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Last week the geocode list from the Department of Provincial Administration was updated to include the nine new subdistricts created in Bangkok in July. The new codes are as follows 102704 นวมินทร์ Nawamin 102705 นวลจันทร์ Nuan Chan 102902 วงศ์สว่าง Wong Sawang 103604 ดอนเมือง Don Mueang… Read full story >>>

This is where Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to spend the first night in Phnom Penh today. It’s a residential complex right in the Cambodian capital that will house the most prominent fugitive from Thailand. Thaksin flew into Phnom Penh this morning,prompting the Thai government to file a request for his… Read full story >>>

When I noticed that the codes for the provinces used by the National Statistical Office (NSO) in the census 2000 are in fact identical with the FIPS 10-4 codes , I did a fresh look at these codes. I had mentioned them in my overlook on the various code systems used for the Thai administrative entities… Read full story >>>

From the statoids page on the Thai districts I already knew that the National Statistics Office (NSO) had used a different set of codes the districts than those used by DOPA and now standardized as TIS 1099:2548 . However in all those data files for the census 2000 … Read full story >>>

When I recently checked for the standard geocode list ccaatt with the codes for all the central administrative entities (except the Muban ), I did not use the direct link as usual but instead went to the description page . To my surprise I noticed it… Read full story >>>

Three people were killed in a lightning strike in Roi Et province on Saturday, on a farm that was going to be used for the filming of Yam Yasothon 2.Lyn’s Lakorns has the story:The accident occurred at a farm in Phanom Phrai. It started to rain so the owners of the … Read full story >>>

Thai standard TIS 1099:2548 includes some codes for municipalities , and in some Excel sheets I found more of the same kind, giving the municipalities a code at district level starting from 99 counting downwards. However the scheme, apparently originating from DOPA, used to create those codes cannot be continued anymore… Read full story >>>

Too busy to translate in full, but Matichon reports that Sondhi L is facing criminal charges over a breach of the Securities and Exchange Commission Act dating back to 1996 and 1997 when he was a director of the Manager Group and made false statements. BP : … Read full story >>>

As I now found the DOLA geocodes in use , I have almost worked through the 7853 codes entering them into my spreadsheet . Though quite a lot of work, crosschecking my list of TAOs with this list helped me to find a few mistakes I made while creating this… Read full story >>>

A New Mandala reader has urged us to feature this letter from the Bangkok Post . Letter writer Mr Warner (”Isan and self-reliance”, Postbag, July 5), who has resided in a small northeast village for five months, cites health care as an… Read full story >>>

I wrote about the International Wax Sculpting Competition which is part of the Lenten Candle Festival, last Friday. Today is Monday and I thought I would go back and check on how the sculptures were all looking 4 days on. They have till tomorrow to finish the sculptures. I have the names and also what … Read full story >>>

The I Love Thailand website launches… Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva recently launched a website to unite the Thai people: ilovethailand.org . The site is not only in Thai, so if your Thai is not up to it but your English is, you should find something of … Read full story >>>

We visited a Pitaya or Dragon Fruit orchard in Issan. Pitaya is Hylocereus Undatus, a member of the Cactus Family. We will also explain how to eat Dragon Fruit. Pitaya, more commonly known as Dragon Fruit, is widely grown in Thailand. Native to Central and South America, Pitaya is now common in many S…. Read full story >>>

Here in Ubon Ratchathani the Lenten Candle Festival is about to begin. Tomorrow being the 7th of July all the candles will be on show for the public to see. The huge candles from local temples are still being worked on. With less than 30 hours before the candles have … Read full story >>>

As already blogged a lese majeste complaint has been filed against all 13 board members of the FCCT. CPJ : The Committee to Protect Journalists rejects the politically motivated lese majeste charges filed on Tuesday by a private citizen against board members of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT)… Read full story >>>

Chalerm interviewed in The Nation : Chalerm Yoobamrung, chairman of MPs under the Pheu Thai Party, says there’s no need to find a new party leader because everyone already believes that the real head honcho is former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. “Thaksin fever is very strong. So, we should let Yongyuth… Read full story >>>