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One of my favorite Thai foods to eat in the morning is Kow tom moo – rice soup with pork, ginger, and pickled something – mustard? I cover it with black pepper and dried chili peppers. Really an awesome breakfast. Related Posts:Thai Beer: My 9 Favorite Types…Thailand Last Country in Asia… Read full story >>>

Speculation is rife that Aung San Suu Kyi may be released soon as part of the “package deal” between the Burmese military leaders and the United States. Saw Yan Naing of The Irrawaddy.org wrote that Nyan Win, the spokesman for the Rangoon-based National League for Democracy… Read full story >>>

Exorcizing Thaksin? Why doesn’t the Thai government relocate demons. As irrationality is not uncommon around here. Black magic, demons, the power of Phra Rahu – if you’re familiar with Thailand you’re familiar with the powers that be. They are very real. Which is why twelve “demon … Read full story >>>

While looking for the list of administrative villages (Muban) on the website of the TAO Na Roek ( องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลนาเริก ), Amphoe Phanat Nikhom, Chonburi province, I instead found the maps of the Muban . At first look nothing special, but once… Read full story >>>

Fed up with Thaksin ? Enough of Abhisit ? And all the other clowns ? Have a drink and some “weird-bigotery” appetizer. Twelve “demon statues” at Suvarnabhumi airport believed to have brought bad luck to shopkeepers will be moved at a cost of one million baht. The guardian… Read full story >>>

Olivier Boonjing is a film director based in Brussels, Belgium. He was born to a Thai mother and a Belgian father and grew up in the German-speaking part of Belgium close to Germany and the Netherlands. Since he was young, his family has, as often as they possibly could , visited their … Read full story >>>

The Times (UK) in an editorial. After referring to the lese majeste complaint filed against the Asia Editor of The Times, Richard Lloyd Parry. The editorial notes: The Thai laws of lèse-majesté have always been excessive. They now look childish, too….In Thaksin’s words, either way, one… Read full story >>>

Panel Discussion: Corruption in Thailand   The impact of greed and graft on business, politics and society   8pm Weds, November 11, 2009 (Please see pricing and reservation procedure below)   The impact of graft and corruption on Thailand's political, social and economic institutions is seen by analysts, observers, economists and men and… Read full story >>>

ASTV Manager, is basically the PAD paper, and it features some harsh rhetoric. Nevertheless, most articles have a large number of commenters and this comment (screenshot here in case it gets taken down now) was left on one ASTV Manager article about The Times’ interview: ข้าพเจ้าก็พร้อมแล้วเสมอI am always ready … Read full story >>>

True to form, the good folk at Liberal Thai have put together a Thai-language translation of Richard Lloyd Parry’s interview with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.  It remains incomplete (with only the first 6 pages of the 12 page interview) but a note at the bottom suggests… Read full story >>>

The Thai-Hollywood romance Bitter/Sweet made its Asian premiere at the recent Mumbai Film Festival . Lekha Shankar was there and she sent this report. Story and photos by Lekha J. Shankar Bitter Sweet . the Thai-American film that was a surprisingly not selected for … Read full story >>>

Atiya in the Bangkok Post had an interesting op-ed looking at the motives of Cambodian leader Hun Sen, saying that he finally got the ferocious reaction he so wanted from Bangkok: Some pundits argue that by using Thaksin as a Trojan Horse, Mr … Read full story >>>

This item in today’s Bangkok Post caught my eye: Koh Chang protest hots up TRAT : Leaders on Koh Chang will decide today whether to close the tourist island to visitors to pressure the government to solve residents’ long-running land disputes with the navy . Island residents… Read full story >>>

Phnom Penh Post: Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a political analyst at Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University, said Sunday that in the event of Thaksin’s arrival in Cambodia, the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva “will be forced to step up the escalation spiral”.He added, however, that both sides must own up to their … Read full story >>>

Note: I’ve waited a while before posting as other bloggers’ posts has drawn a line of acceptability for reporting this news. That said, the goverment has blocked certain links to the article in question, as well as threatening legal action on anyone reporting it, so you will find no outgoing links here. If… Read full story >>>

A group called Confutopia gave a performance at Hsuan Chuang University in Taiwan last year, with actors dressed as Mohammed an other religious leaders. Cartoons in France Soir , Gorodskiye Vesti , and Nana have also portrayed Mohammed with a pantheon of deities, inspired by Jyllands- Read full story >>>