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The Bangkok Bugle | News, views and information from Thailand and the media
.. but perhaps not in the way you might think.I was talking to a friend in the printing business yesterday, and she told me how she'd recently lost the contract to print one of Thailand's most famous women's lifestyle magazine. Her company had been printing the title for the past...
NEW LOOK AND FREQUENCY FOR ASIA NEWS
Asia News, the regional English news magazine produced by the Asia News Network, has adopted a new cover design and reduced its frequency from weekly to bi-weekly. The Asia News Network is a group of English language daily newspaper from throughout Asia. Titles represented include The Straits Times, The...
CHANGES AFOOT AT SOUTHEAST ASIA GLOBE
EXCLUSIVE: By The Bangkok BugleThe publishers of Southeast Asia Globe has spoken exclusively to The Bangkok Bugle regarding industry rumours surrounding the future of the Thailand edition of the magazine. The Cambodia-based English language title launched a Thailand edition in October 2009, and five months on Publishing Director Kirk Bentham...
WORLD FIRST FOR 10-YEAR-OLD BIG CHILLI
After 120 editions, 14,000 pages, 8.4 million words and 84,000 images, Bangkok's one and only expat magazine The Big Chilli celebrated its tenth anniversary last month.Other publications have come and gone but The Big Chilli has survived and even flourished. The editorial philosophy, as described in January's editorial, is simple....
LUXURY IN BANGKOK GETS A LOT CHEAPER
The Siam Paragaon Luxury Property Showcase in Bangkok comes to an end this weekend. More than 40 properties from Bangkok, and as far afield as Pattaya and Hua Hin, have been trying to tempt buyers with a range of show-only promotions.One junior penthouse in the trendy Thonglor area of Bangkok...
CIRCULATION DOWN AT THAI READER'S DIGEST
Reader's Digest Thailand is the only paid-for magazine in Thailand that has an independent and globally recognised circulation audit. As such it's the only magazine published in Thailand where you can be absolutely sure how many copies are being sold, how and for how much.Looking at the most recent data...
My Thailand Diary
Yesterday was one of those days when I came home, and the love that I’d been shown by some of my girlfriends carried me through the whole afternoon. The Songthiew driver couldn’t drive so I ended up doing the drive to school 3 x. Its only a 15 min drive.....
Still here, still going forward. School, driving, cooking, caring and spending time with my kids still take up most of my time. Nothing I can write about here seeing I want to protect my kids privacy. But we’ve been through a really hard time… I can’t write about that eather...
.. well.. here in the South of Chiang Mai.. Its a bit darker than usual, I thought it was going to to rain and remembered that there is a solar eclipse. The birds didn’t sing for about 10 min.. soo weird. But they have found their song and are at...
Riding my bicycle in Chiang Mai
Another little tour today. Out towards Sarapii.. along the Mae Nam Ping river all the way down to were the river parts. The trash in the water was horrible . Didn’t feel like posting it. This photo is one we took from the reservoir that provides Chiang Mai with water. No...
First Day of the year in Chiang Mai
Today, my hubby and I went on a little bike tour. I’ve been on my bike a couple of times lately, mainly because my kids are off school and going to the gym is just too time consuming ! Anyway, we went up past Rachapruek to a Wat Phrathat Doi...
Happy New Year to all my readers
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tea stains
Daughter was off school last Monday with a bug that has been doing the rounds. I emailed her form teacher, cancelled her bus place and let her gym coach know because she’s having extra training for a competition on Sunday. On my way out of the house for my meeting, I said...
I sometimes wonder whether my need to write has increased since I’ve been surrounded by a foreign tongue. Although I can speak some Thai, it’s strictly practical – getting around in a taxi because only about 5% of the city’s taxis know where they’re going; ordering food, finding out where...
We had a bit of a drama this morning. Yesterday Husband’d been out shopping with a colleague at one of the computer malls, Panthip Plaza – affectionately called Pants-tip by me. It’s a mad place, full of touts and vendors, offering ‘sexy movies’ and hooky computer software. But this morning Husband...
Do you remember the other day that something exciting dropped into my lap? And I flatly refused to tell you what it was? I think I just ignored your pleas in the comments. I am hard of heart… On Wednesday I promised to come by and tell you about my adventure...
There was a black dog scratching at my door yesterday. It was my sister’s birthday and I didn’t get to speak with her because of the time difference and her being at college. I found out while on the ‘phone to my Dad that someone else has died. This makes three...
Queues make me very anxious. Of course I'm English so I spend a lot of my time worrying about them; it's important that we get the protocol right. We found it very difficult and occasionally, hugely amusing, in France (while I wasn't skiing) that the French have... uhm, such relaxed...
Lost in Translation, Life in Bangkok
Chuoy Duoy, the Thai word for “help me”, a voice so squeaky and soft we heard while dining by the road side. Me car parked alongside up ahead, the street lights never maintained and broken, the pavement for pedestrians so dark. As she ran weakly her body so petite, she...
Watching the Opportunities Slip By
For many us here, money no enough have we, lucky not are we. So we watch and only watch. Opportunities, one after another, they slip by. Was at Hua Hin lately, dining next to a Farang table were we. Lucky E-San wife net in what look like an aged seventies...
Pai, a little town up north in the middle of farmlands has been growing in popularity with both Farangs and Thais. I’ve been there and back. Most people there are mountain folks who had stayed on inherited or illegal lands for generations. Now how to get rich?Coffee in Love, the...
Metropolitan Electricity Authority, Up their Ass
Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) of Thailand can go fuck themselves good. As always in Thailand, doing some of the most basic stuffs such as paying your bills can sometimes tear your balls into pieces. For no fuck reasons, they had disengaged Internet payment arrangement with the local bank I use....
Koh Kood – Urban Transition gone Wild
Anywhere Thais discover the last potential paradise, the sea life will die. While the resort I stayed boasted of its abundant wild sea creatures that visit the jetty in the mornings, the next resort just a hundred meters right was spear fishing the life out of the blur sting ray...
Koh Kood - The Natural Beach Resort
What’s there to do on Koh Kood? Nothing, absolutely nothing. It is not all that bad, for nothing was what I was looking for. To rest my work worn mind, to be away from my job, to be away from civilization.Now this resort is rather pricey, but hey how can...
Suvarnabhumi Airport | New Bangkok Airport Guide - News
Bangkok Airport Rail Link to Start Service on December 5, 2009
BANGKOK, Sept 5 (TNA) -- The long-delayed Airport Rail Link project, providing direct rail service to and from Suvarnabhumi Airport, will start providing free service to the public from this December 5 which coincides with the birthday celebrations of His Majesty the King, said State Railway of Thailand (SRT) Governor...
Bangkok Airport Plans for Third Runway and Domestic Passenger Terminal Building
BANGKOK, Aug 23 (TNA) -- The Airports of Thailand Public Co., Ltd. (AoT) will submit its plans to construct third runway and a domestic passenger terminal building at Suvarnabhumi Airport to a Cabinet meeting this October, said AoT President Serirat Prasutanond. If approved by the Cabinet, both plans which will be...
Fast Free Internet Access at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport
Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok will have 126 new high-speed Internet kiosks installed by CAT Telecom, in the company’s joint venture with the airport authority. The new kiosks will feature fast 10 Mbps Internet access and will be free-of-charge for tourists. This move is part of an overall effort to help the Thai...
Thai Airways To Move All Domestic Flights to Suvarnabumi Airport on March 29, 2009
BANGKOK, March 6 (TNA) - Thailand’s national flag carrier Thai Airways International (THAI) will stop using Don Muang airport and operate all flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport as of the end of this month, acting THAI president Narongsak Sangkhapong said Friday. Under the single-airport policy, THAI aircraft will no longer use Don...
Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link to open in December
Direct express rail service linking Suvarnabhumi Airport to downtown Bangkok will commence in December, 2009, with the public getting free rides for one month. Tawanrat Ornsira, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Transport Ministry and chairman of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) board, said Wednesday that construction of the direct Airport Link,...
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport Resumes Operations
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport returns to full operations on Friday, December 5. Suvarnabhumi International airport in Bangkok will be open for all services, including check-in and immigration, at 11am on Friday, December 5th. read more...
World News latest RSS headlines - Bangkok News.Net
Lindsay Lohan selling off possessions
London, Feb 6 (IANS) Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan is selling off her possessions for charity to help her move forward emotionally....
Guatemala destroys poppy, marijuana plants worth $780 mn
Guatemala City, Feb 6 (IANS/EFE) Guatemala has destroyed opium poppy and marijuana plants worth $780 million in the country's western San Marcos province, an official said....
Indian companies under fresh Maoist threat in Nepal
Kathmandu, Feb 6 (IANS) Two major Indian companies and a third multinational firm are headed for tough times once again in Nepal with the former Maoist guerrillas asking them to stop work....
EA plans Facebook version of `Madden'
Canada's privacy commissioner is once again probing Facebook over the online social network's privacy policies. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada said Wednesday it is investigating a complaint from ......
QBs Brunell, Painter on Super Bowl standby
As the backup to Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts rookie Curtis Painter finds himself behind the NFL's most durable quarterback, and he'll likely watch the entire Super Bowl from the sideline. On t......
Billups scores 39 as Nuggets bury Lakers 126-113
Chauncey Billups set a new career-high with 39 points after hitting a career-best nine three-pointers in 13 attempts, as the sharp-shooting Denver Nuggets crushed the Los Angeles Lakers, 126-113, at S......
Thailand Art Photography
Budding Plants Red Hoya coronaria Blume 1826
A few Out of this World macro shots of a budding red Hoya cornaria Blume 1826 flower...
Der Schrei Edvard Munch Thai Art Photography Version
How to express our feelings better than with our very own interpretation of Der Schrei by Edvard Munch...
Sawasdee Pee Mai Happy New Year 2010
After a very bad 2009 we´re looking hopefully forward to the new year 2010...
Tribe boy Jonny never misses a trick......
Our new Thai photographer Nat made waterdrops on a plant look like diamonds......
New Thai Photographer Hill Tribe Boy Nat
Our team is very happy about our new Thai photographer Kirisak " Nat" Jaidee......
The Nation's State
Autonomy as a means to ending a brutal conflict
Helicopter banking in over Yala about to land at Sirindhorn base. November 2009. Op-ed in the Bangkok Post - Autonomy as a means to ending a brutal conflict on February 2, 2010:The issue of autonomy has been steadily gaining interest and is now a serious consideration as a means...
From Voice TV comes an English language news show called the Daily Dose. I particularly like the show's lead story on an Asia Times story Reds ready to rumble in Thailand which they describe as: "Reds ready to rumble in Thailand By Nelson Rand and Chandler Vandergrift in Atimes.com had...
*ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT*UDD leader Kwanchai Poipana at FM 97.50 radio station in Udon Thani. Note the handgun on the table. From the HD Centre comes an op-ed printed in the Malaysian Insider: "Virtually unseen and certainly unexpected, a new threat is emerging in Asia - and it is not...
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Photo of the Day: Constitution Day with the Reds
* All images copyright *The Reds rallying for Constitution Day. The Bangkok Post estimated a suspiciously low number of 5000 protesters while Red leaders were claiming 20,000. If I had to guess, I would say at least 15,000 if not the full 20,000. What is, unfortunately, not surprising is that...
Photo of the Day: Orwellian Thailand
*All Images Copyright* (this means that newspapers like the Seoul Times should not be stealing my photos!)Photos from this evening's national anthem ceremony at the National Stadium. The whole ceremony was Orwellian in the sense that it felt like "an attitude and a policy of control by propaganda, surveillance, misinformation,...
Thailand Jumped the Shark
Thai Navy, Submarines, and more dodgy math
Navy could sink B1bn on submarineBangkok PostThe navy is looking into the feasibility of buying submarines for military and economic security reasons, navy chief Kamthorn Pumhirun says.A feasibility committee has been set up to study submarine technology.The navy will push for the purchase of the submarines, priced at 20 billion...
I think most everybody has heard of “Blood Diamonds” especially after the Leonardo DiCaprio movie of the same name. But what about “Blood Gold?” The US TV news magazine 60 Minutes just had a segment called "How Gold pays for the Congo’s Deadly War." ...
The Nation's Dishonest Editorial on the Ratchadapisek Case
The Nationexcerpt:The Supreme Court has ruled that Thaksin broke the law by giving his wife official consent to buy state-owned land in Ratchadaphisek.While the ruling and other incidents involving Thaksin have divided Thailand more than anything in history, one thing is clear: Law was violated in the acquisition of the...
Abhisit is very articulate and can spin with the best of them.But I don't know why he has to lie.Thailand is not an open economy or is it even remotely liberal.It is a protectionist country. Nothing wrong with being protectionist but to tell the entire world you are an open...
Abhisit in New York (Shamelessly Lying Through His Teeth)
The NationPost-Crisis Thailand : Building a new democratic society---The second crisis is of our own making, our own political situation which has been making headline news for the past few years. My Government came in nine months ago and since then we have managed to gain back confidence from our...
Should Thaksin Fight from the Brazilian Embassy? (President Zelaya Back in Honduras)
Bloomberg Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Honduras’s deposed President Manuel Zelaya breathed new life into his efforts to regain office by slipping into the country and taking shelter in the Brazilian Embassy, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Clinton, speaking...
OakMonster's Den
Crouching Photos Hidden Papers
My room is 85% cleaned. 10% is paperwork. 4% miscellaneous stuff that needs to be sorted and put away. 1% stuff to be taken to donation. With this, I found LOADS of old photos. I also found old college papers, my first American high school report card, my Mater Dei transcript...
Breakfast & Through out the day Snacks Starbucks decaf soy caramel macchiatto. I ordered a tall but they gave me a grande. Starbucks chocolate croissant I never got to finish. We had birthday party today in the office so I was saving room for cake. . Lunch Brown jasmine rice with 2 sticks of barbecue...
I’m pretty sure every girl wants to be serenaded. I mean, tell me you haven’t had a little dream about that whole scene of opening up the window/balcony to find your boy downstairs, singing to you with or without a guitar, with a mariachi band, or holding up his boombox. I...
Meatless Tuesday: Week 4 (Plus other things)
Well crap. I’ve been so busy that this blog is slowly becoming all about my Meatless Tuesday. Sorry guys! Just to catch you up, last Wednesday was our 8th wedding anniversary. On our way to our tradition dinner at Benihana through the infamous SoCal rainstorm, we were rear-ended. As we crested over...
Formerly known as “Veggie Tuesday”. Breakfast: Granola with blueberries from the farmer’s Market with milk English Breakfast tea. . Lunch: Roasted eggplants and red pepper dip from farmer’s market and one pita bread. Well, I didn’t really get to have lunch that day so I ate what I could in a meeting. . Dinner: Trader Joe’s frozen...
Uncle Pete :: Jimmy Dean’s The Sun Tabatha from Tabatha’s Salon Takeover :: A Na’vi I mean…really....
Phuket Gazette – Daily News
American found dead in Phuket home
PHUKET TOWN: Police are investigating whether a Tourist Police volunteer found dead in his Rawai home committed suicide or was murdered.American national Richard Johnson, 67, was found slumped against his bedroom door with electrical cord around his neck yesterday evening. There were wounds to his neck and forehead. ... Full...
Donations sought for Phuket road project completion
PHUKET TOWN: Wichit Municipality is seeking donations to help build a new house for a family of squatters who are holding up completion of a new road running behind Darasamuth School.Wichit Mayor Kreetar Saetan told the Gazette the municipality currently lacks the funds to build a new home for Chamnan...
Red shirts plan big Phuket rally
PHUKET TOWN: Leaders of Phuket’s small red shirt movement yesterday declared the group will no longer back down against parties denying them their right to free speech – and say they are planning a large regional rally in Phuket.Four leaders of the ‘Phuket Protect Democratic Group’ [sic], the local branch...
Phuket cops speak on tourist murders
PATONG, PHUKET: Patong’s most senior cop says perceived injustice, drunkenness and robbery attempts are the three factors that lead Thais to assault foreigners.Kathu Police Superintendent Grissak Songmoonnark says it is important to examine the underlying causes of Thai-on-farang violence. The comments come just after the announcement of Col Grissak's transfer...
Phuket to benefit from EVA - Bangkok Air agreement
PHUKET TOWN: Bangkok Airways and Taipei-based long-haul carrier EVA Air have signed a ‘code share’ agreement for services from Amsterdam, Vienna, London (Heathrow) and Taipei to Phuket, Koh Samui, Phuket and Chiang Mai.A code share agreement enables two airlines to sell seats on the same flight.Under the agreement, EVA will...
Phuket red shirt rally foiled by residents
WICHIT, PHUKET: Plans by supporters of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to hold a peaceful rally at the Navy Base at Cape Panwa early this afternoon got off to a bad start this morning, when the red-shirts got into a fight with local residents.Following the argument, the red-shirted members of...
Thailand News
Thailand, U.S., S Korea hold amphibious assault exercise
Thailand, the United States and South Korea jointly participated in a mock amphibious assault demonstration, as part of the annual Cobra Gold military exercise on Thursday in central Thailand's province of Chonburi....
Bangkok Post: Karen being repatriated as planned
The military is beginning the repatriation of 161 Karen refugees from Tak back to Burma as planned, despite a protest by human rights groups, Col Noppadol Vacharachitbovorn said on Friday....
"Stop, revive and survive" - it's a familiar and important message for holiday drivers....
Toyota Thailand resilient to global recalls
Toyota Motor Thailand reported no irregularity in Thailand's operations, following the massive recall that covers 7.6 million cars in the five continents....
South China Morning Post: Thailand still detaining Rohingya men a " Greg Torode
In an immigration centre in Bangkok, 83 Rohingya men still languish in detention in stateless limbo - a symbol of the many unanswered questions about Thailand's treatment of the boatpeople in the year since their plight first emerged....
BANGKOK: No coup plan, says Thai Army chief
It has become somewhat of a daily routine. On Monday , more troops gathered to pledge allegiance to Army chief General Anupong Paochinda, and he repudiated again rumours that a coup was just around the corner....
Thailand Golf Holiday, Thailand Tours, Golf Resorts & Vacation Information
Three Thailand Golf Vacation Add-On Hot Picks
Many a golfer on a Thailand golf tour asks about other nearby destinations to visit in combination with Thailand or as an addition to a Thailand golf holiday. Here are my 3 hot picks for nearby Asia golf destinations. 1.......
Stick It Close From The Rough Around The Thailand Greens
Every Thailand golfer lands in the rough sooner or late, especially on courses with narrow fairways such as Amata Spring in Bangkok or Santiburi in Samui or courses with rough between the fairway and green such as Bangpra in Pattaya.......
Thailand Tourism’s Secret Golf Course: Bangpra International Golf Club
Did you know that Tourist Thailand (TAT) owns their own golf course? One would think this would be an excellent maneuver as TAT sights golf as one of the seven key areas for Thai tourism promotion and development. Ironically though,......
Best Place For A Relaxed Thailand Golf Retreat
Chiang Rai is away from the crowds and still offers a great golf holiday. Thailand’s northern most city of significance, Chiang Rai may not have a quantity of golf courses but with Santiburi Chiang Rai Country Club it certainly has......
Thailand's Ryder Cup Once Again
Asian and European Golf Teams will be able to boast their own royal connections when Europe and Asia do battle in the fourth Royal Trophy this weekend January 8-10 at Amata Spring Country Club in Bangkok. Asia's bid to defend......
Best Place For A ‘Quiet and Peaceful’ Thailand Golf and Beach Holiday?
Hua Hin is the winner here, with Phuket’s north and west coasts posting an honorable challenge. Until recently the golf in Hua Hin was mostly ‘so-so’ quality, though that has changed with some of newer venues which are up to......
Thailand Land of Smiles
The 13th annual Burapa Pattaya Bike Week will be taking place this year on February 12-13 at the Pattaya Indoor Stadium located in Soi Chayapreuk 2 in Jomtien. Billed as one of largest Bike events in South East Asia it’s expected to draw 10,000 bikers from all over SEA, America,...
No More Free Tourist Visa’s to Thailand
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok have confirmed that tourist visa fees will be reinstated as of March 5, 2010. Thailand’s tourist visa fee’s were removed last year in a bid to revive travel and tourism to the kingdom. Since June 25, 2009 all tourist visa’s from anywhere in the...
February is going to be a month full of events from Bangkok to the Issan region and with Valentines day and Chinese New Year in the mix there will be a little something for everyone’s tastes. One such event that you might want to mark your calenders for is the 1st...
Thailand in the News Week Ending 1/30/10
Thailand to Ask U.S. to Take it Off Piracy Watch List This week the powers that be in Bangkok suggested that they would once again ask to be taken off the piracy watch list by the United States, fat chance. All you have to do is walk around Bangkok or Pattaya for...
Pattaya International Bed Race 2010
If you are in or around Pattaya later today you won’t want to miss one of the best events of the season, the second annual International Bed Races. It’s expected that over 20,000 people will be in attendance to watch over 100 bed racing teams compete for the coveted title...
A Thai Superstition is Born…Again
Thanks to two well made Japanese horror movies and the intricacies of the Thai superstitious mind I found out that everyone in Thailand could die this week, no, really. So, I get phone call the other night from a Thai number but it’s not my girls number, I suspect her battery...
JOTMAN
Paul Krugman compares the hysteria about the US budget deficit to the "group think" that convinced so many people that Iraq possessed WMD. He believes a story told to help Republican candidates will turn destructive:For the fact is that thanks to deficit hysteria, Washington now has its priorities all wrong:...
GOOOH says it wants to put American citizens back in control of the House of Representatives. It's an intriguing idea. But their website has me attempting to answer some bizarre questions....
Where France overstayed its welcome...
New Mandala: "In many West African states, French is an official language. How many now continue with French in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam?"French may hardly be spoken in these Southeast Asian lands, but decent bakeries can still be found....
Turning drug crops into chocolate and coffee
The old way was to go in and destroy a drug crop, and leave the farmers either to starve or replant. But Peru and Thailand have found a better way.Time reports that Peru has been encouraging its coca growers to plant cocoa. To some extent, the policy has paid off. ...
Traumatized by exploding cigarette, Indonesian may quit smoking
Indonesian News reports:An Indonesian man has lost six teeth and received 51 stitches to his mouth after a cigarette he was smoking exploded, a media report said Tuesday.Andi Susanto, a resident of Bekasi near Jakarta, was riding a motorcycle when the cigarette exploded in his mouth Thursday, The Jakarta Post...
An unfair distribution or a better one?
Did the former Minister of Public Health for Thailand get fired for putting patients first?...