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    Num evades the cops, Tar forgives angry motorist, Toy freezes up

    News, Mae Moo, Published on 16/12/2018

    » A rocker enmeshed in a copyright dispute over a song he no longer performs is asking if the owner isn't going too far after police tracked him down to a concert venue in the Northeast, forcing him to flee in his van.

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    Leave Yingluck be

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/01/2018

    » Re: "Officials 'must capture Yingluck'," (BP, Jan 12). We should all extend our sympathy to the government for having to resist pressure from various sources to pursue extradition proceedings against Yingluck Shinawatra.

  • News & article

    Plus-size sunflowers

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 14/12/2017

    » Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University has opened its training and agricultural research centre to welcome tourists.

  • News & article

    Back to nature

    Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 08/12/2016

    » Kanchanaburi has long been a popular destination for day trippers. However, the scenic Sai Yok National Park and several caves and rafting on the Kwae Noi River seem overlooked by Thai tourists. These places are worth visits besides the infamous Death Railway and the Hollywood-misnamed "Bridge On The River Kwai" that remain popular tourist spots.

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    Proud Real Estate establishes a regional destination

    By prnews, Created on: 05/11/2014, Last updated on: 05/11/2014

    » [b:1besfj8u]Proud Real Estate establishes a regional destination in Hua Hin with its 1bn baht waterpark project, unveiling partnerships with 4 industry leaders[/b:1besfj8u] [attachment=0:1besfj8u]AOF_4457.jpg[/attachment:1besfj8u]The highly anticipated Vana Nava Hua Hin, Asia’s First Water Jungle,...

    • 0 replies, 1,426 views

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    Floods: The final bill?

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/11/2011

    » Expected economic loss 1.12 trillion baht or 10.5% of GDP, 10,000 factories & 660,000 workers affected (30% automotive, 26% electronics & appliances).

    • Forum

    The Value of a Tourist.

    By Sean Moran, Created on: 18/01/2009, Last updated on: 15/12/2010

    » What are some of the most common positive and negative results of foreign tourists from overseas visiting Thailand? Thai opinions welcome, kap.

    • tmvolunteer commented : about us farang when they see tourists throwing money around like there is no tomorrow? What when they watch Hollywood movies? They know that all the best superheroes in the world are American, even if aliens should come from outer space they would land in America, and the Americans will save us all! There are so many movies showing that the good always wins over the bad, but in everyday life in Thailand it is the opposite, the one with the most money or the highest position rules. It is not easy to convince a Thai that the movies are just fiction, most of them actually think that this is the way it is in the western world. The point is that Thai people know nothing about western culture and how can they know? They hardly know their own history. The education system in Thailand has gone from bad to worse in the last couple of years, with political turmoil and students and parents only worry about their immediate financial situation. For politicians and the rich, the education system is way back in the line of improvement. The politicians are too busy defending themselves from accusations from the opposition, and the rich are not interested in educating people, they would probably lose their gardener, driver, house maids and so on, if the Thai people were to be properly educated. Tourism is not the highest income source for Thailand but most tourists think that it is, and it often shows in their behavior towards Thailand and its people. Often I see tourists behaving in a manner that makes me think "would they behave like this back home?" and I know that they wouldn't. Where has the respect for each other disappeared to? Wherever it is, I hope that it comes back to us soon. Maybe respect has become a filthy rich tourist too. The true value of today's tourist = $$$. Send a genuine smile to 10 people today and tomorrow will be a happier day.

    • 85 replies, 111,416 views

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    About Face.

    By Sean Moran, Created on: 14/10/2008, Last updated on: 13/04/2014

    » One olde axiom that comes to mind is, '[i:3b539sim]If you can't say something nice, then keep your mouth s.h.u.t.[/i:3b539sim]' Just a thread that pertains to one of the cultural differences one might notice in venturing from a typical 'westernised' society of the assertive kind to the shores of...

    • Sean Moran commented : [quote="HybridEm":2483d17x] Sean, we will have many a-beer when the time comes! Im just waiting for some vacay-time and then i'm back to bkk!!! Until then, you stay sharp! one[/quote:2483d17x] I just had a thought, but don't worry because I've just opened my first beer for the day and that should help overcome the pain in another hour or so, providing I don't think anything else before becoming properly anhebriated. This comparison of the concepts of face with that of integrity is an absolute gem. Yet I wonder also if the white-lies that go with it might be related to the preservation of somebody else's integrity, which carries with it a good degree of social harmony along with the possibility of corruption if taken advantage of, perhaps? I'm not familiar enough with Thai culture to really know how that might work, but I agree that there is a good deal of corruption in Thailand, and that can make for good deals or bad deals IMHO. I've always been lucky with the traffic cops on my old Suzuki, although I did get done out of 400 baht once on the Honda on my way down to Rayong from Nonthaburi a couple of years back. The bike was fully loaded with rucksacks and stuff, so I wasn't gonna leave my bike on the side of the road to go to the cop shop to fight it. The tea-money cop even gave me back 100 baht change because I didn't have any small notes on me. That's corruption but it was done in such a decent way that it was almost worth the money, although not a good thing to have happen everyday on a tourist-visa teachers' salary. On the other hand, I remember the best traffic cop I ever encountered on the road back from Khorat to Nonthaburi. Somewhere in central Saraburi from memory. Hot day, mid-morning, bike loaded with rucksacks once again, and after confirming that I had the right papers and all, he handed me a fresh water bottle to get a well-needed drink. "Wow!" I thought, and gratefully took a swig and went to pass it back. "No no!" he said. "You." He wanted me to keep the whole bottle of water on the ride back. Another example of saving face, but his gift was intended to save mine, although the fact that I still remember that gesture three years later might add a bit to his too, in some karmic way or other? Perhaps one of the reasons I enjoy the corruption in Thailand is that I can see it straight out, clear as mud. Here in Australia it's done so cleverly that I often don't even know the joke until after the punch-line is over and the fat lady has sung, and it's never very harmonic.

    • 61 replies, 76,687 views

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