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"Yin dee duay" Congresswoman Tammy (updated with video)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/11/2012
» Incoming congresswoman Ladda Tammy Duckworth is the only member of the US Congress able to give a Thai-language interview.
Skirts vs Trousers
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/07/2012
» Some people are upset that well-known transsexual Yollada “Nok” Suanyot is dressing as a women in her new role as a Nan provincial councilor despite being legally a man.
Transvestite beauty queen enters politics
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/05/2012
» Yollada Suanyot's local election victory made national news because she is a transsexual but she also has solid qualifications for the job.
“W” and “K”, not “B”
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/12/2011
» In Thailand, a favourite way to identify suspects in a crime is by using the initial of their name, especially when the evidence isn't strong enough to make an arrest.
Needed: lessons in democracy
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/08/2011
» During previous protests outside parliament, red-shirt demonstrators called for the resignation of a government they said came to power undemocratically. They are now being accused of being undemocratic themselves.
Campaigning hard
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/06/2011
» Phue Thai's Yingluck campaigned in more difficult territory yesterday while PM Abhisit admitted his party was behind – but only "slightly".
Yingluck to top the list?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/05/2011
» Yingluck Shinawatra, observers say, is likely to be Pheu Thai's candidate for prime minister. She is the only one her brother can trust and she has strengths of her own.
Two-voiced magic
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/04/2011
» Beautiful transgender Nuntita 'Bell' Khampiranon fooled the judges and delighted the audience by beginning her song with a woman’s voice and ending it with a man’s.