Tag Archives : Thailand

One more controversy about Facebook and Twitter came, and this time there comes from Thailand. Facebook and Twitter are deteriorating skills related to language students in Thailand and the authorities want them back to writing letters. A national survey conducted by the Ministry of Culture of the country found that four in ten young Thai people think [...]

Almost every Facebook users, who has ever played any sort of game on the social networking service, must be accustomed to the intricacies of how Facebook Credits work. In the virtual world of creating armies, farms or simply maintaining one’s mafia familiy would require a user to have access to money and to facilitate virtual money for the users, [...]

Ever been to a Sushi restaurant? It’s one of the most delightful experiences that you’ll come across while dining out. The chefs prepare the Sushi right in front of you and a slab that is designed to work as a cooking platform and then serve this delicacies to the customers, seating in a neat row. Now, in Thailand a restaurant owner begun a new [...]

The DOM magazine in Brazil has a huge fan following all across the Amazonian country. The magazine recently featured male models and their portfolio was shot in Thailand. The combination of Brazilian models being shot in exotic Thailand is proof enough for the success of the photographs regardless of what the reasons actually were. Three Brazilian [...]

The ‘accelerated economic integration’ aid packages come with a lot of perks for the Chinese economy, as well as political ambitions, such as: • China’s trade with the 10-member ASEAN has nearly doubled from $105.9 billion in 2004 to $202.5 billion in 2007 • In spite of the rising effect of the global economic crisis, Chinese [...]

The UN Security Council urges Member States to act vigorously to end impunity for those who violate children’s rights by recruiting them to become child soldiers. The agency also reiterated its condemnation of the employment of children in war by combatant sides, as well as violence and sexual abuse of children who are victims in armed conflicts. Recruitment [...]

A Buddhist preacher of Chiang Rai province in northern Thailand has proposed the holding of classes to teach good manners to gay and transgender monks. This set of guidelines is meant to curb ‘ostentatious behavior’ such as wearing of make-up and tight robes. It has been reported that older monks are concerned with the attitude and behavior of [...]

There was a time when the Saudi kingdom made food a national cause in spite of unfavorable natural conditions. In the three decades between 1971 and 2000, thanks to a policy of irrigation supported by public funds, agricultural land rose from 0.4 to 1.6 million hectares, with concentration in the provinces of Hail and Qassim which are north of Riyadh, [...]

The tragedy of the Rohingya refugees occupies a special issue in the migrant debate as it has affected many ASEAN member countries. The Rohingya boat people, part of a Muslim minority group living in western Burma’s Arakan State, fled their country in waves over the recent months because of the tremendous pressure they were under from the military [...]

Thai troops charged at protesters on Monday, a day after the state of emergency was announced in Bangkok. The current and raging anti-government demonstrations are posing a tough challenge to the Thai government at the moment. At least 94 people were injured and two people were killed because of the civil unrest. Throughout the day, soldiers fired [...]