· January, 2006

Stories about Thailand from January, 2006

The Year of the Dog Comes to the Rest of East Asia

  29 January 2006

“Da Hong Deng Long” (Big Red Lantern) by Yining Zhang Blogs all around East and Southeast Asia have gone grey this past weekend as many, particularly those in the overseas Chinese community, celebrate the Lunar New Year. As part of Global Voices Online's continuing celebration of the arrival of the...

Thailand: In-Between

19 January 2006

vdaniel writes at Thai-blogs.com about his unease at being an Asian male in the U.S. yet not quite accepted either in Thailand. “If America annot accet me and Thailand views me as a stranger , where do I belong? Australia maybe?” Read the discussion that follows as well.

China, Thailand: Free Trade Defenders

  17 January 2006

Bangkok Pundit rebuts local Thai newspaper editorials that argue that Thailand's free-trade agreement with China has been disastrous. “For China, Thailand has always had a large trade deficit with China and this existed before the bilateral trade agreement and still exists today.” Meanwhile, Sarasonteh goes after a local critic's logic...

Thailand: Royal Speech

11 January 2006

Tom Vanvanij translates, with commentary, the traditional birthday-eve speech of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Thailand: Village Socialism

7 January 2006

Wanderingkhunphu romanticizes Thai village life: “Naudom is a small, limited society and a world where it seems there is no “I” letter. It seems to me that everyone is there for each other, always ready and willing to help and forget about himself for the sake of the community. This...

Thailand, Southeast Asia: Angklung Video

  4 January 2006

Thai-blogs.com points to a video clip of a performance in Thailand using the angklung, a musical instrument found throughout Southeast Asia made of bamboo tubes that create sounds like bubbling water.