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· March, 2006

Stories about Thailand from March, 2006

Thailand: cooking school

Over at Thai-blogs, Richard Barrow, an English expat living in Thailand for 10 years learns about Thai food and cooking, including the different kinds of rice. He recommends one cooking...

Written by Connie Veneracion
28 March 2006

Thailand: Dodging the Question

Thai blog Bookish reflects on the beleaguered Thai PM's evasion of a question posed to him on a TV talk show: Did he make a mistake transferring his company's shares...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
27 March 2006

Thailand: The Question of Democracy

Does general election ensured a truly democractic government? Is it a neccesity? Or an election could come down to a level of merely a tools to keep certain people in power? And in a such case, what should you do?

Written by Enda Nasution
27 March 2006

Thailand, Singapore: Crashing Investment

Singapore Election Watch reposts a forum comment by someone pointing out that the value of state-owned Temasek Holdings’ controversial investment in Thailand's Shin Corp. — which triggered a political crisis...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
24 March 2006

Thailand: Rural-Urban Divide

Maytel 2020 describes the rural-urban divide in Thailand that characterizes Southeast Asian politics as a whole. “Southeast Asia has long been noted for its ‘patron-client’ political structures which many theorists...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
21 March 2006

Thailand: BlogconThai 2006

BlogCon Thailand 2006, the first blogger meeting that discuss Weblogs, Online Information and Collaboration Thailand was successfully held on Sunday, 19 March 2006

Written by Enda Nasution
21 March 2006

Thailand: Struggling with Buddhism

Paul at thai-blogs.com worries about the state of Buddhism in Thailand: “it seems that for many people Buddhism is about merit making. About giving money to monks and about trying...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
15 March 2006

Thailand: Annotating a Royal Message

Bangkok Pundit evaluates the various interpretations, in the currently polarized political atmosphere in Thailand, made of a decision to replay King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 1992 reconciliation message to rival political parties.

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
13 March 2006

Thailand: Cracks in the Foundation

The normally apolitical thai-blogs.com gets more political. This time, vdaniel writes about a political coming of age in Thailand as protests against PM Thaksin Shinawatra continue. “The glaring problem in...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
3 March 2006

Thailand: Taking a Stand

Dhannyboy at thai-blogs.com shares his thoughts about the ongoing protests against Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra: “It is because are will still believing to live in the land of milk and...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
2 March 2006

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