Stories about Thailand from January, 2010
Thailand: Mobile internet users
Latest data shows Thailand has 12 million mobile internet users.
Thailand: Radio brainwashing
A radio listener complains about the “radio programming and brainwashing” in Thailand.
Thailand: “We're sick of Ministry of Culture”
A Facebook fan page was created by netizens who are criticizing the methods and policies of Thailand’s Ministry of Culture. The Ministry has been strict in its promotion and monitoring of authentic Thai culture in old and new media sites.
Southeast Asia: Prepaid mobile internet services
Preetam Rai lists the prepaid mobile internet services offered by mobile telcos in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam
Thailand plans to buy submarines
A blogger lambasts the proposal of the Thailand navy chief to buy submarines. The influential King of Thailand disagreed with this plan in the past.
Thailand: Children protesters want alcohol billboard ads removed
Hundreds of children are asking officials of Bangkok to remove the billboard ads of alcohol drinks. Blogger Thailand Crisis criticizes the parents and adults who are using the children as “leverage in order to support their hysterical campaign about “social order” and “morality”.