· July, 2010

Stories about Thailand from July, 2010

Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand

Ladprao 64 writes about the situation of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand and the role of the two governments in facilitating the welfare of the workers. The blogger also describes...

22 July 2010

Thailand: “Tsunami Roll” menu

Blogger I-nomad believes the “Tsunami Roll” food offered in a restaurant in Phuket, Thailand is “not very appropriate considering the 8000+ victims and the survivors of the tsunami which rolled...

22 July 2010

Thailand: Texting Troubles for the Prime Minister

When Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva assumed office in 2008, he sent an SMS to millions of Thai mobile phone users asking for unity. Now he is facing a corruption charge for receiving a "gift" from telecom companies. He is also accused of violating the privacy of cell phone consumers

18 July 2010

Southeast Asia: Sex and web censorship

Regulating internet content today is viewed as an anti-democratic practice but Southeast Asian governments seem able to justify it by invoking the need to save the young from the scourge of indecent sexual behavior.

16 July 2010

Computer Crime Act of Thailand

Sinfah Tunsarawuth and Toby Mendel published a review of the controversial Computer Crime Act of Thailand which is used by the government to block thousands of websites.

6 July 2010