Category: Thailand

THAILAND: Disruptive Haze Over Bangkok Hurts the Tourism Industry

by Lama AlTaher | Apr 22, 2019 | Environment, Thailand | 1 |

LAMA AL TAHER WRITES– Thailand has been hailed as a “must” tourist destination in Asia for...

ECONOMICS: MOVEOVER ENTERTAINMENT, GAMING IS THE NEW IT-THING

by Talal Bukhamseen | Mar 25, 2019 | Thailand, Vietnam | 0 |

TALAL BUKHAMSEEN WRITES– The gaming industry is quickly becoming a lucrative part of the...

THAILAND: WHY LOYALTY TO THAKSIN REMAINS SO STRONG

by Asia Media Staff | Mar 10, 2019 | article, Thailand, Uncategorized | 0 |

KHON KAEN, THAILAND — When business started to sag a year ago at the shoe factory where she...

THAILAND: Free and Fair Elections? Not So Fast – OR TOO SLOW?

by Robert Born | Feb 28, 2019 | human rights, Thailand | 0 |

ROBERT BORN WRITES– Sunday, March 24, marked the first time in five years that the Thai...

PLAY REVIEW: “Man of God”

by Albus Wang | Feb 11, 2019 | Art, Arts and Culture, Thailand | 0 |

ALBUS WANG WRITES– East West Players, the oldest theatre group representing racial...

THAILAND: THAKSIN-ISM RISES YET AGAIN AMONG THE THAI PEOPLE

by Tom Plate | Aug 2, 2018 | article, Thailand | 0 |

TOM PLATE WRITES — Watch Thailand carefully. It may be that the only major element in the...

THAILAND: PRAYUT DIGS AT SHINAWATRAS, EMBRACES TRUMP

by Dylan Ramos | Oct 12, 2017 | Thailand | 0 |

DYLAN RAMOS WRITES— On Monday, October 2nd, the leader of Thailand’s military junta, General...

THAILAND: MEMORIES OF A STAR EDITOR ABOUT NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS IN ASIA

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 31, 2017 | Thailand | 0 |

WRITES PETER OLSZEWSKI (courtesy of Mediaweek magazine) – When veteran Aussie editor David...

THAILAND: COMMENTATOR PAVIN ON THAILAND ‘JUSTICE’ AND THE FLIGHT OF YINGLUCK

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 25, 2017 | Thailand | 0 |

SPECIAL TO AMI FROM PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGUN – The other day, it was to be a judgment day for...

THAILAND: THE TRIAL OF YINGLUCK

by Katrina Crosby | Aug 17, 2017 | Thailand, Uncategorized | 0 |

KATRINA CROSBY WRITES- Thailand’s political stability may be rocked in the upcoming week. With the...

‘LUCKY’ COINS PROVE FATAL TO THAI TURTLE

by Tarn Sangprasert | Mar 24, 2017 | Thailand | 0 |

TARN SANGPRASERT WRITES – A turtle in Thailand has died after a team of surgeons spent seven hours...

THAILAND: BBC journalist faces defamation and cyber crime charges in Thailand

by Elizabeth Soelistio | Feb 28, 2017 | Thailand | 0 |

ELIZABETH SOELISTIO WRITES – Jonathan Head, the South East Asia Correspondent for BBC News,...

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