Learning Thai Categories Learning Thai Travel Thai Expat Thai Business Thai Thai Grammar Expat News Thai monks warned not to flirt online Expat news Monday, 10 March 2008 Thai Buddhist monks have been warned not to use social networking sites to flirt with girls. Last week, the Prime Minister's Office requested that the Information, Communications and Technology ministry monitor monk's use of the Hi5 social networking site. A Thai minister reportedly asked site operators to monitor the Web site for monks' participation and kick them off the site. He also urged other users not to interact with monks behaving inappropriately on the site. The news of the warning came earlier this week as police in Thailand were investigating a rape claim against a monk. In that case, a monk is accused of using the Internet to lure a teenage girl to his temple and raping her. Information Week Add Comment (0) Read more...   John Denver song sparks killing spree Expat news Sunday, 09 March 2008 A gunman in Thailand killed eight neighbors, including his brother-in-law, after growing tired of their karaoke versions of popular songs, including John Denver’s Country Roads.  Weenus Chumkamnerd, 52, put his gun to the head of a respected female doctor and seven of her guests as they partied at her home in Songkhla Province, in southern Thailand.  "When I began shooting nobody pleaded for his life because they were all drunk," he said after his arrest.  A neighbor said that the karaoke group normally sang Thai pop and southern Thai ballads, but one particular western tune could be heard often - John Denver’s ‘Country Roads’. The Telegraph Add Comment (0) Read more...   Penthouse suite, first-class ticket for Thaksin's return to Thailand Expat news Saturday, 01 March 2008 For his first night back in Thailand, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra booked a penthouse suite at the Peninsula Hotel for US$3,300 (103,000 THB). Thaksin's two-bedroom suite featured a private fitness room, butler's quarters and is decorated with Persian rugs, traditional Asian furniture and wood-paneled walls. Thaksin flew first class on Thai Airways from Hong Kong. The one-way trip costs about $850 (26,350 THB). AP Add Comment (0) Read more...   Japan's football team too strong for Thailand Expat news Saturday, 09 February 2008 On Wednesday, Japan 's Yoshito Okubo scored early in the 54th minute to put Japan on the path to a 4-1 win over Thailand in its opening 2010 World Cup qualifier amid snowy conditions at Saitama Stadium. Thailand's sole goal came from Teerathep Winothai, who beat Japan goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi on a long-range blast that went over the goalkeeper's grasp. Japan and Thailand in Group B along with Bahrain and Oman, with the winner and runner-up of each group to move on to the fourth round of Asian qualifying. Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra paid for the national team to train in England to acclimatize to wintry conditions, but even that camp could not prepare them for the frigid weather. AP Add Comment (0) Read more...   Thailand to revive controversial war on drugs Expat news Friday, 08 February 2008 Interior Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said on Thursday that Thailand's new government will revive a controversial war on drugs in which more than 2,500 alleged dealers were killed. Chalerm told reporters that the fight against drugs was one of his top three priorities and he would spend time along the border with Myanmar, the source of most drugs now entering Thailand, seeking to defeat trafficking networks. "Narcotics must be lessened in 90 days, although they can't be wiped out," said Chalerm, a former police captain whose son was acquitted of charges of killing a policeman in a bar for lack of evidence. Reuters Add Comment (0) Read more...   << Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>