Archive for September, 2007
Criminals’ Paradise Thailand: Become A Bounty Hunter
Be a good citizen. Render a service to your government. Show some gratitude for that foreign passport you’re holding while living in Thailand – the Thailand it is to say that draws quite some questionable characters to its shores. Thailand deports roughly one foreigner a day, many of them criminals. And for many a reward
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Documentary: Bangkok Girl
Sometimes images say more than BangkokDan’s words. Watch Bangkok Girl, a remarkably accomplished, beautifully photographed and intimate debut documentary by director Jordan Clark that puts a human face on the devastating social issue that is the sad fate of too many impoverished girls in Thailand. The documentary provides a glimpse of Thailand’s sex tourism told
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The Vongthip Letter Mar 08
Here we go again. Khun Vongthip’s monthly take, this time on the great purge in the kingdom, Thaksin’s shiny new Red Passport, “our other dear ministers” and the glimmer of hope called Rosana. Khun Vongthip Chumpani of Bangkok Bank making sense of it all. Nevertheless, she predicts, this is it, the “year of investment.” Better
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Cockpit Nationalism: Nobody Flies Like The Thais & The “Fluent Thai In Just 30 Seconds” Crash Course
In case you ever wondered about security on board of a Thai Airways aircraft: You couldn’t spend your time in safer hands. Because Thai Airways’ pilots are the world’s best. Proof being that Thai Airways is the probably only airline in the world that has not one single foreign cockpit staff. Because foreign pilots –
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Farewell To A Beloved Pizza
It was one of those culinary safe havens where you knew you will be spoiled. Prices were reasonable, the service top-notch and the pizzas – well – perfect. The rather big guy in there who looked like the GM even refused to have his pizzas delivered. “They’d lose the taste, don’t even try,” he said
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James D. Wolfensohn: “Poor People Want No Handouts”
Meet James D. Wolfensohn, the 9th president of the World Bank, appointed in 1995 by U.S. President Bill Clinton. Since leaving his post at the bank in 2005, Mr. Wolfensohn remains committed to the eradication of poverty. He’s a restless world traveler fighting for just causes – “preoccupied with poverty eradication,” as Mr. Wolfensohn told
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Drug War: A Bangkok Execution In 1977
Take a trip down memory lane. Here’s the Bangkok of the later 1970s at the heyday of coups. The Vietnam War is over. Phnom Penh has fallen, the communists rule Vietnam. Thailand is considered the safe haven of the region – therefore a romping place of mercenaries, adventurers, pimps and drug dealers alike. Thailand back
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North Koreans Could Learn From Thailand’s Prohibition Propaganda
Another beautiful election day has passed – this time for the senate. But guess what: Supermarkets and shops weren’t allowed to sell alcohol for the whole day – even after the ballot boxes were closed. No, you were not allowed to celebrate that victory of your favorite senator with a nice cold beer. One wonders
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