Suu Kyi Thailand Visit Stirs Excitement Among Burma Exiles
http://www.voanews.com/content/suu-kyi-thailand-visit-stirs-excitement-burma-exiles/1069959.html
Thailand hosts a large community of Burmese activists and exiles and they are quite excited about her trip. NLD spokesman Nyan Win on Friday said Aung San Suu Kyi will arrive in Bangkok mid-week. He said the democracy leader will meet Tuesday morning ...
Lady Gaga Meets Thailand's 'Lady Boys'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/lady-gaga-thai-lady-boys_n_1545407.html
JOCELYN GECKER 05/25/12 05:47 AM ET AP BANGKOK ? Lady Gaga has met Thailand's premier "lady boys" at a Bangkok drag show featuring busty dancers who were not born that way. Diving in to the city's nightlife, the pop diva and an entourage from her ...
Thailand: Transgender diva seeks political office
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/thailand/120525/transgender-candidate-yollada-nok-suanyot-politics-elections
(Courtesy) BANGKOK, Thailand ? Consider Yollada ?Nok? Suanyot among the more unique challenges for campaign strategists. After all, the public is seldom presented with a male-born political candidate who was famously arrested as a teen for using a ...
Thailand extends foreign-worker scheme until end of 2012
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/26/thailand-extends-foreign-worker-scheme-until-end-2012.html
The Board of Investment (BOI) of Thailand agreed on Friday to extend until the end of this year the period in which 101 companies may employ foreign laborers, in an effort to alleviate a shortage of workers in the country. Under the existing agreement, ...
Ailing king takes rare journey
http://www.smh.com.au/world/ailing-king-takes-rare-journey-20120526-1zbp3.html
AMID widespread anxiety in Thailand about his health, King Bhumibol Adulyadej has made a rare visit outside his hospital suite in what senior Thai officials described as a demonstration of his improved fitness. It was the first time in two years the ...
Thailand go down fighting to South Korea
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/sports/Thailand-go-down-fighting-to-South-Korea-30182892.html
Thailand found South Korea too strong and went down 25-18 25-22 25-20 in the FIVB World Olympics Women's Volleyball Qualification Tournament at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium yesterday. The loss relegated the Thai team to fifth in the round-robin ...
Thangthong Mourned in Thailand After Tragic Accident
http://www.boxingscene.com/thangthong-mourned-thailand-tragic-accident--53296
Thangthong was a former Thailand's national boxer and won a silver medal at the 2005 SEA Games in the Philippines. In his last fight on May 5, Thangthong stopped Macbute Sinyabi of South Africa in the IBF super- bantamweight eliminator fight in ...
Retail development in thailand goes smaller, Wider and more diverse
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/investigation/295243/retail-development-in-thailand-goes-smaller-wider-and-more-diverse
Retail centres in Thailand are not just for shopping these days. We often find a playground or game corner by the food court for children. Many parents take their children to shopping centres on weekends for extra activities such as learning music, ...
