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Category: Thailand

Suvannakhet – the failure of communism

A visit to Suvannakhet in Laos shows everything that is wrong with a communist regime. This is the second...
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Another Thai airline – another non-starter?

Another unlikely Thai airline start-up. Thai Platinum Airlines. Here is their art-worked airplane – with a website on the...
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Trip Advisor’s airline awards throw up some unlikely results

Picture: Emirates Press release So TripAdvisor has gone into the awards business and has made Emirates very happy with...
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Dusit Hotel under threat

BK magazine is reporting that Bangkok may be about to witness the demise of the old Dusit Thani hotel...
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Thailand’s constitutional confusion

Constitutional confusion is not new to Thailand. There have been some twenty constitutions since 1932. The 1997 people’s constitution...
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Goodbye 2016 – you will be remembered but not missed

In international affairs it was a strange and alarming year. For me, as the picture shows, I traveled, I...
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Thailand’s long awaited succession

Thailand’s royal succession was finally completed on 1 December The Kingdom has a new King after His Royal Highness...
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Thailand’s King Bhumibol has died

King Bhumibol of Thailand died earlier today. The time of death was 3.52pm with an official announcement at 7pm....
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Thais on alert over fears for King’s heath

This evening my Thai family and their friends are gripped by rumours that the end of near for their...
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Why does Thailand keep changing its constitution?

From the Economist (Depressingly accurate analysis from the Economist – although missing one key ingredient that is critical to...
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