The Board of Censors has banned the gay-themed Thai film “Insects in the Backyard” by transvestite director Tanwarin Sukkhapisit. “The film’s content goes against public order or morality,” the board said yesterday. The film is about a transvestite father, played by Tanwarin, whose teenage daughter and son are confused about their sexuality and end up […]
Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) — Thailand’s baht traded near a 13- year high on speculation global funds will pour more cash into the nation’s assets, spurred by relatively high yields and the fastest economic growth in 15 years. The currency has strengthened 7.9 percent in the past three months, the best performance among Asia’s 10 most-traded […]
Accusations of political manipulation at the constitutional court SINCE 2006, when the armed forces ousted the then prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s constitutional court has dissolved two popular pro-Thaksin parties and disqualified hundreds of his allies. Now it may be the turn of the ruling Democrat Party, which is accused of campaign-finance fraud. A final […]
Preparations are under way for the expected release of Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, officials said Wednesday, after the army’s proxies claimed a landslide election win. Suu Kyi, who has spent most of the past two decades locked up, had her detention extended by 18 months in August last year over a […]
BANGKOK, 9 November 2010 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Major General Sanan Kajornprasart revealed that he had met with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Norway. During a press conference yesterday, Major General Sanan, one of the deputy prime ministers, talked about his merit-making trip to nine temples in nine different countries. He said he […]
BANGKOK, 09 November 2010 (NNT) – Flooding in many areas of the country continues to affect people, especially in Ang Thong Province. In the southern provinces where the water levels have receded, officials have begun a herculean task of rehabilitating the areas. Officers have been busy cleaning up the seaside in Songkhla Province including the […]
The Thai army chief has denied that he is preparing to stage a military coup during the People’s Alliance for Democracy’s rally being held to protest against the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the Thai Cambodian border issues.. Army chief General Prayuth Chanocha said he has no plans to stage a military coup during the protests […]
The survey, conducted from 2000 to 2009, documents extensive underage pregnancies in Thailand over the past decade. Details were revealed yesterday at a children’s rights forum in the North. Aside from the two nine-year-olds, the survey also said there were eight girls who became mothers at the age of 10, 15 who became mothers at […]
