Young koala at Thailand’s Chiang Mai Zoo represents hope for the country’s political reconciliation

BANGKOK — A baby koala and a young girl are helping move Thailand toward reconciliation after the country’s recent bitter political violence. Four-year-old Lapassarada Mung-opas submitted the winning entry in a contest to name the baby koala at the Chiang Mai Zoo in northern Thailand. Her suggestion, Prong-dong — “Reconciliation” — was picked over 496 […]

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Belgian Drugged & Robbed by Freelance Pattaya Sex Worker

A Belgian national, unaware of the dangers of accepting drinks from Pattaya’s ‘ladies of the night,’ has been drugged and robbed of a substantial amount of money having accepted a ‘spiked’ drink during a late night sexual service-call in Pattaya. Pattaya, the 5th of May 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 1:00am, police Lieutenant Colonel Chatchai Srisuwan […]

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CSUN professor shuts guide to Thailand girl scene

University, teacher who ran website agree it tarnished school’s image A Cal State Northridge associate professor who published an Internet guide to Thailand’s “girl scene” shut down his website Friday after he and campus administrators agreed it tarnished the university’s image. Kenneth Ng, a tenured economics professor who created BigBabyKenny.com, said he concluded it was […]

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