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Burma’s Nobel laureate plans first historic oversea trip starting Bangkok

By Zin Linn Thu, May 24, 2012 6:59PM UTC View Comments

Nobel laureate and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party Aung San Suu Kyi will take a trip outside Burma for the first time in twenty-four years next week to attend ‘World economic forum on East Asia 2012’ at the Shangri-La Hotel, in Bangkok, Thailand, the NLD source said on Thursday. In earlier...

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Tongue-Thai’ed! Part XIV: Sukhumbhand’s second term bid as Bangkok governor – just a joke…!

By Siam Voices Wed, May 23, 2012 9:00AM UTC View Comments

Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra (Picture via Bangkok Governor Facebook Page)

By Saksith Saiyasombut “Tongue-Thai’ed!” encapsulates the most baffling, amusing, confusing, outrageous and appalling quotes from Thai politicians and other public figures – in short: everything we hear that makes us go “Huh?!”. Check out all past entries here. Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra has been in office since 2009 and has already seen a lot during...

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Thailand’s Formula 1 ambitions – revving up a pipe dream?

By Siam Voices Mon, Mar 26, 2012 10:30AM UTC View Comments

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany steers his car during the Indian Formula One Grand Prix Sunday. Pic: AP.

By Saksith Saiyasombut On Sunday the Formula One World Championship made its first annual stop in Southeast Asia with the Grand Prix of Malaysia near Kuala Lumpur. A night race on the streets of Singapore will be the other race in the region later this year in September. Even though the 2012 calendar is filled...

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Kandahar massacre, Kristie Kenney and the Philippines Subic rape case

By Andrew Spooner Mon, Mar 12, 2012 10:06PM UTC View Comments

As the news of the Kandahar Massacre circles the globe, the eyes of the international community are once again scrutinising the USA’s dubious and often appalling human rights record – particularly when they are intervening/invading in some foreign land. From urinating on corpses, drones bringing mass slaughter to wedding parties, death squads murdering completely innocent,...

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The Thai floods and the geographics of perception – Part 2: Certain fear of uncertainty

By Siam Voices Wed, Nov 23, 2011 5:00PM UTC View Comments

The view on Pinklao district from an elevated road on the Western side of the Chao Praya river, one day after the tides reached on all-time high, fully flooding the district on October 30, 2011 (Photo by Saksith Saiyasombut)

By Saksith Saiyasombut This is part two of a two-part series on the discrepancies on reporting the floods and the fear of Bangkokians. In part one yesterday, we explained the process of news-gathering and pointed out possible sources for errors and misjudgments. Today, we explore the possible reasons why people in the capital became suddenly...

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