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On porn, jokes and Thai lawmakers

By Siam Voices Thu, Apr 19, 2012 11:40PM UTC View Comments

By Kaewmala Thai lawmakers made world headlines this week. It wasn’t exactly the kind of international press that would make them or Thailand proud. A BBC world headline on April 18, 2012 read “Image of naked woman halts Thai parliament debate.” At home, the Bangkok Post published the image of a half-naked woman captured on the...

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Thailand, April 10: The day that changed the game?

By Siam Voices Sat, May 07, 2011 12:13PM UTC View Comments

Thai soldiers patrol a street in Bangkok, Sunday April 25, 2010. Pic: AP.

By Dan Waites In Thailand’s modern history, April 10 is already a date to remember. On that day last year, at the height of the red shirt protests, at least 25 people were killed during clashes in Bangkok, including Reuters cameraman Hiroyuki Muramoto, 19 Thai civilians and five soldiers. This year, it seems the date...

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Thailand: The MP, the investigator and the masseuse

By Siam Voices Mon, Mar 21, 2011 11:44PM UTC View Comments

Red shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan. Pic: AP.

By Dan Waites As Bangkok Pundit blogged earlier today, Tharit Pengdit, the chief of Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI), is doing everything he can to put red shirt leader and opposition MP Jatuporn Prompan back in jail. Following last week’s censure debate, in which Jatuporn accused the government of colluding to kill people, Tharit...

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