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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, speaks during a joint news conference with Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Thursday. Pic: AP.

The message or the accent? Hillary and Yingluck’s first meeting

By Siam Voices Sat, Nov 19, 2011 12:27PM UTC View Comments

By Kaewmala It was a historic meeting. At least in the sense that the first Thai female prime minister had her first official meeting with the top female diplomat of the United States, Thailand’s most powerful ally. It also took place right after her meeting with the UN Secretary General Bun Ki Moon. These two...

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Thai Tourist Police launch iPhone app… in Thai

By Siam Voices Thu, Sep 15, 2011 11:54AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut In an effort to keep up with the times, many Thai agencies and state organizations are releasing smartphone apps. Plenty of those are handy tourist guides. Now Thailand’s Tourist Police have released a free app as well and the description sounds pretty good… The purpose of this web site for facilitating of both local...

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Tongue-Thai’ed! Part VI: Wifebeating campaign poster edition?!

By Siam Voices Thu, Jun 02, 2011 9:30AM UTC View Comments

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. The campaign season offers many curious incidents and sightings that only appear during the run-up to the elections,...

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English language idiosyncracies on the streets of Bangkok

By Siam Voices Thu, Mar 10, 2011 5:01PM UTC View Comments

by James Goyder I am regularly amused and occasionally amazed by the misuse of the English language which I encounter on a daily basis while out and about in the nation’s capital. At first I assumed that this was largely caused by well meaning people whose grasp of the English language fell a little short...

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