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Thailand: Survey blames Facebook for teen pregnancies
By Siam Voices Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:27PM UTC View CommentsBy Saksith Saiyasombut We recently had Valentine’s Day and like every year, the Thai Moral Taliban Police has been patrolling the streets to crack down on young lovebirds who might commit the crime of love (making) – since some survey suggests that many teenagers are hell-bent to loose their virginity on February 14. Well, apparently...
Thai education failures – Part 1: Ridiculous O-NET questions
By Siam Voices Thu, Feb 23, 2012 10:14PM UTC View CommentsBy Kaewmala We’ve heard much lamentation about the sorry state of Thai education and how Thai students perform so poorly compared to those in other countries far and near. Not only that Thai students rank near the bottom in international standardized test scores, they even flunk national standardized tests year after year. Thai students...
Raunchy ‘Itchy Ear’ song exposes Thai sexual hypocrisy
By Siam Voices Fri, Sep 30, 2011 8:30AM UTC View CommentsBy Saksith Saiyasombut A music video with suggestive lyrics, the singer’s even more suggestive stage performance, and her moral scolding on national TV is the latest episode of yet another Thai sexual hypocrisy. Yet again, the outcry comes from those who claim to protect anything ‘Thai’ and lash out against everything that is allegedly not,...
“Only taboo when it’s inconvenient!” – Interview with Thai author Kaewmala on the outrage at topless Songkran dancers
By Siam Voices Tue, Apr 19, 2011 9:30AM UTC View CommentsBy Saksith Saiyasombut Traditionalists and other self-proclaimed heralds of the ‘true’ Thai culture are having a tough time these days. Especially in the most recent Songkran (the Thai Lunar New Year) festivities they bemoan that it essentially has been reduced to almost a week full of excessive water fights and heavy drinking, that lead to...
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