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Did Thai report really say Facebook ’causes teen pregnancy’?

By Siam Voices Mon, Mar 05, 2012 12:00PM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut Last week, we have reported on a report by the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) that suggests that “Facebook partly causes teen pregnancies“. While this assertion is still totally laughable, I grew somehow skeptical about the English language article the previous post was based on. Upon further study of the original...

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Thailand: Survey blames Facebook for teen pregnancies

By Siam Voices Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:27PM UTC View Comments

By 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...

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Thai education failures – Part 1: Ridiculous O-NET questions

By Siam Voices Thu, Feb 23, 2012 10:14PM UTC View Comments

By 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...

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“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 Comments

By 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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