Thais told to drink milk to boost height

Thailand is asking citizens of all ages to drink at least one glass of cow’s milk a day in an effort to increase their average height by up to 8cm within the next decade.

Speaking at the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s World Milk Day on Monday, the deputy public health minister,

Thai Protesters Latest to Don ‘Guy Fawkes’ Masks

Protesters in Thailand have become the latest to wear stylized Guy Fawkes masks made popular in the 2005 Hollywood film V for Vendetta. The mask has been used in protests around the world against alleged abuse of power. But in Thailand’s color-coded politics, it is not just the anti-government demonstrators who have taken up the mask.

Thai Fishing Industry Is Using Slave Labor To Catch The Fish Imported By The U.S.

A new report from a British activist group is placing Thailand’s fishing industry in some pretty hot water, with allegations that 15 Burmese workers of a Thai crew were basically slaves. The group is now urging the United States, which is the No. 1 importer of Thai fish products, to hold Thailand accountable for the reported abuses the workers suffered at the hands of the fishing crew.

Chalerm gets PM’s nod to lead Thai delegation in BRN-NSC talks

Following a fresh mandate from Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung said yesterday that he would replace the National Security Council (NSC) chief and lead a Thai delegation in the coming round of a peace talks with insurgent representatives, scheduled for June 13 in Kuala Lumpur.

Troops Killed Italian Reporter

BANGKOK — An Italian photo-journalist who was shot dead in Bangkok while taking pictures of a military crackdown on an anti-government protest in 2010 was killed by a bullet fired by a soldier, a Thai court ruled on Wednesday.
Fabio Polenghi, 48, was killed on the morning of May 19 when troops moved in to disperse

In Thailand’s Schools, Vestiges of Military Rule

SAMUT PRAKAN, Thailand — Put aside for a moment the image of Thailand that tourists often see, a laid-back, anything-goes country of libidinous night life.

Thai students have an altogether different impression.

Bomb explodes at market in Thai capital, injures seven

BANGKOK: A bomb put inside a garbage bag exploded at a street market in Thailand’s capital and injured seven people, police said.
Police Col. Narongrit Promsawat said the explosion slightly injured seven people and damaged merchandise stalls at the market Sunday night.

Deadly blast targets Thai soldiers

Five paramilitary soldiers have been killed and one other has been wounded by a roadside bomb in southern Thailand, local police say.

Police said on Friday that the soldiers were travelling in a pick-up vehicle to meet Muslim community leaders in the Saiburi district of Pattani,

Abe welcomes Thai leader, urges eased rules on food imports

Visiting Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Sinawatra met Thursday with his Tokyo counterpart, Shinzo Abe, and agreed to further deepen the bilateral “strategic partnership,” Japanese officials said.

Thai-inspired lemongrass mojitos with basil

Sometimes things just don’t work out the way you planned.
Last weekend was our friend Colleen’s birthday, so we invited her over for a night of Thai food and board games. We usually order Thai out,