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9 October 2011

Mapping the Thailand Flooding Disaster

Written by Mong Palatino · Disaster, Environment

252 people have already died in Thailand due to more than two months of heavy rains. Many parts of Bangkok, the country’s capital, are already submerged in floodwaters. Online maps have been created to monitor the floods and inform the public on the extent of the flooding disaster.

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4 October 2011

Thailand: Prime Minister Cancels Twitter Account

Written by Mong Palatino · Protest, Technology

Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has stopped tweeting after her Twitter account, @PouYingluck, was hacked a few days ago. Here are reactions from netizens in the country.

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24 September 2011

Video: Water Bottle Lights and Other Eco-Friendly Inventions

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Ideas, Arts & Culture

Solar lights and hot water heaters from plastic water bottles, houses made from trash and a way to do without plastic bags are some of the projects making reducing, reusing and recycling not only fun and affordable but also vital in improving the quality of life of people all around the world.

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8 August 2011

Should Thailand Raise the Minimum Wage?

Written by Mong Palatino · Labor, Law

One of the campaign promises of newly elected Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her Pheu Thai Party was to double Thailand’s minimum wage. The new pay scale will be implemented next year but the business sector is opposed to it. Here are some reactions from bloggers

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3 July 2011

Thailand: Netizens React to Opposition Victory

Written by Mong Palatino · Breaking News, Elections

Opposition candidate Yingluck Shinawatra is set to become Thailand’s first female Prime Minister as her Pheu Thai party won more than 260 seats in today’s general elections.

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27 June 2011

Thailand: ‘Vote No’ Campaign

Written by Mong Palatino · Elections, Governance

Thais will troop to the polls next week and although the opposition is leading in some surveys, there is still no certainty of any group clinching a landslide victory. Unusually, the election ballot has a ‘no’ option provided to voters, and a movement has been orchestrated by the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), or Yellow Shirts, to encourage citizens to 'Vote No'.

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Updates about Thailand

27 November 2011

English

May Adadol Ingawanij links to a Thai article which provides a profile of Mr. Amphon, a 61-year-old Bangkok resident who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for insulting the Royal Family.

• Mong Palatino

24 November 2011

English

A 61-year-old man in Thailand was given a sentence of 20 years imprisonment after a criminal court has found him guilty of violating the country's Lese Majeste and Computer Crimes law. The man was accused of sending SMS which insulted the Queen

• Mong Palatino

19 November 2011

English

Suluck Lamubol writes about the impact of the Thailand flooding disaster to the country's higher education system. Aside from damages in facilities, many schools are postponing the start of the new school semester.

• Mong Palatino

12 November 2011

English

A Flickr group has been created, Thailand's Great Flood 2011, to gather photos of the flooding in Thailand. The flood disaster is the worst in the country in the past half century.

• Mong Palatino

26 October 2011

English

roosuflood uploads a short video animation on YouTube which explains the flood crisis in Thailand.

• Mong Palatino

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The Committee to Protect Journalists has issued a statement expressing concern about the reported attempt of the Thailand government to censor the citizen-journalist website Thaiflood which has been provising useful updates about the flooding disaster in the country.

• Mong Palatino

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Mahn Saimon reports that Burmese workers who are escaping the floods of Thailand are being arrested by Thai police forces for travelling outside of their permitted zones. There are three million Burmese migrants in Thailand which is currently experiencing the worst floods in half a century.

• Mong Palatino

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