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Master your favorite Thai dishes in your own kitchen with this interactive cookbook application. Learn how to cook Thai food no matter where you are in the world. This is now the second iPhone app produced by the Tourism Authority of Thailand. The first one was the disappointing Eat and Drink in BKK .  As predicted, the follow up is…

Thai farmers use a press to flatten rubber sheets at a farm in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat on September 2, 2010. Thailand on September 2 ordered the central bank to keep a close eye on the baht and ‘prepare measures’ after the currency soared to a 29-month high against the US dollar, Finance Minister Korn…

Facing seizure of their own lands, two families found themselves farming together on the same field, hoping to get through just another rice-farming season like every year. But no matter how much the world is evolving, how much the country is going through economic, political and social changes, they still cannot grasp that ideology of

Facing seizure of their own lands, two families found themselves farming together on the same field, hoping to get through just another rice-farming season like every year. But no matter how much the world is evolving, how much the country is going through economic, political and social changes, they still

Title: Color’s Love (samarn chan) สมาน ฉัน Director: Chawana Mahittichatkul-Pawakanon Starring: Website: Release Date in Thailand: 2 September 2010 Movie Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbfVEkoxTkI

This movie is a follow-up to the popular Sabaidee Luang Prabang. Ray McDonald is a photographer who is down on his luck when he travels to Pakse in Southern Laos to take on an assignment as a wedding photographer. There he meets a beautiful Lao woman

Are you looking for some new apps for your iPhone? Here are the top 10 charts for iPhone apps in the Thailand iTunes store for September 2010. Top 10 Free Apps in Thailand for September 2010: Alarm Clock Pirate Nation BlueTooth Mania Pinball Ride Free Stick Skater Free Pandora …

A view of the Map Ta Phut industrial estate in Rayong province, eastern Thailand in this August 31, 2010 file photo. In a decision that will likely be cheered by foreign investors, a Thai court Thursday ruled that nearly all the projects at Map Ta Phut industrial park can resume operations, despite environmental and health …

Do you want the features of iPhone 4 for not much more than 7,000 Baht? Now you can with the release in America of the new iPod Touch. It does practically everything an iPhone 4 handset does without the expensive carrier charges. Even before the iPhone 4 gets an official release in Thailand, we are already being…

Thailand’s new No. 1 heads agribusiness conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group), which father founded as small Bangkok seed importer. Over the past year stock more than doubled at 3 largest shareholdings: 7-Eleven store operator, CP ALL, on higher profits and successful expansion; as well as food producers Charoen Pokphand Foods and PT Charoen Pokphand on…

The iSomtow Fan App is the easiest way to follow Somtow. Now you have access to Somtow’s music at anytime, anywhere. Who exactly is S.P. Somtow? It would seem that he is different things to different people. I first came across him as the author of some popular books as well as stories in the…

Members of a Thai medical team give ‘first-aid’ to injured passengers during a ‘full-scale emergency’ exercise at Don Muang airport in Bangkok on August 31, 2010. In 2009 there were 28 fatal airline accidents and 749 fatalities across all sectors of the global airline industry, which compares respectively with 34 and 583 for the previous year. (Getty Images) A Thai fireman carries an ‘injured’ man…

Thai forensic policemen inspect the site of a grenade attack at the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) in Bangkok August 31, 2010. A grenade exploded in the compound of theThai state-run broadcaster on Tuesday but no one was injured, police said, the fourth mysterious blast in five weeks during a state of emergency in Bangkok. (Reuters)…

Thai forensic policemen inspect the site of a grenade attack at the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) in Bangkok August 31, 2010. A grenade exploded in the compound of theThai state-run broadcaster on Tuesday but no one was injured, police said, the fourth mysterious blast in five weeks …

Montenegro’s President Milo Djukanovic (R) talks to Thailand’s Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya during their meeting in Podgorica August 30, 2010. Kasit met today with high-ranking Montenegrin officials in a bid to boost bilateral cooperation and relations. (Reuters) More Thailand pictures can be found at www.ThaiPhotoBlogs.com .

One of the best things about living in Thailand is the food. It is not only delicious, but it is also plentiful and cheap. In fact, you can find it on almost any street corner at any time of day or night. I guess we are spoilt in Thailand in having such easy access …

Members of Thai special police unit carry their weapons as they ride motorcycles during an exercise in Yala province, about 1,084 km (674 miles) south of Bangkok. The troubled rubber-rich provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat were part of a Muslim sultanate annexed a century ago by the predominantly Buddhist Thailand. About 80 percent…

This is a weekly look at popular apps for the iPhone as suggested by people living and working in Thailand. This week we hear from @qandrew is a founding partner of Bangkok advertising agency Creative Inhouse Limited and owner of Q Bar…

I spent most of today at Safari World, which is just north of Bangkok. It is a great day out for the family if you are looking for somewhere to go. From Samut Prakan it only took about an hour to get there and it would…

I spent most of today at Safari World, which is just north of Bangkok. It is a great day out for the family if you are looking for somewhere to go. From Samut Prakan it only took about an hour to get there …