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Thai police officers inspect the body of a teacher who was shot dead by suspected separatist Muslim militants as he was travelling to work on a motorcycle in Thailand’s restive southern province of Narathiwat on September 7, 2010. Suspected Islamic militants have killed four people in Thailand’s restive south, police said on September 7, including a teacher whose death sparked calls for …

Wayne is a ‘younger’ retired Englishman living near Doi Saket about 12k from Chiang Mai with his Thai family. His hobbies are guitar playing, keeping in touch with friends and family in the UK, and learning the Thai language. He regards his iPhone as an amazing tool to…

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…

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…

Alla Bout, wife of suspected Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout, speaks during a news conference at Foreign Correspondent Club Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva delivered a stern message to Washington on Wednesday that the extradition…

Umnuayporn Tongprapai gestures as she is transported on a forklift to an ambulance in Bangkok, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. The 603-pound (274-kilogram) woman believed to be the heaviest in Thailand left her apartment for the first time in three years Thursday with the help of Bangkok city hall and the forklift. (AP) A Thai…

A second British man has been arrested in Thailand for alleged involvement in violent anti-government “Red Shirt” protests earlier this year, police said Thursday. Keith Wayne Bush, 49, from Manchester was arrested on arson charges at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Wednesday after arriving on a flight from the United Arab Emirates, according to immigration police. His Thai wife…

The Pathumwan District Court on Friday ordered the release of Australian Conor David Purcell after he confessed to violating the emergency decree, taking into account time already served behind bars. (AP) Full story > > More Thailand pictures can be found at www.ThaiPhotoBlogs.com .

Krittaya Brown, a daughter of a Thai Tourist Police officer, teaches Tourist Police officers how to dance in Chiang Mai, north of Bangkok. Photo: AP Full story > > > More Thailand pictures can be found at www.ThaiPhotoBlogs.com .

Soratean Singkanya, 23, an accused Thai bomber, tries to hide face from cameras as he is taken to the cell by a plainclothes police officer after a police news conference Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Soratean has been arrested for allegedly planting a bomb at Victory Monument during the government suppression of Red Shirt demonstrators on May 19. (AP) Soratean Singkanya…

Spoken by almost 100 percent of the Thai population, Thai is the only national and official language of the country. A survey shows that the people of Thailand take pride in their language, which reflects distinctive culture and traditions passed on from generation to generation…

Following the launch of CNN’s acclaimed app for the iPhone and iPod touch in the United States last year, CNN today announced the availability of the international version of the CNN App on the App Store. I was very pleased to read that CNN have just released an international version of their …

Over the recent long holiday weekend in Thailand, we celebrated two important Buddhist holidays: Asarnha Bucha and Khao Phansa. The first takes place on the full moon day of the eighth lunar month. It commemorates the Buddha’s first sermon to his first five disciples. On this day people celebrate the Triple Gem. This represents…

All over Thailand there are many candle processions this week to mark the start of the Buddhist Rains Retreat. This one I took part in today was a bit more unique as it started on water. This boat procession took place at Bang Phli District in Samut Prakan Province. I was there…

Flank by father Watanyu, left, and mother Rejwanna, right, Witthawat Thaokhamlue speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Witthawat, 17, announced that he would leave the reality show after he set off a scandal as the new season of “Academy Fantasia” reality …

My Bangkok Day Trip for this week is two locations in Samut Prakan Province. Although you can still see the skyscrapers in Bangkok from these places, it is very unlikely that you will meet any other foreigner on this trip. However, be prepared to go off the beaten track a…

We noticed yesterday for the first time that the iPhone 4 is being featured on the front page of Apple’s Thailand wesbite. If you visit http://www.apple.com/th which is Apple’s homepage for Thailand, you will see that there …

Fans of True Academy Fantasia Season 7 will be happy to hear that an iPhone app has just been released for this popular reality show now in its seventh season. You can now watch live streaming of True AF7 as well as a wealth of video archives from the previous week. I tested it out…

A major event is being planned for this weekend in front of Central World at the Ratchaprasong Intersection. This is the heart of the shopping district in Bangkok and many of the traders here were hard hit during the recent red shirt protests. The most affected, of course, were the shops in the ZEN department …

The tragic news over the weekend of the two speedboats that collided near Koh Samui brings back bad memories of my own boat trips. I think just about every time I have been on a boat in Thailand I have always worried about overcrowding and the seemingly lack…