By Thai Journalism Watch A Yingluck minister said yesterday that negative news on Thai rice, such as about quality, have hurt Thailand’s negotiation position with Iran. “Iran have negotiated the price down because of the negative news report on Thai rice,” said Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Niwatthamrong Bunsongphaisan. He said however, he had…
By Ranger, Thai Intel’s political journalist Tom Plate, the journalist who wrote several books on several iconic figures of Asia, including Thaksin, have just written an article with the title: “Thaksin seems to be everywhere.” Latest rumor in Thailand is that Thaksin plans to relocate from being Dubai based, to be based in London, where…
By Pooky, Thai Intel’s economics journalist Well, local press reports Thailand’s Information Communications and Technology Ministry, have banned a Thai folk song about the “Blue Diamond.” The song is by a very famous and popular Thai folk song artist, Plern Plomdaeng-and many who have heard the song, says on Twitter and Facebook, that there is…
By Stingray, Thai Intel’s national security journalist Bahrain is touting its notorious intelligence apparatus to Yingluck. A few weeks ago, I was telling my sister, that in following, analyzing, and reporting Thai news, I felt that I have become very much negative, in my reaction to what have been going on Thailand. And I told…
By Pooky, Thai Intel’s economics journalist Myanmar, free from political strap-down, is on the threshold of an economic explosion. On the creat of that expansion is the Myanmar Dawei Mega-Ports project. However, frozen in times for decades, Myanmar is still a challenge. And the result is that the Dawei project development has slowed. Thailand, however,…
by Stingray, Thai Intel’s national security journalist I absolutely give up, keeping track of the USA Pacific Fleet and the top echelons at the Pentagon, when it comes to the coming and going of its top people, in relation to these top people’s having a submarine or aircraft carrier background. Christ, it is like following…
By Pooky, Thai Intel’s economics journalist It seems Thailand had embarked on a long global journey, but Thai Intel is calling for Thailand to develop “Core Competencies.” The following is from Wikipedia: A core competency is a concept in management theory originally advocated by CK Prahalad, and Gary Hamel, two business book writers. In their…
By Pooky, Thai Intel’s economics journalist Thailand, for good or bad, globally has a very strong “Symbol of Sex” image. And wherever a Thai goes, individual or business, it is difficult to shake off that image. A Dubai media, just reported that a Thai hotel chain, Dusit Thani, is having difficulties, again, in shaking that…
by Stingray, Thai Intel’s national security journalist On one side is Israel and another is Iran, and with the recent terrorism warning and then the Bangkok bombing-clearly, Thailand is sitting between a rock and a hard place. In the first case, on the terrorism warning last month, Yingluck‘s main reaction was to re-aligned Thailand’s…
By Pooky, Thai Intel’s economics journalist Khao Sod, a local newspaper in Thailand, published a series of pictures of the Iranians Bangkok bombers, in Pattaya, a sex filled globally famous Thai beach resort tourist town, with several Thai women that Khao Sod said were prostitutes. Normally, professional terrorist and assassins-keep a very quiet and…
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