Disasters like the tsunami are so destructive that in their wake, everything has to be rebuilt. This destruction actually leaves a blank slate upon which societies can inscribe more equitable norms, m...
Love isn’t easy. Oh, sure, falling in love is sometimes the easiest thing in the world - the catch of breath in your throat when you first see them, the infinite hours spent telling each other your st...
By Eileen Richardson
After falling through too many point-to-point fences when I was younger, I had to give up horse-riding because of sciatica and take up golf instead. I...
Off the Beaten Path – Rock Climbing in Laos
Article kindly donated by Volker Schöffl
It is February 2002 and I have come to Laos as a member of a German-American ...
Hua Hin
In the early 1920s King Prajadhipok decided to build a summer retreat from Bangkok’s politics and from its soaring pre-monsoon temperatures and high humidity. He c...
Thai History – The Bangkok Period
Shortly before the Burmese siege of Ayutthaya ended in its demise as the capital of the nation in the Ayutthaya era of Siamese history, a y...
The situation in Thailand reminds me the old saying "be careful what you ask for you may just get it". In September of 2006, Thailand went through a military coup. The military "asked...
The US-Thai Treaty of Amity is a source of much debate among the expat community in Thailand. The reason for all of the controversy is the Treaty's tentative legality vis-a-vis the World Trade Treaty ...
New York is the major commerce and trade hub across the world. Being the world's foremost city for international finance, culture, politics and entertainment, it welcomes huge number of people from ac...
Over the course of recent years, the cost of prescription drugs has continued to steadily increase to the point where for many people, they are no longer affordable. This includes all drugs in general...
New York City is among the most important center for trade and commerce in the world. Being the world's major cities for politics, international finance, culture and entertainment, it welcomes large n...
In 1946 His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the ninth king of the Chakri dynasty, ascended to the throne. At his coronation ceremony he promised that both he and Queen Sirikit would "reign with r...
WPPM-World Peace And Prosperity Mandate was created to help stop rampant human, civil rights, women and animal abuse, as well as environmental pollution problems around the world and by so doing ma...
WANDERINGS, with Walter Brasch
For release: after Feb. 8, 2008
Flying the Chinese-Made American Flag to Stimulate the Economy
by Walter Brasch
Walking down Main Street, pushing a grocery cart...
The following steps are considered to be the "minimum package" in the strengthening of relationships between countries of origin and national diasporas:
1. The granting to the diaspora of...
Matt Serra is out with a injury for the Dec 29 fight against Matt Hughes (the most dominant welter weight in UFC history).
Hughes is a machine. He has won 41 fights with the same wrestling st...
Here are some factors that will "Pre-qualify" you and help you decide whether or not you are a retiree candidate for Pattaya Thailand
1. You have to be open to new adventurers; Pattaya is a f...
China has been forced into an inflationary boost to domestic oil product prices by the surging world price which yesterday topped $US96 a barrel.
The Chinese Government raised the price of petr...
The mobile telecommunications industry in Thailand is both
dynamic and undergoing a period of profound change. This
article takes a look at the current Thai mobile landscape
and investigates what t...
Traveling in Asia can be ridiculously cheap and fun if you know what you're doing. Cheap Asian travel is done by being intelligent with your cash and being well informed of what is going on. Last year...