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For the girl, her Western suitor might prove the mature and sophisticated companion she had always lacked; for the man, his Eastern consort could be the attentive, demure and sumptuously compliant goddess of his dreams.
— Video Night in Kathmandu by Pico Iyer (Vintage departures) (Page 301)
"Massaged to death". Seriously. Y'all be careful out there. #Thailand #BangkokPost https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2916071/thai-singer-dies-after-3-massage-sessions
#Thailand temple abbot found hiding 73 corpses, to use for traditional training of monks to meditate in the face of death.
200 monkeys escape and run riot in #Thailand town, forcing police to barricade themselves in their own station
“#Thailand will grant citizenship to nearly 500,000 long-term residents, most of them members of ethnic minorities, with the aim of improving national security and the economy, officials said. While #immigration is a hot-button political issue in many countries, in Thailand, where its remote border lands have for centuries been populated by a patchwork of hill tribe communities, the plan has stirred little, if any, serious opposition.” #Asia #AsiaPol #Migration #Refugees https://www.rfa.org/english/myanmar/2024/11/15/myanmar-thai-citizenship/
Happy Loy Krathong everyone! Here in Thailand it is the holiday to honor the water and river goddess Khongkha, thanking her for providing us with water. It is when people go to festivals and put small offerings on a floating illuminated little boat made of banana leaves or a coconut shell.🌊 🌊 🌊 ✨✨✨
#southeastasia #thai #thailand #holidays #loykrathing #loykrathong2024 #culture #art #arts #nature #water #beautiful
The view from here, this afternoon ...
#KohYaoYai
#Thailand
“You’re not going to heal, you’re not going to be able to move on as a nation if you can’t settle this. How do you put this behind you? You have to be fair, you have to be honest, and you have to do it keeping in mind … human dignity, and right now I don’t see any of that.” #TakBai #Thailand #Asia #HumanRights cc: @VOANews https://www.voanews.com/a/hopes-for-justice-expire-20-years-after-thailand-s-tak-bai-massacre/7839297.html
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! The Marriage Equality Bill has received royal endorsement and was published in the Royal Gazette, officially making #Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to officially recognize same-sex marriage! It takes 120 days for laws to process here. In case you didn't know, I live in Thailand, my wife is Thai, and in 120 days we will be able to legally marry in Thailand, along with millions of other queer people who have waited SO LONG for this day. Love wins!! #LGBTQ
Python snake grabs a woman in #Thailand in her kitchen, squeezes her two hours before she can be freed
#Thailand extradites #Malaysian fugitive to #China over US$14 billion #cryptocurrency scam | #tootsea
Thai court orders dismissal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin - YouTube AlJazeera
« #Thailand’s Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office for appointing a minister with a criminal conviction, throwing the kingdom into new political turmoil. »
Move Forward: #Thailand court dissolves reformist party that won election and wanted reform of monarchy insult rules because… it insulted monarchy.
