In the bustling red light districts of Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket, help wanted posters decorate neon lit windows of go go bars offering 30,000 baht per month base salary plus all the private tips a […]
Operation Underground Railroad, anti-child trafficking organization, promoted by the movie “Sound of Freedom”, has begun operations in Thailand. Operation Underground Railroad, aka OUR has announced its grand opening in Thailand with a web page and a Facebook page publicizing […]
Winners – Entrepreneurs who invested in large growing operations. Many foreign and Thai companies have invested in large growing operations, normally indoors with high tech lighting, ventilation and nutrient support systems. -Retailers in major tourist […]
Credit photo by Alpinols AG The text of the draft Thailand Cannabis Decriminalization Act is now available. Some important provisions include: “Household hemp” means the cultivation of cannabis at home for personal consumption in order to maintain […]
Credit photo click here On January 25th, the Narcotics Control Board (NACC) Committee of the Thailand parliament approved, in principle, the removal of cannabis and hemp from the Thailand Narcotics Control Act, Category 5. In theory, […]
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The trial was supposed to represent a battle of morality against corruption, but in a final twist during closing arguments, Bo Xilai dropped a bombshell: that the key government witness, whistle-blower and former Police Chief Wang Lijun, was […]
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US States Looking To Ban Foreign Laws A growing amount of US states are seeking to ban the applicability of foreign law, believing it to exert too much influence over US courts reports the USA […]
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The Bangkok Post has reported that the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) have made a statement condemning the alleged torture of gay and transgender people by police in Myanmar. Police in Mandalay have been conducting […]
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The British House of Commons have passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in England and Wales. It also will allow couples who had previously entered into a civil partnership to convert their relationship to a marriage The bill […]
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International divorces can be very complicated. Different jurisdictions have different requirements. A British expat wife has just lost an appeal to divorce her wealthy husband and therefore now they are still married. The couple lived […]
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President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill essentially preventing the adoption of Russian children by people from countries that allow same-sex marriage. The bill also places the same limits on single people and unmarried couples. […]
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Bolivia has thrown their hat into the ring by announcing today it would consider offering whistle blower Edward Snowden asylum to escape from what it describes as the “US empire”. It is understood that Snowden […]
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Amazon have reported that sales of 1984 have risen by a staggering 5771% in the last few days. It is believed the claims that regarding the National Security Administration (NSA) and Prism, and in particular that the […]
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Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two 2009 G20 summit meetings held in London had their computers monitored and their phone calls intercepted on the authority of their British government hosts, according to documents […]
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Several hundred people marched on Saturday to the U.S. Consulate General and the offices of the Hong Kong government In protest against U.S. surveillance programs and in support of Edward Snowden, the whistle blower,reports the […]
