With the Thai prime minister dissolving Parliament to pave the way for general elections on July 3, what’s in store for the Land of Smiles?
VALERIE STICHER
Last year, the King and Queen of Thailand celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. It provided an opportunity for some reminiscing on the part of the Thai media.
VIVIENNE KHOO
A few good men will decide the fate of more than 200,000 fishermen and farmers along the Mekong River.
IRIN
The true story of a small fishing village that produced one of the country’s top football teams – without having an inch of land for a pitch.
The asia! team
Thailand’s border camp population remains constant despite third country resettlement.
IRIN
As many as 1 million people in Thailand may be involved in sex tourism. Is this really as bad as it sounds?
BANGKOK DAN
A car crash paralyzed his left arm, so Somsak Hemran learnt to play guitar with just one hand.
The asia! team
A Hmong American woman attempts to explain what her ethno-linguistic group is about.
MAIBAO (MAIV NPAUJ)
It’s the Chinese Year of the Rabbit! To celebrate all that is fluffy and floppy, we bring you 12 of the world’s most famous bunnies.
CLARISSA TAN
Looks like meat, tastes like meat, but it sure isn’t meat. Linda Shiue draws upon her vegetarian experience to grant us Thai Mock Duck Curry – a recipe for the conflicted carnivore (or vegetarian).
LINDA SHIUE
Chasing thrills and spills, I took the Loop-the-Loop roller coaster in Bangkok – where my spectacles flew off.
JEROME LIM
Mooncakes, coyotes and Wendi Deng - we bring you asia!’s Top Ten stories from 2010
asia! team
Is Burma on the cusp of change? Will 2011 be radically different or will it just be more of the same? Here is a month-by-month look at what the New Year might bring for Burma.
KYAW ZWA MOE
It’s that time of the year again! Get into the game of Hmong ball tossing and find a mate on the spot.
MAIBAO (MAIV NPAUJ)