Thailand and Singapore prime ministers perform The Beatles' 'Let It Be' in Bangkok

Nice! A late Beatlemania in Southeast Asia? Just kidding!

(193) Thailand and Singapore prime ministers perform The Beatles' 'Let It Be' in Bangkok - YouTube

Lords of the flies: Thailand's edible insect innovators

Nice headline! Sounds so delicious! Bon appetit! Just kidding!

Lords of the flies: Thailand's edible insect innovators - Nikkei Asia "Entrepreneurs are turning six-legged livestock into protein, pet food and probiotics"

Protein meal made from black soldier fly larvae is inspected during quality control ...

How Thailand Went From Asian Leader to Laggard - Bloomberg

Recommendable!

(236) How Thailand Went From Asian Leader to Laggard - YouTube

Is Thailand ready to become a super-aged society?

Recommendable! Not only Western countries are facing fast aging societies!

Thai travel boom: What’s behind Japan’s popularity

Recommendable!

Are Vietnam and Thailand helping China dodge US tariffs?

Good question! Or how about other countries?

Since the tariffs are not applied uniformly across all countries certainly opportunities for circumvention abound.

"A sharp increase in exports from several Southeast Asian countries to the U.S. this year is stirring the debate over claims that Chinese goods are being rerouted to evade American tariffs. ..."

Are Vietnam and Thailand helping China dodge US tariffs? - Nikkei Asia

Can Thailand Beat Its Southern Insurgency? with James Ker-Lindsay

Recommendable!

Will the Thai Canal finally be built? How eager is China? Will Japan support it?

I must admit either I forgot or I never heard of this major civil engineering project that could well compete with the Panama Canal or Suez Canal!

"The Thai Canal .. also known as the Kra Canal ... or the Kra Isthmus Canal ..., is any of several proposals for a canal that would connect the Gulf of Thailand with the Andaman Sea across the Kra Isthmus in southern Thailand. Such a canal is suggested to significantly reduce travel times through heavily-navigated trade routes.

The canal would provide an alternative to transit through the Strait of Malacca and shorten transit for shipments of oil to Japan and China by 1,200 km. China refers to it as part of its 21st century maritime Silk Road. Proposals, as of 2015, measure 102 kilometres long, 400 meters wide and 25 meters deep. ...

A canal through the Kra Isthmus, which would shorten shipping times around Asia, was suggested as early as 1677. Thai King Narai asked the French engineer de Lamar to survey the possibility of building a waterway to connect Songkhla with Marid (now Myanmar), but the idea was discarded as impractical with the technology of that time. ..."

Thai Canal - Wikipedia

Credits: Thailands Jahrhundertentscheidung

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There is 'no political will' to solve Thai-Cambodian border dispute, analyst says

Recommendable! Cambodia has no air force.

Thailand launches air strikes along Cambodia border as renewed fighting breaks out

Bad news! Hopefully, this will not escalate! Peacemaker President Trump needs to be active again!

Thai, Cambodia leaders sign expanded ceasefire witnessed by President Trump

Update at 23:25 on 10/26/2025: Trump also co-signed the ceasefire agreement.

Good news! Blessed are the peacemakers! Nobel Peace Prize for Trump!

"The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia signed an enhanced ceasefire deal on Sunday in the presence of US President Donald Trump, whose intervention in their fierce border conflict earned him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. ...

The two countries, in a joint declaration, committed to establishing an ASEAN observer team, military de-escalation and removal of heavy weapons from their border area, with Thailand agreeing to release 18 Cambodian prisoners of war if the measures were implemented.

They also agreed to coordinate on removing landmines, which were the trigger for the fighting after a Thai soldier was maimed during a border patrol. Thailand has accused Cambodia, one of the world's most landmine-scarred countries, of laying new ordnance, which it denies. ..."

President Donald Trump present at ceasefire deal signing | The Jerusalem Post "Thailand and Cambodia signed a strengthened ceasefire in Kuala Lumpur, witnessed by US President Donald Trump."

Thai sex scandal: Police arrest 35 year old woman who allegedly seduced, blackmailed about 12 high ranking Buddhist monks

She reportedly has several children with these monks. She blackmailed some $12 million from these monks. Apparently, she also videotaped her romantic encounters.

Celibacy is tough!

Wilawan Emsawat, 35, is said to have slept with several monks and has been accused of extortion

Cambodia-Thailand | Heading for War? with James Ker-Lindsay

Recommendable!

3 Prime MInisters in 3 days: What’s Behind Thailand’s Political Chaos? with Palki Sharma

Recommendable!

Thai athlete, 105, in league of his own at World Masters Games

Good news! Stay fit and you will be in a class of your own outcompeting everyone else! 😊

"As the only competitor in his age group, the 105-year-old former school principal won gold at all four events." 

Thai PM Paetongtarn in hot water over leaked call with Cambodia's Hun Sen

Bad news!

"Less than a year after its formation, the government of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is in crisis as a key party leaves the ruling coalition over a leaked conversation related to Thailand's border disputes with Cambodia.

 

On Wednesday evening, the Bhumjaithai Party, the second biggest in Paetongtarn's government, announced its exit, leaving the ruling coalition with only a slim majority in the lower house. Meanwhile, public anger has grown against the prime minister, with some calling for her resignation."

Thailand's prime minister in hot water over leaked audio: 5 things to know - Nikkei Asia

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Source: Nikkei Asia

Thailand vs Cambodia | The 1,000-Year-Old Temple Fueling a New Border Dispute

Recommendable! Hopefully peace will prevail! There is a long history of Hinduism in Southeast Asia.

Why Southeast Asia is a hotbed for Chinese criminal gangs

Recommendable!

Bild: So wählen deutsche Rentner in Thailand

Briefwahl aus Thailand! 😊

Egg-Harvesting Scheme in the Republic of Georgia involved Thai women and a Chinese criminal syndicate

Bad news!

"The Georgian Interior Ministry has launched an investigation into human trafficking after several women who sought work there as surrogates reported being forced to have their eggs removed. 

Background: Last month, three Thai women were reportedly rescued from a house in Tbilisi. Thai police said the women were brought to Georgia by a Chinese criminal syndicate under the pretense of surrogacy—and were then forced to have their eggs removed for others’ IVF procedures. 

Impact: The accusations have sent “shockwaves” through the international surrogacy industry in Georgia, which has seen a boom since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine."

Global Health NOW: Stifled Oxygen Access; Gaps at Planned Parenthood; and ‘Egg-Harvesting Scheme’ Shocks Surrogacy Sector