http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/277351/govt-urged-to-set-up-cda-in-3-months
The government should move fast to alter Article 291 of the charter to open the way for the charter drafting assembly (CDA) to be set up, former acting leader of the defunct Thai Rak Thai Party Chaturon Chaisaeng said on Sunday.
DIARY - Asian Market Holidays to December 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/02/diary-asian-holidays-idUSL015638920120202
... APRIL 12 Sri Lanka - Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day FRIDAY, APRIL 13 Sri Lanka - Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day Thailand - Songkran Festival MONDAY, APRIL 16 Thailand - Songkran Festival (Observed) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 Australia - ANZAC Day New Zealand ...
Thai to the bone, But still just Second-Class
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/278331/thai-to-the-bone-but-still-just-second-class
In one gruesome incident, more than 10 residents of his village were killed while celebrating Songkran, a family day held at Sing Khon temple. It followed a misunderstanding over the theft of a gun by Myanmarese militants. That incident triggered a ...
Waterproof Backpacks
http://goasia.about.com/b/2012/01/31/waterproof-backpacks.htm
By Greg Rodgers, About.com Guide January 31, 2012 From Thailand's insane, country-wide waterfight known as Songkran, to traveling through Vietnam during monsoon floods in 2010, I learned that you never know when or where you're going to end up drenched ...
Two Men Receive Electric Shock from Public Power Cable
http://www.pattayapeople.com/default.asp?Folder=16&IdArticle=29845
At the scene, Mr. Somporn Bunsahntier:, aged 33 had been burnt over nearly his whole body, putting him into a coma, and Mr. Songkran Gaewjahn, aged 19, had suffered an open wound to his head. These 2 fellows had both received major shocks from electric ...
Bangkok Post : Village leader slain in Songkhla
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/276157/assistant-village-chief-slain-songkhla
Songkran Chairit, 38, chief of Moo 8 in tambon Prik of Sadao, was driving his friend, Chamnan Suwankruea, 42, back home from his job at the Health Promotion hospital when a gunman in a pickup truck fired on Mr Songkran's pickup with an M16 assault ...
Another Aussie tourist killed in Vang Vieng, Laos, a remote jungle party town
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-rice-bowl/another-aussie-tourist-killed-vang-vieng-laos-remote-jungl
Lao people splash water on tourists during Songkran festivities on April 13, 2008, in Luang Prabang, Laos. (Chumsak Kanoknan/AFP/Getty Images) Two Aussie tourist deaths in a month, both in the same jungly, boozy party town in Laos: Vang Vieng.
More than just a Dragon dance
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/More-than-just-a-Dragon-dance-30174793.html
was just one many treats of the Huayi fest Chinese New Year is perhaps like our Songkran, or Christmas in many countries. Many people take long vacations, travelling with their families or returning to their hometowns to spend time with their families.
