@photo_journ's newsblog by John Le Fevre

Kaavan’s great escape photo special (video & gallery)

A real life fairy tale: Cambodia provides sanctuary to Kaavan, the world’s loneliest elephant (video & gallery) *updated

Does Thailand’s failure to communicate mask a bigger problem?

Songkran Bangkok 2015 photo special (gallery)

Asean’s “growth Olympian” unveils FDI offensive at regional investment conference (video)

Camera Drones: a necessary tool of 21st century photo-journalism, but concerns remain

Thailand

Thailand’s body armour laws lost in translation

Something is lost in translation in Thailand where armed anti-government protesters are able to readily access bullet-proof vests and other ballistic…

By John Le Fevre on April 10, 2014

The death of Thai democracy: the removal of Yingluck Shinawatra in photos (galleries)

An attempt by a small number of predominantly right-wing Bangkokians supported by Thailand’s second oldest political party*, the Democrat Party, to…

By John Le Fevre on December 21, 2013

Inside the factory building Thailand’s Mercedes-Benz’s photo special (gallery)

About 70 per cent of the Mercedes-Benz vehicles sold in Thailand by the country’s 30 dealerships are manufactured at the Thai…

By John Le Fevre on October 2, 2013

Editorial

Is Myanmar another Rwanda genocide in the making?

The events of the last two weeks in Myanmar bear…

By John Le Fevre on March 31, 2013

Thailand FM: Thais need educating that foreigners visiting Thailand are not targets

The image of Thailand’s high-value tourism industry has taken a…

By John Le Fevre on July 29, 2012

Betrayal in the land of smiles — the death of Gareth Paul Davies

The death of Leicestershire English teacher Gareth Davies is one…

By John Le Fevre on March 30, 2012

Indonesia

Indonesian Merpati Nusantara flight missing over Papua

Indonesian authorities have suspended a land and air search for a Merpati Nusantara flight that lost contact with air traffic controllers Sunday morning over the rugged Papua forest…

By John Le Fevre on August 2, 2009

Jakarta hotels rocked by terrorist blasts: 9 dead (video)

Nine people have been killed and more than 40 others injured in almost simultaneous early morning bomb blast at two Jakarta luxury hotels. The Ritz-Carlton and the nearby…

By John Le Fevre on July 17, 2009

Malaysia

Asia gets high speed internet with new AAG cable

Internet users in Asia and the US should experience higher data throughput speeds between the two regions when…

By John Le Fevre on July 24, 2009

Sadistic Malaysian employer Yim Pek Ha jailed for 18-years for abusing maid out on bail

In August 2007 I wrote Death of maid in Malaysia highlights endemic foreign worker abuse which chronicled the…

By John Le Fevre on March 23, 2009

Photo galleries and video specials

Pictorial specials
Video specials
Asean news
Other Topics

Thailand Labour Day 2013 photo special (gallery)

Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has promised to review…

Best in the world: Thailand’s low-cost, distance learning solution (gallery)

At a nondescript ceremony inside the grounds of Wang…

Red-shirts return to Ratchaprasong for anniversary of deadly 2010 crackdown (gallery)

One year after the violent military crackdown against red-shirt…

Behind the scenes at Miss Tiffany’s Universe 2011 (gallery)

The 27th Miss Tiffany’s Universe transgender beauty pageant came…

Wet season strain shows it’s time to move Bangkok, but money talks louder (video)

The onset of the wet season in Bangkok brings…

Thai authorities seek jet-setting, playboy monk Wirapol Sukphol (video) *updated

The behaviour of a previously little-known Thailand monk has…

King Bhumibol tulip blooms in Chiang Mai for first time (video)

Flower lovers visiting the Royal Park Rajapruek in Chiang…

Precedent set as Brit Lee Aldhouse returned to face Phuket murder charge (video) *updated

Fugitive English national Lee Aldhouse made Thailand and English…

Asean news headlines

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Brunei news headlines

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Cambodia news headlines

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Indonesia news headlines

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Thailand’s education system hampering auto manufacturing industry’s growth

One of the great success stories of Thailand manufacturing…

Thai Red Cross trial claims functional HIV cure found

A Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS) research project has…

Hold the phone, Thailand telcos “worse than unanaesthetised root-canal”

Getting connected to mobile phone and data services in…

Tear gas mystery as Bangkok protest fizzles (video)

A protest rally aimed at toppling the Thailand government…

Medical science

US demands royalties on influenza A(H1N1) Mexican swine flu vaccine as thousands more fall ill (video)

An intergovernmental meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) has failed to reach an agreement on sharing influenza virus research material and access to…

By John Le Fevre on May 17, 2009

Trial reports sunlight reduces advanced breast cancer *updated

Researchers in the US have found that increased exposure to sunlight, which increases levels of vitamin D in the body, may decrease the risk…

By John Le Fevre on October 23, 2007

Nerve growth trials bring hope

Trials about to get underway in the UK may soon enable doctors to regenerate injured nerves in people and bring damaged limbs and organs…

By John Le Fevre on October 19, 2007

Business

Four agreements & panda diplomacy neuters US President’s Thailand visit

Just days after being fawned over by US President Barack Obama on a whirlwind Southeast Asia tour Thailand has signed four bilateral memorandum of agreements with regional powerhouse…

By John Le Fevre on November 21, 2012

Corruption

Get me out of here pleads Leicestershire English teacher Gareth Davies

A gravely ill English language teacher in Thailand, Gareth Davies, has phoned friends and relatives begging to be…

By John Le Fevre on March 22, 2012

Environment

2011 Thailand flood could be more destructive than Asian financial crisis (video) *updated

For the second consecutive weekend residents of Bangkok have been told to prepare for widespread flooding as an…

By John Le Fevre on October 22, 2011

Human rights

Backflip on Thailand TPP membership talks

In an apparent backflip on a proposed Thailand TPP membership application, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Saturday…

By John Le Fevre on November 17, 2012

Technology

The Best Spinner: an essential tool for all freelance journalists

Freelance journalism has always been a challenging career choice and the global economic contractions of the last couple…

By John Le Fevre on October 17, 2010

Journalism

Chiang Mai tourist death hotel mystery remains, governor slams foreign media report

Mystery still surrounds the deaths of six foreign tourists and a Thai tourist guide who stayed at The…

By John Le Fevre on May 14, 2011

NGOs

Someone is harassing MSF in Rakhine State Myanmar, but it’s a secret who

When it comes to bizarre media releases it’s hard to go past one issued today (Nov 5) by…

By John Le Fevre on November 5, 2012

Selected Thailand legislation

Thailand Communicable Disease Act
This is an unofficial translation of the Thailand Communicable Disease Act At the end of this post you can download a...
Thailand Arms Control Act
This is an unofficial translation of the Thailand Arms Control Act At the end of this post you can download a pdf ver...
Thailand Internal Security Act
At the end of this post you can download a pdf version of the Thailand Internal Security Act Unofficial Translation ...
Thailand minimum daily wage per province from April 1, 2012
Thailand minimum daily wage per province from April 1, 2012 At the end of this post you can download a pdf version of...
Thailand Foreign Employment Act
This is an unofficial translation of the Foreign Employment Act in Thailand At the end of this post you can download ...
Thailand Social Security Act
This is an unofficial translation of the Thailand Social Security Act At the end of this post you can download a pdf ...