Thaksin returns to Thailand to cheers Feb 28, 2008
"He has to be PM again. It's been very bad for us. No jobs, more crime. Nothing good came from the coup," said Suwan Chaisang, a 43-year-old rice farmer from Nakhon Pathom just north of Bangkok who waited for Thaksin since before dawn. Even though his return appears to have been negotiated carefully, it represents a defeat, possibly temporary, for the military and royalist establishment who sought to erase Thaksin from the political map. (International Herald Tribune)
Pig Manure Sweet Money for Thai Farmer Oct 11, 2007
NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand - For Thai pig farmer Ong-Arj Suwunnatee, going green was not only good for business and the environment, it came as a welcome relief to his neighbours. "Back in the old days, people knocked on my door and complained about the smell," said Ong-Arj, who owns 4,000 pigs in Nakhon Pathom, 55 km (35 miles) west of Bangkok in the heart of Thailand's hog country. (Planet Ark, United States)
Academic accused of insulting Thai king in exam paper Aug 14, 2007
Boonsong has not been charged, but police have interviewed students and other faculty members at the leafy campus in Nakhon Pathom on the outskirts of Bangkok. "We are collecting information," Police Colonel Passakorn Klanwan said. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Arm thy neighbor May 11, 2007
An interesting detail is that the Thai king's autistic grandson, Khun Poom Jensen, enlisted into Or Sor ranks in Nakhon Pathom province when he turned 20 in 2003. He had actually wanted to join the regular army, but his disability made this impractical, and he is quoted saying he was "very happy" to join the Or Sor. (Asia Times Online)
