I realize this has been around for a while and I think I even remember seeing it on the Discovery Channel or somewhere like that, but this video off a train passing through a crowded market in Thailand never ceases to amaze me.

Here is something a bit different for your weekend viewing pleasure. . . It is the trailor for a new soap opera out of Thailand titled War of Angels.
The new soap opera focuses on the sexual scandal of a handsome married pilot, and a group of jealous air hostesses fighting for his love. The […]

Over at Travelhappy they’ve got a pretty amazing collection photos of Hello Kitty fashion mashups that depict the Mouthless Princess in a variety of not-so-Kitty-like poses and settings. All of the items were found on sale in Bangkok, Thailand.

As found in a Bangkok mall yesterday - the Sin City / Hello Kitty handbag mashup! We […]

According to the report below, Thai women lead the world in exacting revenge on their men by releiving them if their most cherished possessions. So much so that Thai doctors have become the world’s top experts in penil reconstructive surgery.

* Chin is a word used in Japanese to refer to the male member.
Via Asian […]

This 2004 Thai movie is technically within the scope of Japundit but definitely relevant (maybe) because it reminds me of Gozu for some reason. Probably a far-fetched reason. But I saw this the other day and was greatly impressed. You will like it!
Movies from Thailand used to be kind of ho-hum but the director Wisit […]

Mainichi Wai Wai has a summary of a report from the Asahi Geino weekly magazine that suggests males can avoid a long list of maladies and ensure long life by engaging in an exercise that is best described as “stretching the sack.”
Inoma, former managing editor of music magazine Oricon Style and now lead singer of […]

Following on from Paul’s post this morning about using Kitty-chan (Hello Kitty) to humiliate your cat, well it appears it can also be used to humiliate corrupt policemen.
If further proof were needed that Sanrio’s ‘finest’ is an instrument of torture, it comes from Thailand. Poorly-performing plods there are being made to wear pink Kitty armbands, […]

A female Thai prisoner, 24-year-old Samson Sor Siriporn, is believed to be the first person to win a world boxing title while serving a jail term.
Serving a ten-year sentence for selling amphetamines, she beat Ayaka Miyano of Japan in the fight held at Klong Prem prison, also known as the “Bangkok Hilton”.
The bout, which was […]

Some funny videos from Thailand promoting exercise.

Thai ladyboy band “Venus Flytrap” performs in Bangkok.
Since these are scantily-clad guys dressed up to look like scantily-clad gals, I guess it has a little of something for all of our Japundit readers.

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A North Korean soldier demonstrates his country’s latest rock-it technology in this AP photo as he launches a missile at a photographer shooting images from a boat near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong.

The textual warnings about the dangers of tobacco use required on cigarette packages in the U.S. and Japan come off sounding pretty darn tepid compared with the graphic warnings in Thailand.

But Thailand isn’t the only country that requires graphic warning.
Man. . . If that’s not enough to get you […]

On October 9, an annual vegitarian festival was held in Phyket Province in Thailand. At the festival, participants look for innovative ways to pierce their bodies. What this has to do with vegitarianism is a mystery to me, but here are two of the participants at the festival, one pierced by a floor lamp, and […]

Police are reporting that Thailand has become the place to go for crooks, fugitives, and terrorists looking for fake and altered passports.
“The people who use these fake documents and passports are terrorists, fugitives and people illegally transferring or laundering money or opening bank accounts,” said Col. Chote Kuldiloke, who oversees such investigations at the […]

Filipina supermodel and avowed vegetarian Isabel Roces poses on a pile of peppers in Bangkok, Thailand recently in order to mark the start of a campaign to promote vegetarianism.
Roces’ efforts are aimed at getting people to kick the meat habit, which she claims is the best way to “stay trim, fight animal abuse, and […]

A panel of nine anti-corruption commisioners in Thailand were found guilty of corruption recently for awarding themselves illegal extra payments.
“They were guilty of misusing their authority to benefit their own interest, which has caused damage to the National Counter Corruption Commission,” a judge said in reading the hour-long verdict.
However, the court suspended their two-year […]

Looking for a unique dining experience during your visit to Taiwan? You may wish to visit the restaurant shown in the accompanying photo. What’s that, you say? That’s not a restaurant, that’s a plumbing fixture supply house? Au contraire—that is the Marton Theme Restaurant of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, so named because the name Marton resembles matong, […]

Miss Universe organizers found themselves the target of religious outrage when photos of bikini-clad contestants with the famed Wat Arun, or “Temple of Dawn,” in the background in the background infuriated religious leaders.
According to Phra Thep Dilok, head of the National Center for Buddhism Promotion, “This is the time of Visakha Bucha when […]

The health ministry of Thailand has issued a warning to young men about injecting liquid into their penile members.
It seems that men in Thailand have been injecting olive oil, paraffin, lubricant gel, and other liquids for decades in an attempt to enlarge their love muscles. Recently, however, health officials say that the practice has […]