Yvonne Bohwongprasert, a former newspaper journalist with more than 26 years’experience covering social issues, lifestyle and entertainment, reflects on theremarkable rise of Thai Girl Love — and what happens when the emotional investment of devoted fans becomes part of the business model. UNTIL A few years ago, Girl Love, or GL, was
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Tortured Finnish girl rescued at Sa Kaeo
THAI Immigration police together with representatives from several agencies and the Finnish Embassy rescued an 11-year-old Finnish girl who was held captive and tortured at a house in Sa Kaeo province and arrested a Finnish couple for overstaying their visa, Amarin TV said this morning (Jan. 23). The team raided the house in Watthana
Read moreJapanese man held for forcing 12-year-old Thai girl into sex work
A JAPANESE man who runs a massage parlour in Tokyo was arrested on charges of luring 12-year-old Thai girl into prostitution with the girl’s biological mother having left her there for sex work, Naewna newspaper quoted Japanese media as saying today (Nov. 7). The girl arrived in Japan with her mother late June on
Read moreThailand was the turning point where ‘Nobody’s Girl’ went from victim to warrior
“NOBODY’S GIRL” Virginia Roberts Giuffre found love, freedom and healing in Thailand. Although media coverage of her tell-all biography has been dominated by her contacts with the now defrocked prince Andrew and an Israeli former Prime Minister, it contains two heart-warming chapters narrating how she met her future husband in Chiang
Read moreThai-Swedish girl rescued from foreign dad who molested her
UDON THANI police rescued a 16-year-old Thai-Swedish girl from her foreign father after he had molested her several times with her mother revealing that he had raped her from the age of 13 till got pregnant and gave birth to this girl, Naewna newspaper said this morning (May 15). This northeastern province’s Deputy Governor
Read moreNew documentary called ‘The Stringer’ disputes who took AP’s ‘napalm girl’ photo in Vietnam
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Park City, Utah – After a half-century of public silence, a freelance photographer from Vietnam has asserted he took one of the most renowned and impactful photos of the 20th century — the image of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack in South Vietnam that has long
Read morePolice help Cambodian girl abandoned by parents in Pattaya
A 10-year-old Cambodian girl who was abandoned by her parents at Pattaya beach was helped by police after local residents and tourists saw her crying last night (July 29), Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. Pattaya City police went to help the child at 10 p.m. after being alerted that she was sitting and crying
Read moreIsraeli girl dies in fall from songthaew at Patong beach
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD Israeli girl died after falling from a songthaew passenger vehicle at Phuket’s Patong beach last night (May 16) with her parents seen enjoying the ride there, Amarin TV said this afternoon. Pol. Maj. Rungruang Sakhon, an inspector at Patong police station, quickly went to Patong Hospital to check on Miss Nbaa Bahnasi,
Read moreEgyptian girl drowns at Phang Nga waterfall
A SIX-YEAR-OLD Egyptian girl drowned at Ton Pariwat waterfall in Phang Nga province after slipping off a small concrete bridge while posing for photos this afternoon (July 26), TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Uthen SiriPhuwadol, head of Ton Pariwat Wildlife Sanctuary where this waterfall, locally called Namtok Song Phraek, is located
Read moreGroup says it has video clip of a Bangkok councillor sexually abusing teen girl
THE social welfare group Zendai (Thread) said this afternoon (July 12) they have a video clip of a Bangkok councillor sexually harassing a teenage girl at his condominium and will now submit a report to Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt to take action, Naewna newspaper said. Speaking at the group’s centre in Phahonyothin Soi 11,
Read moreMan yearning for a son kills his newborn daughter
A THAI man of Chinese descent was arrested in Chiang Mai last night (Sept. 23) on the charges of killing his seven-day-old daughter after deep disappointment that she was not born a boy as he had so yearned for, Thai Rath newspaper reported today. Pol. Col. Kittipong Phetchamunee, head of Chang Phueak station, arrested Mr.
Read moreYoung girl survives being hanged by her mother who dies
Nakhon Si Thammarat – A woman suffering from clinical depression hanged her 11-year-old daughter before hanging herself but the young girl survived after the rope came undone and she screamed for help from neighbours, PostToday reported late afternoon (June 4, 2020). Pol Capt Paisal Damchan, deputy inspector for investigation at Pak Phanang station, rushed to
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