ISAAN
Thai cowboys flock to Northern Thailand
Isaan, Thailand's northeast region, has developed its own cowboy culture, since US troops stationed in the country during the Vietnam War over forty years ago, locals say.
 The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is promoting "Tourism Season in Ubon Ratchathani" in order to highlight the province's great attractions and boost sales for local hotels and tour operators. The campaign, which officially began on November 21, 2009, is part of Tourism Authority of Thailand's "Visit I-San Year" campaign and hopes to increase tourism for Ubon Ratchathani, as it develops into an important bridgehead to the Greater Mekong Subregion. |  Thai authorities seized more than 200 animal skins from a temple in Nakhon Ratchasima, Northeastern Thailand. The temple's abbot had been skinning mostly domestic cats and dogs and dyed their skin to resemble that of a tiger and sold them as religious charms. |
Diehard Thaksin loyalist paints rural Thailand redRachel O'Brien AFP 08.02.2010 | Two firms continue oil exploration in northeastern Thailand MCOT 10.01.2010 |
 UDON THANI, Thailand — Kwanchai Praipana's thousands of followers can't see him as he opens his daily radio show with anti-government diatribes, but it hasn't stopped him dressing for the role. |  Despite disappointingly small discoveries of oil in northeastern Thailand, two companies are continuing exploration with hopes that success will be achieved, according to a senior Ministry of Energy official. |
Foreign husbands flock to Thailand's impoverished Isaan The Earth Times 29.10.2009 | Thai PM visits northeastern provinces PM 11.10.2009 |
 Khon Kaen, Thailand - Isaan, as Thailand's 19 north-eastern provinces are called, is the country's poorest region. Degraded soil, a lack of irrigation and dense population have combined to make Isaan the country's fountainhead for factory workers, housemaids, bus boys and bar girls. |  Prime Mnister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Saturday visited the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani province to meet local residents and handed over Bt4.9 million in compensation to Grandma Hai Khanjantha and her family whose ricefields were affected by construction of the Huai Laha Dam. |
Flood situation in North, Northeast remains critical MCOT 05.10.2009 | |
 BANGKOK (UCAN) -- Church groups have provided aid to families whose houses are under water in Ubon Ratchathani, the province worst hit by flooding in northeastern Thailand. |  Flooding in several northern and northeastern provinces, Chaiyaphum, Lampang and Si Sa Ket, remained critical Monday, but the water level in the Chao Phraya River in central Thailand is not worrisome, according to government sources. |
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