<p>A working group set up by the Ministry of Education to investigate a series of illustrated children&rsquo;s books about the pro-democracy movement said that five out of the 8-book series are likely to lead to violence in children.</p>

<p>You may not have noticed this, but the escalators on the underground MRT in Bangkok have signs telling you not to walk and to hold onto the handrail.&nbsp; But on the BTS skytrain, they tell you to walk on the left and stand on the right.</p> <p>Certainly the vast majority of passengers seem to be ignoring the signs.&nbsp; This could be the confusion of having different systems in the same city, but I suspect it’s just the regular scoff-law attitude you get round here.</p>