of local events and other articles which may relate to interests in the region. As well as news, the content covers restaurants, resorts and sporting activities, especially golf as there are many golf courses in the region with major events.The Korat Daily - Thai language paper owned by Mr Soontorn Janrungsee; has the largest circulation in the region, with some 22 million inhabitants. It maintains strong international links with various news organizations and provides in-depth coverage of local, regional, and international affairs. It also publishes the English-language weekly The Korat Post.The Korat Post - English language monthly formerly published by Mrs Tongmuan Anderson, the wife of a former US Peace Corps volunteer and the paper's editor and translator, Frank G Anderson. The paper derived its news from local and visiting sources, from village events to national occurrences. Begun in April 1999, it was independent and has even indicated its opposition, editorially, to government policies. It also provided translations of other local Thai language papers for English readers. The newspaper ceased publication of a hard copy edition in May 2005.Thailands Tidende is a monthly Norwegian-language newspaper published in Pattaya. Advertising revenues Ad spending in Thai media for the first nine-months of 2018: All media: down 0.67 percent year-on-year (Jan–Sep 2017 - Jan–Sep 2018) to 78.34 billion baht Magazines: down 35.37 percent Newspapers: down 22.71 percent Cable/satellite TV: down 21.03 percent Transit media: down 2.34 percent Outdoor media: up 7.96 percent Cinema: up 6.4 percent In-store media: up 5.28 percent Internet: up 2.84 percent TV: 2.18 percent Radio: up 1.97 percent Censorship Internet The national constitution of Thailand provides for the right of unrestricted expression whereas the government intensely restricts it. The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) actively blocks Thai ISPs from accessing websites it deems offensive, mainly pornography sites, but political sites, particularly those having to do with the South Thailand insurgency are also blocked. One of the largest Internet forums in Thailand is pantip.com, which often contains political discussions and criticism of the government, is currently shut down due to MICT. It was allowed to freely operate. Users, however, were required to register their identities using their national identification number. The website of Midnight University was ordered shut down by the military junta after the 2006 Thailand coup. On 25 August 2020, Facebook accused Thai government of forcing it to block a group believed to be critical of