Portal Initiatives
On January 7, 2011, Asia Online launched it’s Thai language consumer portal. The launch was funded in part by CAT Telecom and the Thai Ministry of ICT. All 3.6 million English language Wikipedia articles were translated from English into Thai. Then Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Minister of ICT Chuti Krairiksh launched the site as part of Thailand’s Children’s Day celebrations. A crowd sourcing approach is being taken to proof read the articles after they have been machine translated.
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