More On Shot Foreign Journalists

July 30, 2010

One more follow up regarding the two killed foreign journalists. The Bangkok Post featured a short article on the mother of the shot Italian journalist, where she stated that she wants to find out the truth about the case. I guess she is aware of the fact that this won’t be an easy task. And [...]

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Thai Government – Army Pulling The Strings

July 30, 2010

The Washington Post recently published an article worth quoting: Since the quelling of the Red Shirt pro-democracy protests in May, Thailand has witnessed a show of unity between Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, whose legitimacy in office has been questioned, and the military, a key player in the government’s stability. Local media – especially those controlled [...]

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Yet Another Explosion Seriously Injuring One

July 30, 2010

Today there has been another explosion in Bangkok, apparently from a grenade or bomb in the middle of the night. The explosive was put in the garbage and exploded when a scrap-collector touched it. It happened at Soi Rangnam, near Victory Monument.

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Thai Government Obstructing Investigations Into Deaths Of Two Foreign Journalists?

July 29, 2010

Today the Thai government got criticized for the way the “investigated” the shootings of two foreign journalists during the protests in April and Mai.The Committee to Protect Journalists (based in New York) released a report that stated that the government investigations were “incomplete and opaque”. What’s more – investigations by embassies, relatives of victims and [...]

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State of Emergency in Bangkok Extended & PAD On The Streets Again

July 27, 2010

Today, two major things happened in Bangkok. One was that Thailand’s prime minister Abhisit announced that the emergency decree is going to stay in place, because of the bombing on the weekend that killed one and injured ten. (According to a Suan Dusit poll, this decision is backed by large parts of the Bangkok population [...]

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Online Censorship in Thailand (113,000 Websites And Counting)

July 27, 2010

Asia Sentinel published an article on internet censorship in Thailand a couple of days ago. It reveals that the current Thai government has blocked at least 113,000 websites, apparently because they are a threat to national security. The MICT (Ministry of Information and Communication Technology) and the CRES (Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situations) [...]

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Elections, Imprisoned Candidates, Bombs & More State of Emergency

July 26, 2010

Yesterday at 5:45 PM  a bomb exploded at a bus stop near the Big C shopping mall in Rajaprasong, where the red shirts protested earlier this year. One 51-year old man got killed, and ten people got wounded. This happened directly after the by-election for Bangkok MP -  the ruling Democrat Party won with 54% [...]

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Drug Problems in Deep Southern Thailand

July 16, 2010

Here’s an interesting video from Al Jazeera on drug problems in Thailand’s deep South. They’re using a drug you probably never heard of called 4×100 that includes the powder of flourescent light bulbs.

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Silent Anger In Isaan

July 14, 2010

David Streckfuss published an article in the Wall Street Journal that is very critical of the current government’s strategy. Worth a read, specially in terms of how it portrays the current situation in Isaan: Fearing arrest or worse, many leaders have fled the region, gone underground or remained silent. They worry they are being watched [...]

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Thailand Business Magazine: Director

July 14, 2010

Director Magazine is an English-language magazine for business leaders in Thailand. Now, you can read the first digital edition of Director Magazine online for free at issuu.com. If you’re involved in the corporate world in Thailand, it’ll be of interest to you.

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Elephant Feeding Verboten

July 14, 2010

In case you wonder what “verboten” is, it’s the German word for prohibited. Bangkok residents and tourists often encounter mahouts with their elephants on the streets of Bangkok. For 20 baht, you can buy some sugar cane from the mahout and feed it to the elephant. This is good for the mahout, and bad for [...]

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25 Million Eggs A Day – Some of Them Barbequed

July 13, 2010

Apparantly, Thailand produces 25-26 million eggs a day. I don’t know if that is a lot or a little in comparison to other countries, but that means Thai’s don’t even eat half an egg by day – where I in generally always was under the impression that they are a country that’s prone of eggs. [...]

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Bangkok Voted World’s Best City

July 9, 2010

The readers of the “Travel + Leisure” magazine have voted Bangkok as the world’s best city. I can think of a thousand reasons why I this is totally justified. Not that I have compared Bangkok to every other city in the world (there are still a couple missing on my list), but I’m very confident [...]

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Pet Funerals in Buddhist Temples

July 5, 2010

Even though the current political situation has still enough serious topics to blog about, I feel that this rather refreshing tidbit is well-worthy of attention too. Most of the cremated animals are of course dogs and cats, but even turtles, rabbits, monkey and fish (!) had the honor of receiving a funeral at Wat Klong [...]

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Santi Asoke at it again

May 31, 2010

      It looks as though Major General Chamlong Srimuang is up to his old tricks again.  This delightful photo is courtesy of the Bangkok Post’s Monday May 31st, 2010 online edition.  Their caption reads: While monks and activists staged a dhamma peace march past the burnt-out CentralWorld, parliament prepared to meet, with MPs [...]

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What’s the real 2011 defense budget?

May 28, 2010

In an article on the Bangkok Post, it stated that: “The Defence Ministry denies claims it is being rewarded for leading the crackdown on red shirts last week with a larger budget in the coming year.” “Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said yesterday the proposed 2011 budget allocation for his ministry is actually smaller than that [...]

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U.S. Department of State May 19th daily press briefing off camera or change you will never see

May 26, 2010

Gordon Duguid Department Spokesman Washington, D.C. MR. DUGUID: I have maybe one or two things there, Matt. I know that Assistant Secretary Campbell mentioned the ongoing violence in Thailand during his intervention just a moment ago. I would like to say that the United States deeply deplores the violence and loss of life that has [...]

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Prof. Suthachai, History Professor at Chulalongkorn University received arrest warrant.

May 24, 2010

Taken from Thailand Crisis Prof. Suthachai, History Professor at Chulalongkorn University received arrest warrant. (23 May 2010) According Phyathai Police Station, there are both house search warrant and arrest warrant according to the order of CRES of Prof. Suthachai Yimprasert, professor at Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University. The authorities explain the act [...]

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Media Snips May 21

May 21, 2010

TIME Magazine: Growing Pains By Andrew Marshall@journotopia Reuters: SCENARIOS-Where is turbulent Thailand headed? The Globe And Mail: Red Shirt protest crushed, but spirit strong as ever by Mark MacKinnonMark was reporting from the ground & also was at Wat Pathum with shot Andrew Buncombe. The Indepenent: Thailand to investigate shootings inside Buddhist temple by Andrew [...]

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Thitinan on CNN: by tomorrow we may see armed resistance in the North and Northeast.

May 19, 2010

Thitinan on CNN: by tomorrow we may see armed resistance in the North and Northeast.

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