One of the most vexing challenges for the Westerner in the East is to understand how decisions are made within the Thai political structure. The Kingdom of Thailand has been independent since 1238 ACE, and is considered the only country in Southeast Asia never colonized by an imperialist power. It became a constitutional monarchy in […]
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Bombs fly on Silom as Bangkok Skytrain station becomes target for terror
M79 rocket grenades exploded in and near the Sala Daeng skytrain station last night, killing 3 and injuring dozens. The target was the “multicolored” group of protestors demonstrating against the red-shirted United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship’s (UDD) group at Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong intersection. UDD leaders have denied the attacks originated from their ranks, although it […]
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The downtick of Thailand’s tourism business that started with the yellow-shirted People’s Alliance for Democracy’s (PAD) closing of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport in 2008 has continued unabated with the red-shirted United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship’s (UDD) protest at Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong intersection in 2010. The Bangkok Post reported on April 21 that the InterContinental Bangkok and […]
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Check out the cockpit of the taxi meter I just took from Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. He’s got a morlam vcd player going all the time so he can watch TV while he drives (it was a neat Siriporn morlam live show, too). His visors are loaded with other VCDs so he can select others […]
Read the rest of this entry »Red Shirts play a waiting game in Bangkok
An uneasy rest formed at the corner of Silom and Rama IV roads in Bangkok, as several thousand Red Shirts, supporters of the deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, were faced down by soldiers and police, armed with tear gas and live ammunition. As police and military lined the southern side of Silom between Rama IV […]
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