Thailand’s politics are in turmoil, featuring mass demonstrations, a growing role for the military in Thai politics, and erosion of the country’s fledgling democracy. If the United States aims to construct a foreign policy which can adapt to the coming Thai tempest, we need to understand the players and the turf. The Conflict and Its […]
BANGKOK, June 28, 2010 (IPS) – Buy a hairpin and the sales clerk has a microscopic plastic bag for it. A soda purchase from a corner store may end up having the liquid poured into a plastic bag, and then topped off with a plastic straw. There is no plastic bag yet that could fit […]
Thailand Freezes Accounts to Hit Reds Despite public promises of compromise by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand’s military-backed government is continuing to tighten the screws on protesters, most recently freezing bank accounts belonging to 83 wealthy suspected supporters of the two-month insurrection which ended in May. “I insist that the government has never intended to […]
Thailand’s government and “Red Shirts” protesters on Saturday committed themselves to a faltering peace process despite twin attacks that left two police officers dead. Grenade blasts and a drive-by shooting targeted security forces facing off against the anti-government Red Shirts at their massive rally encampment which has shut down most of Bangkok’s main shopping district. […]
BANGKOK — Thailand’s electoral commission recommended Monday the dissolution of the country’s ruling party for allegedly misusing campaign donations, as protesters paraded through the streets of the capital bearing the coffins of comrades killed in violence over the weekend. Pressure has mounted on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign since the army’s failed attempt Saturday […]
Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Saturday posted a message on his Twitter account, calling on people who love democracy and justice and those who think he is being treated cruelly to join the ‘March on March 14’ anti-government campaign of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD). “We have to be […]
Phuket’s Governor Vichai Praisa-ngob in the first press conference of the year 2010 which was held yesterday (4 Jan), further than report the conclusion of the sea and road safety accident reduction and prevention campaign during the long holiday, talked about his accomplishment thought 8 months in duty and expressed his thanks for everyone’s support […]
Size does count! Men’s instinctive concern over their penis size will soon be discussed more openly – or even boasted about – with the news that an official penis measuring device is being introduced to Thailand. About to be launched under the Public Health Ministry’s “Condom for All” campaign, a disposable paper measuring tape will […]
