BKK News Feed Archive Q2/08

BKK News Feed for Week 31 in 2008, July 28th – August 03rd:

BANGKOK POST – New Cabinet: Chalerm Out
GUARDIAN/REUTERS – Thai Govt in Trouble as Tables Turn on Thaksin
MUST READ: THE NATION – Courts Might Soon Send Thaksin Packing for England
BANGKOK PUNDIT/THE NATION – Thaksin’s Exile Plan & Samak
TNA – PAD Protesters March to Temple of Emerald Buddha
THE STAR – Thai Takes: Fears of a Bloody Outcome
XPRESS – Is the City of Angels Really Heavenly?
ALERT! FORBES – Thai July Inflation 9.2%, New 10-Year High

MUST READ: ASIA TIMES – U.S. Twist to Thaksin Court Case
BANGKOK POST – PAD Threatens to Lay Seige on Parliament
THE NATION – Spokesman: Thaksin Has no Plan to Seek Asylum (we’ll see)
MUST READ: BBC – Thaksin Family’s Gamble Fails to Pay; About the King, the Courts & Thaksin
ASIAN PACIFIC POST – Thailand Grapples With Gender Bender
TNA – Govt to Submit Charter Amendment Motion After August 18
YNET – Famed Zubin Mehta in Bangkok
THE NATION – Bush Talks to The Nation

BANGKOK POST – Bush Talks to the Post
THE NATION – Post-Pojaman: Tax Liabilities Floodgates Open for More Prosecutions
BANGKOK PUNDIT – The Pojaman Verdict Aftermath
REUTERS – FACTBOX – The Assets of Thailand’s Ex-First Family, the Thaksins
IPS – Thaksin’s Wife Gets Jail Term For Tax Fraud
IRRAWADDY – Burma on Bush Agenda While in Thailand
PRACHATAI – Labor Woman Leader Sacked for Wearing Defiant T-Shirt
XPRESS – Big Brother: Bangkok to Get 100,000 CCTV Cameras

BRILLIANT: NOT THE NATION – Global Warming Campaigns Now Thailand’s Third-Largest Source of Pollution
BANGKOK PUNDIT – On Pojaman: The Beginning of the End?
BLOOMBERG – Thaksin’s Wife, Brother Convicted of Tax Evasion
CNN/AP – Court Gives Thaksin’s Wife 3-Year Jail Term
THE NATION – Verdict Due on Pojaman Case
MUST READ: ASIA TIMES – Trade Tangle for Bush in Thailand
IRRAWADDY – Thai Court Agrees to Hold Trial on Thaksin’s Burma Loan
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Udon Thani Update: Rally “Leader” Was Govt Appointee
BANGKOK POST – Volatile Times Ahead
TNA – Disgruntled Puea Pandin MPs Declare Continued Support for Govt
BANGKOK POST – Frontier Stalemate
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Coalition Troubles & Cabinet Shakeup
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Off to China
PRACHATAI – Highest Institutional Problems
REUTERS – Cambodia, Thailand Loath to Blink First Over Temple
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Udon Thani Videos
MUST READ: PHUKET GAZETTE – Immigration Chief Cracks Down on Unwanted Foreigners
MOTLEY FOOL – Tantalizing Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Lottery Ministers Refuse to Quit
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Cambodia & Thailand Pull Back Troops
BANGKOK POST – Compulsory Licensing Set Precedent

BKK News Feed for Week 30 in 2008, July 21st – 27th:

BBC – Embattled Thaksin Faces New Trial
BANGKOK BUGLE – Are Blogs Taken Seriously?
PRACHATAI – Media War Has no Winners
BANGKOK POST – Temple Talks Founder
THE NATION – Police Take Action Against PAD Attackers
TOC – Finance Minister Rejects Possibility of Cutting VAT to 3%
CNN/AP – Thai Court Delay for Alleged Russian Arms Dealer
REUTERS – More Problems for Old Thaksin Govt: Thai Court to Hear Lottery Case Involving Ministers
ECONOMIST – Asean & the Temple of Doom
ASIA TIMES – Pedophiles Get Tech-Savvy
TOC – Possible Cut on VAT
BANGKOK PUNDIT – On the New Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag
BANGKOK POST – Bush to Visit Thailand in Early August
BANGKOK POST – Anand on Tej Bunnag as New FM: “A Blessing”
BANGKOK POST – Preah Vihear: Thais Get no Sympathy
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Bangkok Post on Lèse Majesté Cases
THE STAR – Temple Standoff Mired in History
PATTAYA DAILY – Necktie Gang Rip Off 315 Million Baht Diamond in Bangkok
REUTERS – Thailand: The Challenge of Reintroducing Buffaloes
FORBES – Thaksin Calls for National Reconciliation for His 59th Birthday
ASIA TIMES – Taking the High Ground at Preah Vihear
WSJ – Diplomacy Gears Up in Thailand-Cambodia Feud
IRIN – Food & Fuel Price Surge Hits Lower & Middle Class Thais
CNN – Thai, Cambodian Envoys Set Temple Talks
THE NATION – Price Drop: Boost for Gasohol, Diesel Users
BANGKOK POST – Temple Row: UN Pulls Back
THE NATION – Judges in Place for Thaksin
ASIA SENTINEL – War “Imminent” Over Disputed Cambodian Temple
THE NATION – Gasohol Prices Slashed
THAI CRISIS – On Miss Daranee
XPRESS – City Air: Slow Poison
BANGKOK POST – Arrest Warrant for Sondhi on Lèse Majesté Charge
BANGKOK POST – Daranee on Lèse Majesté Charge
BANGKOK PUNDIT – On Italy & Thailand Comparisons
MUST READ: THE NATION – One Day in the Life of Samak
THE NATION – Phnom Penh Won’t Budge
BANGKOK POST – Headless Foreign Ministry
ASIA TIMES – Asia’s inflationary Winners and Losers
IHT – Asean’s Self-Absorbed Members
BANGKOK POST – Asean Defies Thailand
IRRAWADDY – Cambodia to Take Temple Dispute to UN
MUST READ: CRAIN’S – “Judgement Day” Fears for Thaksin
JAKARTA POST – Temple Row: Slapping Asean’s Face
BANGKOK POST – One-Two-Stop
XPRESS – After a Decade of Bickering Bangkok Gets its Art Center
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Who Are the Three in the “Ceasefire” Video?
BANGKOK POST – Temple Row Cooling Off: Armed, Wary – and Friendly
THAINDIAN – Expats Must Know “New Work Permit Law” (me not really understand …)
BLOOMBERG – Baht Near 4-Week High on Oil’s Retreat
TOC – PAD: Ceasefire Declaration Was Set Up by Military Figures
THAI CRISIS – Inflation Bothers You? Just Change the Way You Calculate it
TV NZ – Rural Thais Lash Out at PAD Protesters
NOT THE NATION – Another Totally Awesome Pattaya Bachelor Party
AVIATION RECORD – One-Two-Go Grounded by Govt, not Fuel Crisis
BANGKOK POST – Preah Vihear Standoff “Could Last Years”
PRACHATAI – Is PAD’s 70:30 “New Politics” Just a Joke?
BANGKOK POST – Abhisit on Lèse Majesté
BANGKOK POST – Preah Vihear’s Religious Setback
XPRESS – Fears of Military Confrontation

BKK News Feed for Week 29 in 2008, July 14th – 20th:

THE NATION – Govt to Respond to PAD Every Night
TNA – Samak Stresses Need to Talk on “No-Man’s Land”
CNN – Cambodia Informs UN on Alleged Thai Incursion
INQUIRER – Lifestyle: Fearless in Bangkok
BANGKOK PUNDIT – On the Stimulus Package
THE NATION – One-Two-Go Forced to Suspend Operations
THE NATION – Samak: That’s Our Land
SWISSINFO/REUTERS – Thailand Fears Attacks After Dubious “Ceasefire”
BANGKOK POST – Insurgent Struggle not Over After All
PRACHATAI/THE NATION – Time for PAD’s Moderates to Speakt Out – if There Are Any
AP – Cambodia-Thailand Dispute Worsens
BANGKOK POST – Pulo: Those Claiming Ceasefire Don’t Represent Insurgency
THIS IS LONDON – Thaksin, @ Eastlands, Bets on Feng Shui
XPRESS – Southern Ceasefire: Hope or Hoax?
NEW STATESMAN/JOE CUMMINGS – Destructive Tourism: Beauty @ a Price
XPRESS – PAD Goes Preah Vihear
WSJ – Bangkok Tiptoe
BBC – Analysis: Political Tensions Driving Temple Row
THAI CRISIS – Thailandjistan: Ban on Alcohol Sales for 2 Days
THE NATION – Southern Ceasefire: Army Chief Identifies Rebel Leader
REUTERS – Thai Rebels Agree Ceasefire, Analysts Sceptical
BANGKOK POST – Air Force to Evacuate Thais if Tensions Rise
BANGKOK POST – Analysis: Samak Strikes Back
BANGKOK POST – Exodus at the SET
CNN/AP – Cambodia: Thai Troops Again Cross Border
XPRESS – Kidney Lost
MUST READ: BANGKOK POST – The Hazards of Crossing Bangkok’s Roads
AFP – Thailand Uses “Re-Education” to Fight Muslim Separatists
THE NATION – BOT Ups Rate to Beat Rampant Inflation
PRACHATAI – Preah Vihear: Don’t Know Much About History
TOC – EC Forwards Case Against PM Samak to Constitution Court
TNA – Thailand Deploys Troops to Preah Vihear
THE NATION – Mild on Merit
XPRESS – Santa Samak Comes Early
AFP – Thailand Announces 49-billion Baht Anti-Poverty Package
BLOOMBERG – Thailand May Raise Interest Rates
BANGKOK POST – False Hopes
REUTERS – Foes Want Thai Govt, Thaksin Charged in Temple Row
VOA – Rights Group Says Thai Military, Insurgents Becoming Increasingly Brutal in South
CHINA POST/AFP – Thai Economy Dragged down by Political Turmoil
ASIA TIMES – A Judicial Revolution for Thai Politics (revisited)
THE NATION – PPP Counter Attack: 61 Politicians Stand Accused
XPRESS – Thailand at Miss Universe: Dressed to Win
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS – Footy Chiefs “Monitoring” Thaksin Trial
BANGKOK POST – The Return of the Poppy
BANGKOK POST – Samak: Lead or Leave
THE NATION – Vatana not the First Politician to Skip Verdict
NEW MANDALA – Crown Prince Scouting European Airports

BKK News Feed for Week 28 in 2008, July 07th – 13th:

TOC – Govt to Import Cheap Diesel From Russia
BANGKOK POST – Reshuffle? Yes. Now? No.
THE NATION – Bangkok Gains From Preah Vihear
ABC – ABC Leaves Established Bangkok Home
BANGKOK POST – PPP’s New Rush to Amend
DAILY TELEGRAPH – Thais “Mistreating” Lao Hmong Refugees
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin’s Troubles Worsening
TORONTO STAR – Travel: Finding Your Own Bike Route in Bangkok
IRISH TIMES – Asia Calls for Hacked iPhones
THE NATION – Thaksin on Graft Charges
MUST READ: IRRAWADDY – Sihanouk Accuses: Thai Temple Claim “Absolutely False”
MUST READ: WSJ – Thailand on Trial (by Pasuk & Baker)
NOT THE NATION – Wanchalerm Slaughters Family for Smoking
MUST READ: ASIA TIMES – Thailand’s Conflict Gets Economic
FORBES – Thailand’s 40 Richest
THE NATION – Former Interior Minister Vatana on the Run
TIME – Legal Blows Imperil Thai Government
TIME – Where the “Ladyboys” Are
NYT – Courts Test Thailand’s New Government
IRRAWADDY – Thai Healthcare Proposals for Migrants, Stateless People
ASIA TIMES – Thai Massage for China’s Military Muscle
REUTERS – New iPhone Lures Black Market Buyers Across Asia
THE NATION – Bangkok Voted World’s Best City
WASHINGTON TIMES – Thai FM Noppadon Resigns
BANGKOK POST – And the Third Court Blow Against Govt
REUTERS – Thai Rulings Fuel Election Talk
XPRESS – Cambodians Celebrate Preah Vihear
BANGKOK POST – Preah Vihear Lost? Get Over it
THE NATION – Cabinet Faces Impeachment
GUARDIAN – Thaksin Goes on Trial, Banharn & Chuan as Witnesses
BANGKOK POST – Yongyuth Guilty, Political High Noon Again
REUTERS – Temple Spat Rages in Thailand After UNESCO Listing
BANGKOK POST – Yongyuth Guilty, Political High Noon Again
BBC – Thaksin Goes on Trial
MUST READ: ASIA SENTINEL – Thailand’s “New Politics” Charade
XPRESS – Farewell to the PAD?
THE NATION – TAT Lowers Tourism Projection
ABC – Thaksin Corruption Trial Kicks Off
BANGKOK POST – PPP Plans New Incarnation, Again …
THE NATION – Stocks: Brokers Expect Free Fall to Continue
AP – PAD: Thousands Protest Against Thai Police
BANGKOK POST – PAD’s Last Rally?
THAI CRISIS – Thaksin & Allies: July’s a Very Dangerous Month
BANGKOK POST – Bribes Have Become a Way of Life in Thailand
NOT THE NATION – Thaksin Blames Stars for Asset Concealment, War on Drugs
MUST READ: THE NATION – Landmark Thaksin Trials Start
BANGKOK POST – PAD’S Quiet End
TNA – Court Rejects Appeal by Ousted Thaksin to Travel Overseas

BKK News Feed for Week 27 in 2008, June 30st – July 6th:

BANGKOK POST – PAD “Coup Lovers”?
AFP – Traditional Fishing Lifestyle in Thailand’s South Under Threat
PHILIP GOLINGAI – Thai Takes: Real-Life Bangkok Romances Aren’t Typical Western Clichés
BANGKOK POST – Samak’s Return no Drama
THE NATION – PM Told to Work Instead of Rehashing Rumors
BANGKOK POST – Samak, Thank the PAD
THE NATION – Samak Fears Arrest Upon Return Home
XPRESS – Higher Charges: Bangkok Taxis Fuming
AFP – Cambodia Sends Riot Police to Guard Thai Embassy
MUST READ: ASIA SENTINEL – Thailand’s Political Crisis: A “Carnival of Reaction” Paralyzes Political Process
ASIA TIMES – Thai Investment Drive on Target
THE NATION – Chalerm: No Southern Comfort
PRACHATAI – Preah Vihear: Whose Temple Is it – & Does it Matter
PAD – Chalerm Persona Non Grata in South
THE NATION – Pro-Thaksin Groups Prepare to Confront Their PAD Allies
MUST READ: NOT THE NATION – PAD Demands End of Rainy Season
XPRESS – Bangkok’s Godmother to the Gangs
NEW MANDALA – Ji Ungpakorn on Thailand’s Crisis: A “Carnival of Reaction”
THE NATION – Court Shushes PAD
BANGKOK POST – Preah Vihear: The Temple Ghost Returns
THE NATION – Tulsie: As the Master Squirms, the Nominee May Be Smiling
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Injunction-Mania
THAI CRISIS – Inflation Explodes, but Commerce Minister Doesn’t Move
THAI CRISIS – Inflation: CPI @ 8.9% in June
TELEGRAPH – Thailand’s Karaoke Cabbies
XINHUA – Over $15 Million Gambling Bets on Euro 2008 in Thailand
THE NATION – And Another (Laughable?) Thaksin Assassination Plot
REUTERS – After 30% Slide, Rice Could Find Floor (I hope oil will follow suit)
THE NATION – Airlines to Cut Long-Haul Flights to Thailand
XPRESS – LPG Mismanagement: Out of Gas
TNA – Thaksin Govt Corruption Hearings Begin in July
BANGKOK POST – Another Lost Year for Thailand’s Stock Market
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Proof of Conflict Between Thaksin & Samak
BANGKOK POST – PAD Resists Court’s Shut-Up Order
XPRESS – PAD Starts Evening School for Children & Youth
THE NATION – Bangkok Cabs Stand Still as LPG Runs Short
AFP – Thai Graft-Busters Get Boost in Thaksin Probe
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Prosecutions Can Proceed
THE NATION – Thaksin Land Case to Start
THAI CRISIS – LPG Shortages: Another Symbol of Mismanagement

BKK News Feed for Week 26 in 2008, June 23rd – 29th:

XPRESS – LPG Gas Runs Dry
RULE OF LORDS – Thailand’s Human Rights Commission in Limbo
TIME – Thai PM Fights for His Life
BANGKOK POST – AEC Packs its Bags After Filing 4 Cases Against Thaksin
U.S. MARINES – Royal Thai Marines Teach Jungle Survival to U.S. counterparts (thanks magnoy)
PHILIP GOLINGAI – Thai Takes: Samak Still Standing, but Badly Bruised
XINHUA – Thai Court Orders Suspension of Govt Support for Cambodia’s World Heritage Temple Bid
BANGKOK POST – Pastrygate: Is Thaksin Involved? Food for Investigation
BANGKOK POST – Unusually-Rich Charges Against Thaksin Deferred
XPRESS – Abhisit, Samak Win Praise
MUST HEAR: RADIO NETHERLANDS – Breathless in Bangkok
GOOGLE NEWS – Round-Up of Recent AEC Stories
NOT THE NATION – Thaksin’s Lawyer Insists Bt2M Was “Correct Change” for Pastry Purchase
NOT THE NATION – Scientists Discover Inverse Relationship Between Expats’ Income & Thai Fluency
NOT THE NATION – French Expats Still Getting Hottest Thai Girlfriends
THE NATION – Preah Vihear Dispute: Thai Embassy Fears Another Round of Anti-Thai Riots
NYT – Travel: 36 Hours in Bangkok
THAI NEWS – Over 30 Whales Swam Ashore Off Phuket
CNN – Thai Govt Easily Survives No-Confidence Votes
XPRESS – Pastrygate: Thaksin Ready to Testify “It Wasn’t Me”
TOC – Thaksin To Change Legal Team for Land Case
DAILY STAR – Thailand Teeters Towards Chaos (really?)
AP – Thailand’s Forced Hmong Repatriation to Laos Raises Concerns
XPRESS – Temple Dispute: Air Force Ready to Evacuate Thais in Cambodia
FT – Asian Inflation: Focus Moves to Currency Depreciation Fight
MUST READ: ASIA SENTINEL – A Cambodian Temple Roils Thai Politics
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Plays it Safe, Denies Involvement in Snack Box Case (again, what else should he say?)
THE NATION – Thaksin Denies Linking to His Convicted Lawyers (surprise …)
IRRAWADDY/AP – Thai PM Likely to Survive No-Confidence Vote
TOC – Supreme Commander: Army Ready to Help Thais in Cambodia
THE NATION – Sleepless Night for Thaksin’s Convicted Lawyer
MUST READ: BANGKOK POST – Commentary: Nationalistic Puppets
THE NATION – Pastrygate: The Rule of Law Lives to Fight Another Day
BANGKOK PUNDIT – BP Analyzes the Censure Debate
IHT/REUTERS – Thailand Jails Thaksin Lawyers in “Snack Box” Case
IHT – Thai Leader Under Fire Ahead of No-Confidence Vote
RELIEF WEB – Resettlement of Burma Refugees from Thailand Tops 30,000
ASIA TIMES – U.S. Helps Thailand Rub Out Fake Passports
LAND OF SMILES – The Thai Barack Obama
BANGKOK POST – Abhisit to Samak: Not Fit to Lead
THE NATION – Court Bribe Lawyers Sentenced to Jail (keeps on amazing me this story)
PRACHATAI – “Flash Mob” at Siam Center (interesting …)
BANGKOK POST – Abhisit to Govt: Liars, Liars
EARTH TIMES – Domestic Abuse on the Rise in Thailand
XPRESS – Free Wi-Fi for Greener Bangkok
BLOOMBERG – Thailand’s Rate Delay Risks Baht Loss, Inflation
TNA – Samak Lashes Out at Abhisit
FORBES – Thailand, U.S. to Resume Free Trade Talks
MUST READ: BBC – Jonathan Head: Unravelling Thailand’s Political Turmoil
BANGKOK POST – Censure Debate: Democrats Begin Firing Charges
THE NATION – Cabinet Rewrites Preah Vihear Resolution
THE NATION – 36 Hours Nonstop Censure Debate (bored to death everybody will be happy when it’s over)
TOC – Think Tank: Samak Govt Risks Failure in Econ Management
XPRESS – Preah Vihear Shut
THE NATION – Temple of Gloom Backgrounder
JOTMAN – Why PAD Street Protests Threaten Thai Democracy
XPRESS – “Evil” Nuns & “Phony” Monks Hunted
BANGKOK POST – Academics to PAD: “Tone Down Nationalism”
FORBES – Thaksin Faces 12 Graft Cases as Thai Probe Winds Up
MUST READ: ASIA TIMES – Same Rally Cry, Different Reception
FORBES – Thai Shares Close Unchanged Amid Political Concerns, Volatile Oil
THE NATION – Abhisit Calls on “Thai MPs” to Vote Against PM
TNA – Samak Defends Himself Before Senate
IRIN – Condom Use not Catching On Among Thai Youth
BANGKOK POST – Samak Grilling: Thaksin Who?!
THE NATION – Samak Defiant, Vows to Form “Street Gang” if He Loses Censure Debate
MUST READ: BANGKOK POST – The Hijacking of Thai Democracy
XPRESS – Opportunities for the Handicapped
TOC – Police Reports 19 Officers Injured in PAD Clash
TOC – New NGV & LPG Tanks Prices
TNA – THAI Suspends, Reduces Flights Due to Soaring Fuel Prices
THE NATION – True 3G Rolls Out

BKK News Feed for Week 25 in 2008, June 16th – 22nd:

WP – Thailand Cedes Ancient Temple
DALLAS NEWS – Tiny Bangkok Erawan Shrine Has Big Influence
BANGKOK POST – Public Opposes Censure Debates: Too Soon
MUST READ: TIME – Prison Break; A Thai Woman Boxer’s Redemption
AFP – Samak Vows not to Give In to Protests
TNA – PM Hopes Parliamentary Debate Will Ease Political Turmoil
TOC – Samak Threatens Even More Chaos if Abhisit Becomes PM
THE NATION – Samak Blames Chuan for Loss of Preah Vihear 45 Years Ago
XPRESS – How to Get Samak to His Govt House Office
XPRESS – Support for Samak
TNA – Govt U-Turns: Allows Debate on Ministers’ Performance
WP – Political Turmoil in Thailand Fuels Doubts About Government’s Future
AGENCIES – PAD Photo Series
THE NATION – Chamlong: No Talks With Samak Govt
BANGKOK POST – Standoff at Govt House
PHILIP GOLINGAI – Thai Takes: The Final Countdown
BANGKOK POST – Chamlong Won’t Predict When Rallies Will End
CHUT|BLOC – Winning or Losing Bangkok
BBC – Bangkok Protest in Pictures
BANGKOK POST – Anupong to Samak: Dissolve Parliament
THE NATION – Violence Averted as PAD Leaders Claim Easy Victory
XPRESS – Samak at Bay: PAD Won’t Move Until Samak & Govt Resign
MANAGER – Consumer Goods Price Hikes
REUTERS – Thai Stocks Post Biggest Daily Gain in 5 Months
BANGKOK POST – 10 Die in Copter Crash in South
BBC – Protesters March in Thai Capital
CNN – Bangkok Braces for Anti-Govt Protests/King’s Address to Samak
MUST READ: BANGKOK POST – Foreign Investor? Pack & Run
FCO – Britain Issues Travel Warning for Bangkok
NEWS IN BANGKOK – Thai People Are Getting Fat
TOC – DAAD Attacks PAD
THE NATION – PAD Gears for Siege”
TNA – Samak: Govt Won’t Use Military Against PAD
TOC – Cambodia Lets Thaksin Invest in Kong Island
BANGKOK POST – British Tourist Dies of Electrocution in Pattaya Flood
BLOOMBERG – Thai Baht Falls to 6-Month Low Before Protest; Bonds Decline
BANGKOK POST – Friday Showdown: PAD Vs. Police
THE NATION – Inflation: Consumer Goods Go for Full Price Rise
PRACHATAI – Populist Coupons: State Welfare & Politics
NOT THE NATION – Abhisit: “Parking Lot Next to Preah Viharn Is Part of Our National Heritage”
FT – Bangkok Coalition Fails to Usher in New Era
AFP – Thailand’s Elected PM Under Attack From All Sides
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Democrats, PAD & Preah Vihear
THE NATION – Government House Cordoned Off
FT – Singapore’s Temasek Plans to Cut its Stake in Thailand’s Shin Corp
AP – Cross-Dressing Students Get Own Bathrooms at Rural Thai School
XPRESS – Taxi Fares Risen: Shall We Walk?
THE NATION – Samak: I Am Clean & May I Prosper
THE NATION – PAD-Govt: Confrontation Expected on Friday
TNA – Chalerm Claims PAD “Moved Arms to Bangkok” to Create Trouble
THE NATION – PAD to Besiege Government House
THE NATION – Democrats on the Offensive: Censure Motion Filed
CANADIAN PRESS – Thaksin Called to Appear Before British Parliamentary Inquiry
NOT THE NATION – Thais Express Solidarity With Burmese by Turning Down A/C Slightly
THE NATION – Taxi Fares to Rise 12 Percent
ROPE OF SILICON – Gruesome “Bangkok Dangerous” Clip Washes Up
XPRESS – July 2nd: Thailand’s Day of Reckoning
THE NATION – Commerce Minister Mingkwan Ready to Step Down
THE NATION – Tulsie’s Update on the Court Bribe: No Money Back Guarantee?
THE NATION – Samak Proposes Casino, Under Another Label
REUTERS – Thai Unions Join Anti-Govt Rally (who doesn’t protest these days?)
WISE KWAI – And Another Lèse Majesté
TNA – Thailand Gives Green Light for Cambodia to Register Disputed Temple
REUTERS – Ads for “Thaksin, Fight” Energy Drink Pulled
NOT THE NATION – Game Show Celebrates 1,000,000th Sponsor
BANGKOK POST/DPA – Preah Vihear, Temple in Dispute
BANGKOK POST – Fortune-Teller Counters Thaksin Prediction & Predicts Mayhem
XPRESS – PAD Protest Brings Capital to a Halt
THE NATION – PAD’s Working Women Power
XPRESS – Source Confirms: Thaksin Eyes to Change Man City Logo (maybe the bow story was true after all?)
BANGKOK POST – Democrats File Two Censure Motions
THE NATION – Thaksin Corruption Case: AEC Submits 50,000 Pages
CNN – Thaksin: Astrology Will Ease Thailand Tension; “When Mars Leaves, the Situation Will Ease”
BANGKOK POST – Truckers Press, Govt Considers Diesel Subsidy
IRRAWADDY/AP – Govt Policies Blamed for Rising Food Prices
IRRAWADDY/AP – Two Small Bombs Thrown at Media Mogul Sondhi’s House
THE NATION – Abhisit Blasts Govt’s Time-Constraint Excuse
MONSTERS & CRITICS – Five-Month Old Thai Govt Faces Censure Debate
REUTERS – Thai Govt Meets Truckers to Avoid Fuel Strike
TNA – PAD: Thousands Rally at Poll Agency Office
TNA – New Thaksin Charges
SERIOUSLY? SUNDAY MIRROR – Thaksin Wants to Change Man City’s Club Crest to Remind Him of Thailand
XPRESS – PAD on the Move
THE NATION – Democrats Ready: Government Faces No-Confidence Debate
THE NATION – Assessing Thailand’s Global War on Terror

BKK News Feed for Week 24 in 2008, June 9th – 15th:

SMH – Russian “Merchant of Death”: Chill Sets In Over U.S. Arms Sting
AL JAZEERA – Rights Urged for Burma Migrants in Thailand
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Rape on Thai TV
PHILIP GOLINGAI – Thai Takes: Rebels Without a Cause?
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Misleading Nationalists
ABC NEWS – Cambodia, Thailand Battle Over World Heritage Temple Bid
THE NATION – Chalerm Bans ASTV From Cable Channels
XPRESS – Historic Charoenkrung: Back to the Past
UPI – Another Activist Missing in Thailand
TNA – BOT Expects Double-Digit Inflation This Year
BLOOMBERG – Thaksin Tells Thailand to Cut Rates, Boost Spending
MUST READ: ASIA TIMES – “Crusading Spirit” Adrift on Thai Political Winds
XPRESS – Thaksin Lawyer & Court Bribe: Who? Me?!
THE NATION – Court Bribe Claim: Lawyer Identified
VOA – Fight Over Lead Pollution Becomes Test of Thailand’s Environmental Law
KHALEEJ TIMES – Thai Govt on Spending Spree
BANGKOK POST – The Currency Slide
UPI – Who Charges Who With Insulting Thai King?
TNA – BOT: Thailand Should Learn “Bitter Lesson” From Vietnam
THE NATION – Tulsie: Theories Rife Over Court Cash “Gift”
BANGKOK POST – Army in the Middle
XPRESS – Courting Trouble: Follow the Bt2 Million Court Bribe
BANGKOK POST – Mass Protest Threatened
XPRESS – King’s Instruction: Uphold the Law
BANGKOK PUNDIT – The Final Arbiter
GUARDIAN – Lifelong Man City Fan Has a Hard Think About Dr. Thaksin
THE NATION – King Back to Hua Hin
IRRAWADDY/AP – U.S. Urges Prompt Extradition of Alleged Russian Arms Dealer
NOT THE NATION – Air Asia Raises Fuel Surcharge to 6000%
THE NATION – Samak’s Mood Swings & Swings
XPRESS – Tractor Power: Farmers’ First Victory
PAD – Announcement 1/2008: Civil Disobedience Against State Officials Who Betrayed the Country and Opposed the People
TOC – Banharn Pledges to Review Stance as Ruling Coalition Partner
THE NATION – Political Conflict: Thaksin Fair Trial Can Ease Turmoil
BANGKOK PUNDIT – The “Eel” Banharn Going to Jump Ship?
MANAGER – Samak Turns Hostile to Press
FORBES – Thai Cabinet Approves 6,000 Natural Gas Buses for Bangkok
ABC NEWS – Police Officer “Shot Dead, Set Alight” in Front of Wife
BANGKOK POST – Civil Disobedience Looms
ASIA SENTINEL – Thailand’s Political Tensions Continue
ASIA TIMES – Clouds Over Singapore’s Blogosphere (some Thai relevance?)
THE NATION – TT&T Launches Internet Price War
BANGKOK POST – Banharn: Chart Thai Considering Withdrawal From Govt
XPRESS – A Couple’s Tragic Mercy Killing
TOC – ABAC Poll: Most Thais Support PAD
MONSTERS & CRITICS – High Hopes for Thai Fruit at Beijing Olympics
REUTERS – BOT: Thailand Faces Possible Capital Outflows
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Hi-Thaksin Revived as Thai Grassroots
THE NATION – Rift Divides PAD?
PRACHATAI – CPJ Reports BBC Reporter Faces Legal Harassment in Thailand
THE NATION – Failure Rate for Condos Nears 50%
THE NATION – Debt: The Cycle of Misery That Is Ruining Lives
THAI INDIAN – When Indians in Bangkok Went Berserk Over Bollywood Stars
IRRAWADDY – Police Impose Restrictions as Protestors Converge on Bangkok
THE NATION – DTAC, True Move Get Nod for 3G Service
BANGKOK POST – BOT Jumps In to Strengthen Falling Baht
GUARDIAN – Thaksin Offers Ronaldinho 14 Million Baht/Week
BERNAMA – Thailand’s Political Heat Rises With Street Protests
BANGKOK PUNDIT – The Lèse Majesté Team
BANGKOK POST – Back Off PAD!
THAI CRISIS – YouTube Censored Again?
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Astrology & Thai Politics
THE NATION – Anand: Thailand Reached Point of no Return
CNN – Thai Airways Cuts U.S. Flights
XPRESS – Energy Crisis: Back to the Future for Thai Farmers
TOC – Pump Prices Rise Another 70 Satang
TNA – PAD’S New Strategy of Civil Disobedience
VANCOUVER SUN – Tradition Vs. Modernity Keep Thai Politics in Turmoil
NOT THE NATION – People’s Alliance for Democracy Protests Against People, Alliances & Democracy

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September 19, 2007 | Filed Under NEWS ARCHIVE 

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2 Responses to “BKK News Feed Archive Q2/08”

  1. whoopla on October 18th, 2008 3.24 pm

    Absolutely is Fabulous! I don’t surf the online versions of Bangkok Post or, god forbid, the Nation anymore unless I am directed there for some spurious reason. Absolutely has it’s finger on the pulse of Thailand, and the sidebar links are a gold mine of information. Keep up the good work BD!

  2. BangkokDan on October 19th, 2008 7.57 am

    Appreciate whoopla, spread the word!

    BangkokDan

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