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 Pojamarn: 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 Pojamarn 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%
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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
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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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