BKK News Feed Archive Q2/10/II
BKK News Feed for Week 25 in 2010, June 28th – July 04th:
THE NATION – Lobbying War Heats Up
AC/AP – Thai Govt Wines & Dines “Best Friends”
SMILE @ RATCHAPRASONG – The Return of Happiness & Smiles Program
VAITOR – Experience in a Thai Hospital
WSJ – Thailand Targets Protests’ Financial Backing
CNN – Thai Economy After the Unrest (video)
AFP – Prisoner Freed After Thai King Pardons Royal Insult
NYT – Thailand Attracts Investment Despite Turmoil
AP – Australian, 90, Accused of Raping 4 Thai Sisters
THE DIPLOMAT – Abhisit’s Filipino Lesson
AFP – Future Looks Sunny for Bangkok’s Tuk-Tuks
BANGKOK POST – Puea Thai Tells Govt to Expedite PAD Cases (read lol’s comment)
! BANGKOK POST – Populism, the Opiate of a “Drugged” People
THE NATION – A Mandela Solution for Thai Troubles?
! CFR – Kurlantzick: The New Normal
IPS – Thailand Fights Addiction to Plastic Bags
THE DIPLOMAT – What COIN Teaches Thailand
BANGKOK POST – The Awesomeness of Our Fantastic Existence
JAMES STENT – Backgrounder: Thoughts on Thailand’s Turmoil
! BANGKOK POST – Thitinan: The Politics of Funding the Red Shirts’ Protest
CNNGO – Thai Wines Finally Getting Global Respect
THAIVISA – You Know You’ve Been in Thailand too Long When …
THE NATION – How Nick Nostitz Tried to Save a Dying Protester
THE NATION – Thaksin Lawyers Launch PR Attack Against Govt
BKK News Feed for Week 24 in 2010, June 21st – June 27th:
! BIG JOURNALISM – Michael Yon Reporting From Bangkok
BANGKOK POST – Seh Daeng’s Angry Farewell (read the comments)
EURASIA REVIEW – Thai Crisis: A Question of Inclusion?
AP – Police Patrol as Slain Thai Protest Leader Mourned
BANGKOK POST – Inner Revolt: Puea Thai MPs Call for Major Party Revamp
BLOOMBERG – Abhisit Shutout of Rivals on Revamp May Doom Reconciliation (red propaganda?)
THE NATION – Bleak Future for Those Disabled in May Clashes
TAN – Analysis: The Time for Harsh Words Is Over
NOT THE NATION – Expat Disappointed by Halt to Attention-Grabbing Violence
CHINA POST – Thailand Must Rethink Online Censorship
! BANGKOK POST – Last Meal of the Banquet Bandit
THE NATION – CNN, BBC Deserve Full Criticism
BKK News Feed for Week 24 in 2010, June 14th – June 20th:
BANGKOK POST – The BKPD Blues
THE NATION – Reds Planning Revenge
BANGKOK POST – Army’s Power @ Peak
THE NATION – The Nation’s Money Transfers Graph
BLOOMBERG – Thailand’s Exports Climb the Most in Almost Two Years
AP – Bangkok Parties on Surface, but Unease Hides Below
THE NATION – Funding Story Is Getting Very Intriguing
BBC – Thai Scientists Warn of Stem Cell Therapy “Damage”
ASIA TIMES – Smoke (& Mirrors) Behind Bangkok Fires
! BANGKOK POST – Rally Billions Uncovered: Thaksins Named & Blamed (read the comments)
BANGKOK POST – PAD Cases Deferred Again
BANGKOK POST – CRES Lists 86 for Questioning Over “Terror Fund”
VOA – Thailand’s Anti-Govt Protesters Laying Low
BANGKOK POST – Interview With Freed Red Labor Activist Somyot
SUN – Sun Investigates Thai Hookers, Pattaya & Brits (“like being a kid in a sweet shop”)
BANGKOK POST – Red Backers to Be Named
THE NATION – Seh Daeng’s Daughter Will Lead Dad’s Political Party: “My Blood Is Getting Red”
MUST READ: REUTERS – Andrew Marshall: Thaksin & Me
STICKMAN – Keep Your Big Fat Farang Mouth Shut!
MFA – Factsheet to Bangkok’s Foreign Chambers of Commerce on Chronology of Red Protests
PATTAYA DAILY NEWS – Police Raid Deviant “Swingers” Party (now ya know, that’s illegal here)
WASHINGTON TIMES – Govt’s Reconciliation Plan Wins Few Thai Backers
UNIVERSITY WORLD NEWS – Ji: Silence of Thailand’s Academic Community (not because they’re all dumbheads ji)
BANGKOK POST – Voranai: Same Same but Different
BKK News Feed for Week 23 in 2010, June 07th – June 13th:
BANGKOK POST – Ordinary Red Protesters May Go Free
THE NATION – Reds Should Agree to Reconcile, Pick a Better Leader
BANGKOK POST – Planet Alignment Raises Tsunami Fears (“backed by scientific data”)
ASIA TIMES – Abhisit’s Democratic Choice
THE NATION – CNN, BBC Correspondents Defend Coverage
POLITICO – Interview With Thailand’s Special Envoy
AFP – Thai PM Reopens Probe Into Thaksin’s “War on Drugs”
NYT – Thai Leader Offers Reconciliation Plan
BLOOMBERG – Kasikorn: Thai Stocks Set for “Wave” of Foreign Buying
SLATE – What Happens to Thailand’s Sex Tourism During the Riots
BANGKOK POST – Let the Truth Be Known: What Happened @ the Temple
TAN – Interview With Former PM Anand Part I
TAN – Interview With Former PM Anand Part II
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Rejects Roadmap
THE NATION – A Society @ War With Itself
THE NATION – Thai-Western Fusion Cuisine: A paradox for the Palate
JAKARTA GLOBE – All the King’s Men
REUTERS – Thais, Betting Unrest Over, Scoop Up Bangkok Stocks
! CNNGO – Where to Watch the World Cup in Bangkok
WP – Many Thai Workers, now out of Poverty, Are in Dissent
THE NATION – Grassroots Movements Succeed Without Politicization
THE NATION – Red Shirts “Fired Temple Shots”
CSM – Thailand Cites Plots Against King for Clampdown on Red Shirt Dissent (isn’t CSM able to write a proper piece?)
THE NATION – Goodbye Lady Democracy, Nice Knowing You
MUST READ: SMH – Bertil Lintner: Thai Turmoil Was no “Class War”
REUTERS – Thais Appoint Violence Investigator, but Opposition Wary
! BANGKOK POST – Thaksin’s Last Option to Topple the Abhisit Govt
THE NATION – Govt Must Make Sure Thaksin Charges Stick
BANGKOK POST – Consequences of Thaksin’s Botched Foreign Policy
THE NATION – Soggy Phuket Film Festival
THE ATLANTIC – Thailand’s Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food
BANGKOK POST – Nikom Signals What’s Wrong With Puea Thai
! IPS – In Wake of Thai Crackdown, Anger Peaks Against Foreign Media
BLOOMBERG – Thailand Needs “Period of Stability” Before Elections
THE NATION – Life @ the Army Base During the Rally
THE NATION – A Cabinet Reshuffle to Win Over the Reds?
BKK News Feed for Week 22 in 2010, May 31st – June 06th:
ANDREW DRUMMOND – Thai Reds: We’ll Support the Aussie, but not the Brit
TAN – A Show Called Censure Debate
MFA – Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs Responds to Statement on War Crimes Investigation
MUST READ: NEWSWEEK – The End of Brand Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Major Reshuffle
THE NATION – Catching the Thai Houdini Won’t Be Easy
BANGKOK POST – “Red” Foreigners Remanded
REUTERS – Is Thailand Headed for Peace or Protests?
WP/AP – Thai Leader Goes Abroad to Salvage Country’s Image
LIVE TRADING NEWS – Thai PM’s Popularity Soars
YFROG – Chavalit’s “Man in Black”?
PBS – Crisis in Thailand Leads to Net Crackdown, Censorship
C.G. MOORE – On the FCCT’s “Thailand in the Eyes of Others”
CNNGO – Tempting Fate: Bangkok Fortune Tellers Reviewed
CNNGO – Thailand Entices Tourists, Business Back
! BANGKOK POST – Is This Govt Violating Human Rights? Think Again
BBC – Home Again: Thailand’s Red Shirts Still Reeling After Protests (where r u rachel?)
IRRAWADDY – Mantras, Misperceptions & Mutual Acrimony in Thai MP Debate
WORKERS WORLD – Class Struggle Breaks Out in Thailand (of Mahatma Gandhi, Che Guevara & Thaksin)
GUARDIAN – “Red” Briton Breaks Down in Thai Court
MUST READ: THE NATION – Neo-Colonialist Interference Takes Many Shapes & Forms
BANGKOK POST – Regulation, not Censorship
! ROBERT AMSTERDAM – The Hyperreality of Thai Propaganda: A Response to The Nation
WSJ – Thai Prime Minister Survives Test
REUTERS – Thai Red Shirts not Finished, Need Time to Regroup
TAN – Govt Passes Censure Debate With Flying Colors
RADIO NETHERLANDS – Interview With Dutch Lawyer Helping Thaksin
CNN – Sun, Sand & … Orphans? A Vacation With a Difference in Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Puea Thai Split
BP/AC – Sukhumbhand @ the FCCT
BANGKOK POST – Hunt for Thaksin Hots Up
ASIA TIMES – A Path to Truth in Thailand
RADIO AUSTRALIA – Questions Over the Role of Thailand’s “Men in Black” (with Nick Nostitz & others)
CNN – Men in Black: What Really Happened in Thailand (video)
THE NATION – Suthep Blames “Heartless People” for Political Turmoil
WSJ – The Death of Tolerance in Thailand
BANGKOK POST – PM: Red Shirts Set the Fires
WSJ – Thai Premier Seeks Political Middle Ground
BLOOMBERG – Baht Drops on Fund Outflows
WSJ – Thai-Style “Reconciliation”
WORLDPRESS – Western Media Perverts Information About Thailand
THE NATION – Thaksin: One of Billionaire Convicts & Inmates
BANGKOK POST – Voranai: Blind, Deaf & Dumb
BANGKOK POST – A History of Violence
BANGKOK POST – Restoring Our Global Image
MUST READ: ASIA TIMES – Unmasked: Thailand’s Men in Black
NEWSWEEK – Last Best Hope Thaksin
2BANGKOK – Is Everything in Thailand These Days “Unprecedented”?
BKK News Feed for Week 21 in 2010, May 24th – May 30th:
CNNGO – Saying Goodbye to the Siam Theater
! WP – Thailand Tries to Go After Financial Backers of Red Shirts
ECONOMIST – Thailand: Picking Up the Pieces
NYT – Tourists in Thai Resort Are Undeterred by Protests
SMH – Australian Launches Tirade in Thai Court
WSJ – Thailand Faces Double Threat to Rebuilding Tourism
CNN – My Life as a “Body Snatcher” in Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Abhisit & Thaksin Tough to Reconcile
ANDREW DRUMMOND – The Press Got It All Wrong?
BANGKOK POST – Operation Ratchaprasong Planned as Urban Warfare
! ABC – Thaksin Speaks to Lateline (“we never, never engage in violence” … “reds are not sophisticated enough to burn the whole building down” …)
PROSPECT – Kurlantzick: Democracy in Danger
BBC – A Week on: Thai Monks Mark Black May 19th
! BANGKOK POST – Why Govt Lost to UDD on Tech Battlefield
GUARDIAN – Briton Faces Jail or Execution for Inciting Thai Red Shirts to Torch Mall
! CFR – Kurlantzick: Saved by the Crown
ROBERT AMSTERDAM – Thailand & the Criminalization of Dissent
WSJ – Journalists Caught in Bangkok’s Perils
BANGKOK POST – A Guide to the Perfect Thai Idiot
BANGKOK POST – True Colors of the Red Leaders
VOA – Yellow Shirts Carry On in Thailand’s Anti-Govt Heartland
CNNGO – Bangkok’s Contemporary Art Scene Frozen in the Fray
NYT – The Failure of Thailand’s Democracy
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Now Wanted Terrorist
WSJ – Thai Court Issues Warrant on Terrorism for Thaksin
WSJ – Thai Small Businesses Left in Ashes
TIME – Essay: Thailand’s Growing Pains
AP – As Thai Monarchy’s Power Wanes, King Still Revered
SOMTOW – An Open Letter to the Red Shirts
AL JAZEERA – Thailand Reopens for Business
AP – More Protest Leaders Surrender
BBC – Damaged Thailand Considers the Future
BANGKOK POST – PM on Election: Wait & See
! NYT – A Conversation With Thai Filmmaker Who Wins Palme d’Or @ Cannes
WSJ – Thaksin Still Stands Amid Thai Turmoil (“exiled opposition leader intervened to thwart peace talks”)
WSJ – Investors Are Wary on Thailand
BKK News Feed for Week 20 in 2010, May 17th – May 23rd:
INFOWARS – Thaksin Shinawatra, Marxist, & the New World Order
TAN – Sore Loser
BANGKOK POST – Riots Spark Frenzy on Net Pages
PHUKET GAZETTE – Major Media Did Poorly in the Protests
TIMES – Vengeful Red Shirts Threaten Tourism
WP – Thai Officials Use a Powerful Visual to Explain Violence
IRRAWADDY – Bangkok Crackdown Is no Replay of Tiananmen
BANGKOK POST – Unsung Community Heroes Repel Reds
THE NATION – Eerie Quiet Remains
BBC – Fear in Bangkok
SMH – Thailand’s Red Rage
AP – Thai Govt Shows Red Arsenal, Tightens Detentions
BANGKOK POST – Korn: The Big Lie
REUTERS – Thaksin: Visionary or Terrorist?
NOT THE NATION – Coup Alert As All TV Stations Showing Panda Channel (read all the other ntn breaking news)
NOT THE NATION – Arsonists Set Chuwit on Fire (note ntn’s using absolutely’s chuwit shot!)
SUN – The Brit Thug of Bloody Bangkok
BANGKOK POST – The Radicalization of Politics by Red Shirts
OK NATION – Nattawut’s Holiday Prison Camp (via tulsie)
BBC – BBC’s Last Red Protest Report (armed militia, video’s worth a look)
ETN – Thaksin in the Same League as Bin Laden
WOMEN LEARNING THAI – Eye Witness: Ratchaprasong Burning
REUTERS – Korn: Thai Early Election Possible
IRRAWADDY – Journalists @ the Frontline in Bangkok
GUARDIAN – Thitinan: Thailand’s Only Hope Lies in Political Compromise
ASIA TIMES – A View From Thailand’s Ground Zero
ECONOMIST – A Polity Imploding
! TIMES COLONIST – Duncan McCargo: Bangkok’s Battles a Rehearsal for Civil War
REUTERS – Uneasy Peace in Thailand, Uncertainties Lie Ahead
CNN – Bangkok Aftermath: “Not the Thailand We Know Anymore”
CNN – Thailand Vows to Prosecute Protest Leaders
! INDEPENDENT – Eye Witness: Under Fire in Wat Pathum Wanaram
! BANGKOK POST – What Would Your Government Do About This?
JERUSALEM POST – A Long Journey Home for Thailand’s Broken Protesters
BBC – What Next for Thailand
WSJ – Andrew Walker: Thailand’s Farmers Have Stood Up (hmm)
STAR TRIBUNE – In Thailand, a Struggle for Something Undefined
ECONOMIST – Red Dawn
WSJ – Bangkok Locked Down After Day of Chaos
NYT – Tourism Takes Hit From Mayhem
AL JAZEERA – Bangkok Burns After Army Crackdown
BANGKOK POST – Mobs Burn Bangkok
REUTERS – Riots Erupt After Thai Protest Leaders Surrender
CNN – Thai Red Shirt Leaders Call Off Protests
REUTERS – Thai Army Gains Partial Control of Protest Site
AL JAZEERA – Thai Army Enters Protest Camp
CNN – Thai Troops Enter Protesters’ Zone
REUTERS – Thai Army Breaks Through Protest Barricades
THAIVISA – Tanks Arrive on Bangkok Streets, Silom on Fire & Under Fire
BBC – Crackdown Launched: Thai Army Masses @ Bangkok Protest Site
BANGKOK POST – Financial Ban List Grows to 125
REUTERS – Thai Govt Rejects Peace Talks Unless Protests End
! SOMTOW’S WORLD – Don’t Blame Dan Rivers
REUTERS – Bangkok Protests Live Blog (via BP/AC)
! ASIA TIMES – Death Before Amnesty in Thailand
BLOOMBERG – Thai Govt Renews Election Offer
BANGKOK POST – The Shame of the UDD
BANGKOK POST – Reds’ Jaran Confirms Financial Thaksin Support
GUARDIAN – Army: Thai Protesters Using Children as Shields
CNN – CNN & Red Shirts PR? Nah … (what do you want to die for?)
TIME – Thailand’s Grim Anniversary: Protests Echo Those of ’92
BANGKOK POST – Reds Defy Deadline, Rally Continues
! 2BANGKOK – Divining the Plan
CNN – Thai Protesters Defy Evacuation Deadline
BANGKOK POST – “Manipulator Wants Deaths”
WSJ – Thai Protesters Seek Fresh Talks
! 2BANGKOK – What to Expect From Thaksin’s New Lobbyist Robert Amsterdam
BBC – Rogue Thai Protest General Seh Daeng Dies
BANGKOK POST – Tourists Under Fire in Dusit Thani (ThaiTV: reds fired RPG; read the comments)
THE NATION – Financial Ban: Thaksins & Co. Blacklisted
BANGKOK POST – Red Leaders All Miscalculated & Are Losing
TIME – Protest Places Bangkok’s “Red” Children in Line of Fire
Wanted to share this article from James Hookway of the Wall Street Journal. It takes the same line but has some more details to add to the Economist’s “A polity imploding” in relation to Thaksin’s role in derailing the peace talks which could have avoided the bloodshed:
Key points:
1. “People on both sides of Thailand’s political divide with knowledge of the negotiations say that Mr. Thaksin’s interventions – which they say included a number of new demands that ended up slowing the talks intended to end the political standoff – delayed an agreement for new elections that would have enabled the protesters to call off their months-long rally. His machinations prompted the most senior opposition red shirt negotiator to quit in frustration, according to these people.”
2. “But in recent weeks Mr. Thaksin has kept in close contact with rogue military officers training a paramilitary “people’s army” to attack troops and turn Bangkok’s streets into a war zone, according to opposition members involved in the conflict.”
3. “At a luxury hotel near the red shirts’ camp in central Bangkok, a team of Mr. Thaksin’s lawyers and advisers regularly conferred with protest leaders and other negotiators to ensure that Mr. Thaksin was kept in the loop over the past several weeks.”
4. “People involved in both government and opposition camps say Mr. Thaksin urged hardliners to come up with fresh demands that stalled the process, ultimately leading to the talks’ collapse. They say red shirt leader Veera Musikapong quit the negotiations in disgust.
“He was questioning why they were bothering to talk when Mr. Thaksin was delaying any progress,” says one person involved in the mediations. Mr. Veera is in army custody and couldn’t be reached for comment.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704852004575257790134925082.html?mod=WSJ_World_LeadStory
yokkie – “debunks” as in “proves false” and “myth” as in “fabrication”? I think not. I’d go with “questions” and/or “contributes to the debate about.”
Further debate at:
http://asiancorrespondent.com/bangkok-pundit-blog/just-a-battle-of-elites#comments