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BKK News Feed Archive – Q3/08

August 1st, 2008

BKK News Feed for Week 40 in 2008, September 29th – October 05th:

THAI FILM JOURNAL – Film Fest Bribery Sprawls to Elite Card
THE NATION – Chamlong Arrest: Peace Efforts Collapse
BANGKOK POST – 23 Arrested for Defying Election Booze Ban
AP – Abhisit Remains Governor
FON TOK – Thailand Great Legs & Shoes (via Asian Sweetheart)
THE NATION – Chamlong Urges People to Join Anti-Govt Protest (have a feeling his arrest is old news quickly, but may be wrong)
THE NATION – Chamlong Arrested (surprise, surprise …)
AP – Cambodian, Thai Troops Hurt in Border Clash

THE NATION – Punched Anchorman Calls In Sick (sounds like another drama queen)
BANGKOK POST – Another Battle of the Body Snatchers
TNA – Health Minister Chalerm Proposes New Year Without Alcohol (Chalerm more Catholic than the pope …
BANGKOK BUGLE – Post Says Sorry for Offensive “Verginal Intimate Serum” Ad
NOT THE NATION – Chuwit Promises to Govern Bangkok Entirely Via Billboards
THE NATION – 1st of 9 PAD Leaders Arrested
ASIA TIMES – SE Asian Memo to Wall Street
XPRESS – Chuwit’s Encounter

BANGKOK POST – Chuwit’s Fists of Fury
TNA – Thailand to Issue New Immigration Cards
THE NATION – Chalerm Plans to Ban Sale of Alcohol on Public Holidays (Chamlong will love the pseudo-prohibition)
WSJ – Former Massage-Parlor King Says
He Can Ease Thai Political Tension
IHT/AP – Bangkok’s Former Sex Tycoon Wants to Be Governor
THAI CRISIS – Idea of Culture Minister to Boost Tourism: Sell Phallus-Shaped Amulets
MUST READ: BANGKOK POST – Schoolbook Racism: Thai Nationalism in Print
TNA – Somchai Meets Prem

BLOOMBERG – Thailand’s Inflation Rate Cools Amid Lower Spending
THE SHARK – Deconstructing Bangkokian: Explaining Thai Politics to Dumb Foreigners
XPRESS – Hawking Thailand: Amulets & Ambassadors to Attract More Tourists
THE NATION – Govt to Push for Political Reform
TNA – Thailand Seizes 60 Tons of Milk Powder From China
AFP – BOT Ready With Cash Injection if Market Falters
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Thailand’s Total Paralysis
THAI CRISIS – Black Monday: Will the Thai Authorities Understand This Time?
TNA – U.S. Financial Woes Could Impact Thai Liquidity
BANGKOK POST – FDA: Milk Powder Imported From China Tainted
BANGKOK POST – PM Somchai Charged
TOC – PAD: This Week Marks Beginning of End for Shinawatra-Wongsawat Families
THAI FILM JOURNAL – Colombian Drama Takes BKK Film Fest
THE NATION – Ball in PAD’s Court to Facilitate True Reform

BKK News Feed for Week 39 in 2008, September 22nd – September 28th:

BKK News Feed for Week 38 in 2008, September 15th – September 21st:

TNA – Negotiations Between PAD, Govt to Start After Cabinet Forms
TIMES – The Sexiest Beach in Thailand
THE NATION – Bureaucrats Trying to Sneak Into Govt House
MUST READ: GLOBE & MAIL – Yes, it’s Weird Times in Thailand & Malaysia – but Democracy is Working
THE NATION – PM Somchai Upbeat After “Good” Phone Talk With PAD’s Sondhi (talking passes to walk free)
TOC – Chamlong Vows to Drive Out People Power Govt
VARIETY ASIA – Bangkok Film Fest Goes Dark on Child Prostitution
THAI BLOGS – “Bored With the PAD Mob”
BANGKOK POST – Thailand on the Brink of Becoming a Failed State

BANGKOK POST – Bangkok Faces Hotel Glut by 2009
PRACHATAI – Contempt of Court
ASIA SENTINEL – New Thai Premier’s Olive Branch
AP – New Thai Leader Focuses on Financial Concerns
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin “Still Boss”
XPRESS – Princess Rocks Paris (use above SEARCH for our own story on Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana)
TNA – Thailand Organizing Roadshows to Restore Foreigners’ Tourism Confidence
TOC – Worn Out PAD Ready to Disperse if … PM Somchai Answers Correctly
TOC – Chamlong Demands More Accurate Reporte About PAD (suddenly worried about perception?
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Somchai, PM of Unity
NEW MANDALA – Is Thai Democracy Really so Bad?
BANGKOK POST – Bargaining Time
MUST READ: ASIA TIMES – Low Expectation Premier for Thailand
NOT THE NATION – Court Will Try Samak’s “Gaeng Keo Wan”
THE NATION – PAD Calls on New PM to Prove Himself by Bringing Back Thaksin
BANGKOK POST – Court Accepts Appeal to Revoke Warrants for PAD Leaders
BANGKOK POST – PAD Snubs PM Somchai’s Call for Reconciliation
AP – Thailand’s Political Chaos Keeps Tourists @ Home
WISE KWAI’S FILM JOURNAL – Bangkok Film Festival Dares to Be Political
REUTERS – Factbox: Who’s Somchai?
THAI BLOGS – Famous Thais Who Fled
BANGKOK POST – Waiting for the 1st Thaksin Verdict
MUST HEAR: GNARLY KITTY – Samak Remixed (via Wise Kwai)
THE NATION – PAD Left Out in the Rain: Cabinet Approves Bt8 Million to Build Temporary Seat for Govt
THE NATION – Somchai Moves Closer to PM Job as Split in PPP Ends
THE NATION – Reporters Boycott PAD’s Press Briefings
TOC – Sondhi Warns Arresting PAD Leaders Will Result in Outbreak of Chaos
TOC – PAD’s Somsak: Constitution & Preah Vihear Govt’s Main Crimes (get real guys)
THE NATION – 2nd Arrest Warrant Against Fugitive Thaksin
MUST READ: XPRESS – Pig Sty Govt House: Big Clean-Up Against Epidemics
BANGKOK POST – New Plan to Nab PAD Leaders
TOC – House Dissolution Looms
THE NATION – Newin Revolts: PPP Faces Break-Up Over Somchai
CNN – Thaksin Relative Wins Backing as PM Nominee
WSJ – Thais Want to Vote
MUST READ: WSJ – Political Turmoil in Thailand Boosts Business for Astrologers (here we go again, the blind leading the blind)
XPRESS – Popular Crematorium Tours
THE NATION – Suriyasai Interview: Country Must Embrace “New Politics” or Implode
CNN – Bangkok Emergency Lifted
MUST READ: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE – Thailand Cops Protect Sex-Slave Trade
AP – A Look @ Candidates for Thailand’s Next Premier
BANGKOK POST – Samak Steps Back, PADs Step Up Campaign to Overthrow Govt
THE NATION – “Entire Nation to Blame for Crisis
CNN – Samak to End Comeback Bid

BKK News Feed for Week 37 in 2008, September 08th – September 14th:

BANGKOK POST – Tension Grows: Chances of Samak Return Sinking? Thaksin Calls
THE NATION – Pro-Govt Crowds Start Rallying in Support of Samak
BANGKOK POST – Foreign Arrivals Drop Sharply due to Political Turmoil
TIMES – Ousted Thai PM Poised for Rapid Return
THE NATION – Samak Wants to Return as PM to Protect Democracy
BANGKOK POST – Samak Is (Almost) Back
TNA – Fitch Hints Early Downgrade of Thailand’s Sovereign Rating
BBC – Writer Held for “Insulting” Thai Royals (adds details to previous reports)
BANGKOK BUGLE – World Pokes Fun @ Thailand
THE NATION – Opinions of Rural Poor Have Always Been Ignored
THE NATION – “New Politics” Raises too Many Questions
USA TODAY – Thailand Searches for Consensus on Govt Leader
NYT – Thai Crisis Shifts to Political Bargaining
TOC – Sanoh Wants PPP to Shake Hands With Democrats
THE NATION – Yongyuth: Samak not Suitable as PM
BANGKOK POST – Abhisit Dreaming
MUST READ: ASIA SENTINEL – Cooking Up an Absurd Stew in Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Samak out, not Down
THE AGE – Lèse Majesté Australian: Lawyer Arrives for Help
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Who Will Be Next PM?
MUST READ: ASIA TIMES – Thailand’s Samak out, for now
BANGKOK POST – Samak Guilty, Must Quit
BBC – Constitutional Crisis for Thai PM
CNN – Court Rules Thai PM Should Quit
ASIA TIMES – Interview: What PAD’s Sondhi Really Wants for Thailand
THE NATION – Samak’s Judgement Day
THE NATION – Governor Election: Battle Begins for the Hearts of Bangkok
CNN – Thai PM Grilled Over TV Cooking Show
THE NATION – Senate Speaker: 3 Options to End Political Deadlock
BANGKOK POST – Samak’s Perfect Stew
NEW MANDALA – More Academic Commentary on the Thai Crisis
THAI GIRL – Thaksin, a Sense of Tragedy
ASIA TIMES – Free Media Amplifies Thai Protests
PRACHATAI – It’s Time Thai Society Spoke Frankly
PHILIP GOLINGAI – PAD Protest: Still a Rollicking Party out There
THE NATION – Sondhi Vows to Enter Monkhood
THE NATION – Students Divided Over PAD Protest
NY DAILY NEWS – “Bangkok” Is Dangerous- for Cage’s Career
TIMES – Harry Nicolaides Affair: Thailand Threatens Jail for Defaming King
AP – Thai Protesters Enjoy Free Food, $3 massage
BLOOMBERG – Thailand Flags End to Emergency Rule Amid Vote Plan
REUTERS – Rural Thais Say Bangkok Protests Hit Livelihoods
NOT THE NATION – PAD Demands 70 Percent of Referendum Votes Appointed by Bureaucracy
ECONOMIST – Samak Pulls the Emergency Cord

BKK News Feed for Week 36 in 2008, September 01st – September 07th:

BKK News Feed for Week 35 in 2008, August 25th – August 31st:

MUST READ: XPRESS – Government House Becomes a Refugee Camp
BANGKOK POST – Parliament in Crisis Session
WP/REUTERS – Thai PM’s Allies Hit Street as Debate Begins
AFP – Phuket Airport Reopens
BANGKOK POST – PAD Protesters to Leave Government House Building (not compound)
BANGKOK POST – Airports Still Shut, Trains not Running
THE STAR – Thai Democracy a Work in Progress
NEWS IN BANGKOK – Armed Right Wing Thugs, Traitors and Tank Liberals Aim to Bring Down Democratic System
THE NATION – PM Back to Bangkok After Royal Audience
THE NATION – Anti-PAD Group Builds Stage @ Sanam Luang
NOT THE NATION – World Media Insists All of Thailand on Fire, All Thais Dead
TOC – PAD Confident PM Samak Will Resign or Dissolve House on Sunday
THE NATION – Allies, Army Pile Pressure on PM
URGENT: BANGKOK POST – Army Turns on Samak: Resign or Dissolve House
MUST READ: BANGKOK POST – Playing the Foreign Card: Diplomatic Corps Shocked at “Civil Coup” Under Way
BLOOMBERG – Thailand’s Central Bank Says Instability Poses Risks, Overtakes Inflation
THE NATION – Police Break Through Lines of Protesters, Reach Govt House
THE NATION – Police Retrieve Arms @ Govt House
TOC – PAD Discovers Stash of Guns & Bullets Inside Govt House
THE NATION – Railway Strike in Support of PAD Protest
BANGKOK POST – Govt House Standoff Getting More Tense, Chamlong-Successor Pallop Threatens
MUST READ: SOVEREIGN MYTH – The General Uprising in the Voice of Locke & Mussolini?
THAI CRISIS – Protest Day 3: Free Busses, an Appeal & Opened Toilets
MUST READ: ASIA TIMES – The Last Act for Thailand’s PAD
BANGKOK POST – “Love Them Tender”: Police Chief Promises “Tender Approach”
MUST READ: ICG – Thailand: Political Turmoil & the Southern Insurgency (on the link between Bangkok & the Deep South)
MEAW & MORE – PAD, Extension Please. They’ll Stay Until Sunday
BBC – Samak’s Change of Heart: Thai PM Vows not to Use Force
TOC – Chamlong: And General Pallop Pinmanee it Is After Me
TOC – Samak: Government House not Needed on Saturday (PAD receives kind of green light for open-end camping out …)
BANGKOK POST – PAD’s Next Generation
XPRESS – State of Alert, Bangkok Fears for the Worst
BANGKOK POST – Finally, PAD Shows Its True Colors
THE NATION – PAD Vs Premier: Army Chief Holds the Trump Card
STAR PULSE – Actor Nic Cage: Tanks on Bangkok Streets “Terrifying Experience”
NEW MANDALA – A PAD Strategy?
THAI CRISIS – Surprise: BOT Raises Rates
MUST READ: BANGKOK POST – No Democracy in PAD Chaos (via Meaw & More)
THE NATION – Cashflow Crisis: Thaksin’s Man City Plunges Into Deeper Confusion
BANGKOK PUNDIT – The Economist on the PAD Protests
FORBES – Time Is Ticking for Thaksin
XPRESS – Judgment Day – or Mayhem?
THAI CRISIS – More Zimbabwe-Style Policies: Price Hikes for Milk & Cooking Oil Rejected
REUTERS – Thai Stocks to Dip on Politics, Global Credit Woes