BKK News Feed Archive – Q4/08/II

BKK News Feed for Week 53 in 2008, December 29th – 31st:

AP – Thailand Anti-Government Protests Suspended
REUTERS – Pro-Thaksin Camp Vows More Thai Protests in 2009
VOA – Prisoners With HIV, AIDS in Thailand now Receive Vital Treatment
THE NATION – Puea Thai: Police Speech Venue Change Against Rules (PAD hell would have broken loose if the Thaksinists would have changed a venue)
BLOOMBERG – Thai Premier Vows to Aid Growth, Heal Nation’s Rifts
TIMES – Thai Premier Defies Protesters for Maiden Speech (Abhisit just overcame the first Herculean task)
REUTERS – Thai Protesters Block Parliament for Second Day
BANGKOK POST – Red Shirts Put Royal Picture in Wrong Spot
WSJ – Pro-Thaksin Demonstrations Delay New Premier’s First Policy Speech
BLOOMBERG – Thailand’s Premier Delays State Address Amid Protests
BANGKOK POST – Rally “Until Government Quits”
AP – Pro-Thaksin Protesters Ring Thai Parliament
STRAITS TIMES/THE NATION – Anupong & Newin: Loyalists or Traitors?
BANGKOK POST – 5,000 Police Assigned as Red Crowds Swell

BKK News Feed for Week 52 in 2008, December 22nd – 28th:

ASIA SENTINEL – The End of Thai “Democracy”
THE NATION – Red Shirts Besiege Parliament
NY DAILY – Crystal Seas & Sacred Sites: Of Thailand’s Desire to Make a Speedy Tourism Comeback
PHILIP GOLINGAI – Lydia’s Phantom Pregnancy & Thaksin
AP – Thaksin Followers Begin 3-Day Protest
BANGKOK POST – Thais Beg Tourists (to come back)
STRAITS TIMES – Elite Still Calls the Shots
THE NATION – A Red Shirt: Operating to Save Thai Democracy
MUST READ: GUARDIAN – King Bhumibol, Thailand’s Quiet Survivor (“has not merely preserved his throne, even during dark days of dictatorship, but earned it even greater legitimacy”)
NOT THE NATION – TAT’s “Thailand: Fuck The Poor” Campaign Surpasses All Projections
BLOOMBERG – Thailand Plans $8.6 Billion Spending to Counter Slump
TOC – Red Shirts Won’t Block Parliament, but Will Attack Democrats for Accepting Bt300 Million
AP – Car Production Could Fall 35% in Thailand
FT – The Mystery Shopper in Bangkok

BANGKOK POST – The Danger of Alcohol in Gift Baskets
THE NATION – Bangkok-London: Thaksin’s Two Parallel Webs of Intrigue
BANGKOK POST – Prayers & Tears Remember Tsunami
NOT THE NATION – NTN’s 2008 Year in Review
LAT – Thai King Reigns, but He Doesn’t Rule
PRACHATAI – BBC Reporter Charged (Again) With Insulting the King
CHANNEL NEWS ASIA/AFP – Thai PM Urges Thaksin not to Incite Unrest (“Abhisit did not rule out a possible pardon at some point for Thaksin”)
NEOS KOSMOS – Harry’s Cry of Despair From a Thai Jail (via 2Bangkok)
TNA – Red-Shirts Vow to Protest Until PM Dissolves House
TOC – PM: Govt Capable of Tackling Chaos During 28 Hrs Govt Police Debate
THE NATION – Thaksin Down to His Last $500 Million?
THE NATION – The End of the Road for Thaksin?
REUTERS – Thai PM Vows to Prosecute Bangkok Airport Occupants (so why does he still just talk about it?!)
ASIA TIMES – Asean: Down & Still Coupled

MONSTERS & CRITICS/DPA – Thaksin-Militants Vow to Protest Until New Thai Govt Falls
! NOT THE NATION – FCCT Admits First Thai (“not much pussy in here”)
GUARDIAN/REUTERS – Thai Govt Cuts Growth Forecasts as Crisis Bites
ASIA SENTINEL – Thailand Muzzles the Internet
TIME – Bangkok Gets Into the Christmas Spirit (good read)
! REUTERS – Airport Drama Has no Happy Ending for Thai Tourism (and who, who is to blame?)
BANGKOK POST – PM Defends FM’s Airport Blockade Fun Comments (“food was excellent, the music was excellent”)
ASIA TIMES – Analysis: Southern Test for New Thai Leader
STRAITS TIMES – Abhisit Plans Regional Body for South
XPRESS – Note This (increase in fake notes)
BANGKOK POST – Web Blocks Are a Scandal (will it get worse under the Dems?)
REUTERS – Oxford-Educated PM Riles Rural Thais
ASIA TIMES – Medical Travel Catches Cold
FACT – 2008 Thai Blocklist Analysis: Over 1,300 New Censored

BANGKOK POST – Big Tobacco Vs. Thai Science
BANGKOK POST – Thai Web-Censormania
THE NATION – Hints of Counterfeit 1,000 Baht Bills Panic
THE NATION – Relatives Fighting for Barred MPs’ Seats
BANGKOK POST – Counterfeit Banknotes Creating Alarm (read our updated post on the topic)
TOC – Red Shirts to Close Off Parliament on Policy Declaration Day (completely wrong timing, aren’t we getting tired of it?)
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Our New Foreign Minister
AFP – Alleged Russian Arms Dealer Tells Thai Court He Was Framed
BLOOMBERG – Thai Exports Shrink Most in 17 Years on Global Slump
THE NATION – Chang Noi: When the Beauty of Democracy Is not so Beautiful (some juicy Newin analysis)
THE AGE – Harry Nicolaides, Thailand’s Forgotten Political Prisoner
BANGKOK POST – Good Choices, Bad Choices
THE NATION – Abhisit Admits Cabinet Has an Image Problem
BANGKOK POST – Abhisit to Newin & Co: Forget Charter Change

BKK News Feed for Week 51 in 2008, December 15th – 21st:

STRAITS TIMES – Focus on Grassroots
TELEGRAPH – Thailand’s New FM: Bangkok Airport Protests Were Fun
SMH – Australian Prefers Thai Jail to Home
BANGKOK POST – Cabinet Sets to Work Amid Complaints
BANGKOK POST – Blow to Business: Lobby Appeased, Charnchai Industry Minister
PHILIP GOLINGAI – Field Manual: How to Plan a Coup
BLOOMBERG – Ex-JPMorgan Banker Korn Becomes Finance Minister (the airport’s closure was “Thaksin’s and the government’s fault”)
BANGKOK POST – New FM Defends His Support for PAD Protests
THE NATION – Abhisit I Cabinet Announced (some very familiar dinosaur names and Suwit’s back)
BANGKOK POST – PM Defends Cabinet
BANGKOK POST – Abhisit Says PAD Must Face the Music
HOTELS COMBINED – Study: Effects of Political Instability in Thailand on Hotel Operators
BBC – Thai PM Rules Out Cabinet Deals (does he? with video)
AFP – New Thai PM Admits Business Leaders Unhappy With Cabinet Picks (venal quota system outdoes experience, again; why does every recent Thai PM regret his economic team?)
CNN BLOG/DAN RIVERS – Abhisit too Posh for Thailand? (read the comments)
TNA – Abhisit Sweeps Govt House
! ECONOMIST – New Face, Old Anger
XPRESS – Our SMS PM
BANGKOK POST – New FM Hailed Airport Closures
IHT – The Thai Monarchy
UPI/RULE OF LORDS – Prosecuting Thailand’s PAD
BLOOMBERG – Thai Stocks, Baht Gain on Premier Abhisit’s Spending Pledge
PATTAYA TODAY – Thailand’s Crisis – What Does It Mean for Pattaya?
THE NATION – Thaksin’s Options Get Fewer & Fewer
THE NATION – Thailand Can’t Afford to Have PAD-Linked FM
THE NATION – Police Nab Red Shirt, Yellow Shirts Still Nothing to Fear
BANGKOK POST – Post Bag: Message in a Bottle (“if you sell alcohol in a gift basket you go to prison for six months”)
NOT THE NATION – Red Shirts March on Suvarnabhumi, Are Promptly Shot
! ECONOMIST – Abhisit’s Chance
NOT THE NATION – PAD Intramural Team Declares Victory Halfway Through Match
NZ HERALD – Tourists Stay Away After Thai Troubles (“We can’t believe how quiet it is here.”)
BANGKOK POST – How to Change the System: Betrayal, Sweet Revenge, Fierce Bargaining …
CNN – Talking Politics With Thailands’s PM Abhisit
THE NATION – Abhisit: “I Will Be Everyone’s Prime Minister”
MSNBC – Post-PAD: Travel Terrorism Works
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Thai Rath: Women With Powerful Connections
IHT – Thaksin, the Downfall of Thailand’s Kingmaker (is it over yet?)
ASIA TIMES – Trial by Fire for Thailand’s New PM (closing with: “Newin was eventually released in his underwear over a kilometer from his home”)
AFP – New Thai PM Promises “Competent” Cabinet (with only 14-15 seats going to the Dems?)
ASIA SENTINEL – Thailand’s Economic Wreckage (with the barricades down, counting the damage begins)
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin-Style: Govt to Continue Populist Agenda
REUTERS – AirAsia: Thai Political Problems Just a Hiccup (offering 100,000 free seats to Thailand)
ASIAN SWEETHEART – Beer Leo’s Promising 2009 Calendar Cover
WSJ – The “Silent Coup”
BANGKOK POST – Rocky Road Ahead
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Charging the Red Shirts
BANGKOK POST – Sanoh Hits the Wall
NYT – New Thai Premier Is Polished, but Short on Common Touch
TNA – Puea Thai to File No-Confidence Motion Against Democrat-Led Govt
FIGHT TICKER – A Visual Glimpse Into Thailand’s Culture of Combat (non-political)
SMH – Monarchy Damaged by Elites (use Google News search)
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin’s Diplomatic Passport Revoked (first signs of the return of the rule of law or “selective justice”?)
BANGKOK POST – PAD Warn Abhisit on Abuse of Power
AP – New Thai PM in for “Roughest Ride” (what to worry about with such friends?)
! ASIA SENTINEL – Giles Ji Ungpakorn: Thailand’s Democrat Putsch
BLOOMBERG – Oxford Graduate Abhisit Elected in Thai Power Shift
NYT – Thai Parliament Selects New PM
BANGKOK POST – Abhisit Becomes New PM
! THE NATION – Live Updates: Abhisit Vs. Pracha
BANGKOK POST – Democrat MPs Held in Safe Hotels Before PM Vote (forced democracy?!)
BANGKOK POST – Monarchy: Surakiart’s Open Letter in Reply to the Economist
STRAITS TIMES – Thailand’s New PM May not Last Long Either
THE NATIONAL – Thaksin Turns Revolutionary
! IPS – Business as Usual, Parliamentarians for Sale
WSJ – Thaksin Accuses Thai Army of Political Interference
REAL LIFE THAILAND – The Sort of People Involved in Thai Politics
AFP – Thailand Tense on Eve of Crucial PM Vote
AP – Thaksin Warns of “Interference” in Democracy
BERNAMA – Thailand on Brink of Major Economic Crisis Similar to 1997 Meltdown
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Bends to Keep His Hopes Alive

BKK News Feed for Week 50 in 2008, December 08th – 14th:

BANGKOK POST – Thaksin & the Man Who Ought to Be a Star
BANGKOK POST – Meet the New Bosses, Same as the Old Bosses
THE NATION – Stop Interfering, Thaksin Tells Army (who would deny it, the guy was wrong, now he’s right)
BANGKOK POST/AFP – Thaksin Phone-In Blocked
AFP – Ousted Thai PM Thaksin to Address Thousands From Exile
! CFR – Democracy Troubles in Southeast Asia
STRAITS TIMES – The Blood of Innocents (older, but worthwhile; why Nirmal Gosh is sickened by Thais who take their “revolution” as a carnival)
TIME – Soccer: An Englishman in the Land of Smiles
THE NATION – Thai FM Protest Economist’s Articles
TOC – PAD’s Xmas Wish List: Revoke Thaksin’s Passport, Speed Up Lèse Majesté Cases, Support Good People, Cancel Thai-Cambodian Joint Communiqué, Eradicate Police State & Transfer Police Officers Who Intimidate PAD Supporters, etc. (“If the conditions and ideologies of the PAD are denied or ignored, it is ready to stage activities according to the situation.”)
THE NATION – Foreign Media Coverage of Our Crisis Is Distorted (“they are suggesting that it is time for Thailand to embrace popular democracy”)
LAT – Bhumibol, Thailand’s Remarkable King (via New Mandala)
BANGKOK POST – Suranand: Will Abhisit Be Able to Manage His Team of Rivals?
THE NATION – Democrats’ Suthep Wary About Newin “Sabotage Plan”
! BBC – Thailand Reverts to Old-Style Politics
REUTERS – PM Vote on Monday: Thailand’s Opposition Democrats Inch Towards Power
! BLOOMBERG – Thai Protests Expose Investors’ Risks in Rotating-Premier Land (Thai politics were negligible until they went camping @ the airport)
WORLD SOCIALIST – Thai Military Plays Key Role in Forming New Government
MALAYSIAN INSIDER – Thai Democrats Closer to Power in “Shotgun Wedding”
STRAITS TIMES – House May Be Dissolved
WSJ – An Expensive Coup
BANGKOK POST – Faction War Hinders Plan for New Govt
THE NATION – Defectors “Offered Millions” by Puea Thai
THE NATION – The King & Them & Thaksin
! THE NATION – Dreams & Censorship in an Amazing, Surreal Land
ASIA SENTINEL – Thailand’s Done Deal: Back to the Future
MONEYWEEK – Thailand Looks Cheap – so Is It Time to Buy? (via BP)
NOT THE NATION – Thailand Celebrates Becoming World’s Oldest “Fledgling Democracy”
BANGKOK POST – Neo-Prohibitionism: Anti-Alcohol Rules That Drive You to Drink
GLOBAL VOICES – The Farang Who Joined the PAD’s Airport Blockade
AFP – Suspected Protester’s Body Found @ Bangkok Airport
SUTHICHAI YOON BLOG – Kingmaker Newin: “I Still Respect Thaksin But … (with video)
BANGKOK POST – PAD Deny They’re Terrorists or Bad
BANGKOK POST – The Lure of Power (fewer ministerial portfolios left for the Democrats)
THE NATION – Thaksin Is Dead, Long Live Newin
REUTERS – Vote for Thai PM Likely Next Week
AFP – Thai Distributor Bans Economist Over King Article
STRAITS TIMES – PAD May Fuel Backlash
NOT THE NATION – PAD to Sell Golf Clubs, Plastic Handclappers to Pay for Airport Damages
GLOBAL POST – Buddhists Perpetuate Bangkok’s Stray Dog Problem
BANGKOK PUNDIT – PAD Leader Somkiat to Become a Minister?
XPRESS – Govt House Clean-Up: Picking Up the Pieces
BANGKOK POST – PAD Backers to Face Charges of Terrorism
BANGKOK POST – PAD Aftermath: Secret Govt Files Plundered, Charges to Be Laid
THE NATION – Abhisit Faces Hurdles
STRAITS TIMES/REUTERS – Thailand “Bans” Economist
THE NATION – Chang Noi: The Culture of Protest & the Use of Violence
AFP – Double-Whammy Hits Troubled Thailand’s Economy
WSJ – Rival Thai Parties Vie to Form Government
BBC – Thai Parties in Power Struggle
THE NATION – PM-to-Be Abhisit Leads Jubilant Democrats
BANGKOK POST – Prohibitionists (read: Chamlong’s sect guys) Threaten to Storm Stock Exchange
BANGKOK POST – More on Kelly Newton-Wordsworth: Singing in the PAD Crowd
TNA – Puea Thai Party Won’t Forward a PM Candidate
REUTERS – Pro-Thaksin Party Claims to Have Thai Majority
THE NATION – Is Sondhi’s PAD now a Brainwashed Political Cult?
BANGKOK BUGLE – Has the Economist Been Banned?
RULE OF LORDS – Thai Court Rewards Criminality
AFP – Bangkok’s Red Light District Suffers From Political Chaos
TNA – Puea Thai Party in Bid to Form New Govt

BKK News Feed for Week 49 in 2008, December 01st – 07th:

NEWSWEEK – Thailand Slides Toward Civil War (with the policies set by the PAD, why not)
BANGKOK POST – PM Stalemate
BANGKOK POST – Democrats Take Over
! THE NATION – Democrats, Smaller Parties Announce New Coalition
WP – Bangkok’s Calm Seen as Only Temporary
BANGKOK POST – Pojaman’s Back
ASIA TIMES – A Right Royal Silence
ASIA SENTINEL – Thai Monarch Ill: Where’s Dad?
ECONOMIST – Recent Stories on Thailand
THE AGE – Land of Smiles @ Unhappy, Violent Crossroads
STRAITS TIMES – Govt House Offices Plundered
STRAITS TIMES – Probe Into PAD’s Finances
REUTERS – Politics on Hold as Thais Pray for Ailing King
REUTERS – Concern Mounts @ Thai Airport Security Lapses
THE NATION – Foreign Airlines to Move Operations Away From Thailand
THE NATION – Govt House Offices Plundered
THAI CRISIS – New Visa Drama
IHT – Bangkok Feeling the Pain of Isolation (via BP)
BANGKOK POST – Police to Check PAD’s Sources of Finance
THE NATION – King Mildly Ill, First Time no Birthday Speech
REUTERS – Thai Crisis Shifts to King as Airport Gets Going
THOMAS CRAMPTON – Surin Interview: “Thai Constitution May Need Amending”
! NEWSWEEK – Thailand Limping Along; Who’s in Charge?
NOT THE NATION – Sondhi Makes Speech in Front of “Mission Accomplished” Banner
BANGKOK POST – A Bitter Lesson for Thailand
CNN – Thai Flights Resume After Week of Protests
TNA – Fitch: Thailand Downgraded to “Negative”
TNA – “Democracy Confederation” Files Police Complaint Against PAD
THE NATION – THAI to Sue PAD for Bt20 Billion
ECONOMIST – Ousting the Prime Minister
XPRESS – Banharn Who? Silpa-Archa Dynasty Destroyed?
! ASIA SENTINEL – Giles Ungpakorn: Thailand’s Coup for the Rich
REUTERS – Protesters Pack Up, Airlines Ready
BANGKOK PUNDIT – The Next PM
! BANGKOK POST – Thailand, World’s Newest Failed State?
BANGKOK POST – Pause in the Battle
THE NATION – Suvarnabhumi Siege Ends
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Victory
ASIA TIMES – Court Brings Down Thai Government (again)
THE NATION – PAD Cease All Protests, if …
! THE NATION – AOT: Airport Closed Until Dec 15 (at least)
THE NATION – AOT to Arrange Special Protest Zone for PAD
! BANGKOK PUNDIT/AFP – PAD Allow Passenger & Cargo Fights
REUTERS – Cargo Flights to Restart Soon
TOC – PAD Leaders to Discuss Next Move
THE NATION – Somchai Accepts Defeat (Chaovarat becomes caretaker PM)
THE NATION – PAD: Entire Cabinet Must Leave Office, or Else …
BBC – Top Thai Court Bans Ruling Party
TOC – Court Disbands Ruling Parties
THE NATION – Court Dissolves Governing Parties
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Somchai Guilty, PPP Dissolved
BLOOMBERG – Thai Court May Disband Somchai’s Party, Force Him Out
AP – Blast Kills Protester as Thai Court Verdict Looms
BANGKOK POST – Philanthropist Thaksin Wants to Shape Asia’s Future
! THE NATION – Editorial: Amazing, Desperate, Dangerous Thailand
CNN – Travelers Warned About Thailand
THE NATION – Military Parade & Party Dissolution: Battle Moves to Court
REUTERS – Thai Protesters Consolidate Hold on Airport
ASIA SENTINEL – A Grim Political Battle in Thailand
IPS – Violence Shakes Elite Myth of Thai Unity
BBC – “I’m a Tourist. Get Me Out of Here.”
THE NATION – Military Leaders Call on All Parties to End Conflicts Before Dec 5
THE NATION – Govt Must Preempt Party Dissolution
THE NATION – PAD End Govt House Occupation (and the authorities move in? not?)
LAT – Court May not Be Able to End Thailand Crisis
REUTERS – Restarting Bangkok Airport to Take Over 1 Week
BANGKOK POST – Chamlong Asks Police to Help Improve PAD Security (no, it’s no joke)
BLOOMBERG – Bangkok Protesters Aim to “Re-educate” Rural Thai Majority
ASIA TIMES – Marooned: The Anatomy of a Civil Siege
REUTERS – Police Order Protesters to Disperse …
THE NATION – More PAD Aggressions
BANGKOK POST – PAD Allow 88 Flights Out – Without Passengers
BANGKOK POST – Rival Faceoff While Thais Are Ashamed for Their Country
BBC – Thaksin Loyalists Rally in Bangkok (video)
STRAITS TIMES – Proud Thailand Reduced to Farce
! THE NATION – Air Force Chief Repeats Call for Govt to Dissolve House (“govt had nothing to fear because it could win the next election again”)
THE NATION – Several Nations Race to Evacuate Stranded Nationals
BLOOMBERG – Thai Business Leaders Call on Premier to Step Down
TOC – Lovely: Police Help Patrol Illegal Govt House Protest Site
BANGKOK POST – Police Ready to Move: End Game Approaching?

BKK News Feed for Week 48 in 2008, November 24th – 30th:

TNA – PAD @ Govt House Seek Police, Military Patrol Protection
TNA – Police Negotiate With PAD to End Protests
BANGKOK POST/AFP – At U-Tapao: “They Kill Tourism”
THE NATION – Pro-Govt Camp Claims Court Conspiracy
FORBES/REUTERS – Assault on Police Shows Thai Protesters’ Ugly Face
TOC – Chamlong Urges Protesters to Remain Patient Until Dec 2
BANGKOK POST – Evacuation Chaos @ U-Tapao
AFP – Police Cordon Off Suvarnabhumi
BANGKOK PUNDIT – PAD Dispersal Imminent? Saturday Live Blogging
THE NATION – PAD Guards Take Policeman as Hostage
BANGKOK POST – Completely Helpless Police
THE NATION – Police Forced to Retreat (here we go again, they’re just not capable)
BANGKOK POST – U.S. Criticize PAD
BANGKOK POST – No Way Out: 100,000 Stranded
TRUE – iPhone 3G Arrives in Thailand Teaser
THOMAS CRAMPTON – Interview: Thaksin on Thai Crisis (with video, via BP)
TOC – Thailand’s Credit Rating Lowered
THE NATION – Ruler Sondhi Declares: No Negotiations, PPP Will Be Disbanded Anyway
! THE NATION – Riot Police Take Positions, Block Access to Suvarnabhumi
THE NATION – PM Sacks Police Chief
REUTERS – Riot Police Gather at Besieged Bangkok Airport
BANGKOK POST – PAD Removal to Progress From Mild to Severe
! THE NATION – Police to Launch Psychological Warfare to Weaken Public Support for PAD
AP – Govt Backs Off Again, Wants to Negotiate With Protesters (poor Somchai also no police support?)
THE NATION – Editorial: Airport Raid May Backfire on PAD (“may” backfire?)
THE NATION – Somchai, not Feeling Safe From Army, Stays On in Chiang Mai
TOC – Protesters Set to Be Dispersed @ 3 PM
REUTERS – Thai Protesters Brace for Police Assault
! BP/RULE OF LORDS – PAD Are a Threat to the Institutional Order
THE NATION – Chamlong Gets a Phone Call
BLOOMBERG – Bangkok Airport Paralyzed for 4th Day
ASIA SENTINEL – Ungpakorn on Airport Blockade: Did the PAD Have Military Help?
THE NATION – ASTV Office Bombed
BANGKOK POST – Editorial: Govt Inept Under Act of Terrorism
! IPS – Thailand: Heading for Mobocracy? (via BP)
THE NATION – PM: Air Force & Navy to Help Clear Airports
THE NATION – What Do You Do When Your Guests Are Stuck With You
BANGKOK POST – State of Emergency
THE NATION – PAD Bracing for Crackdown
THE NATION – PAD’s Suriyasai on Crackdown: “We Are Using Our Rights to Demonstrate Peacefully Without Causing Damages to State Properties”
THE NATION – State of Emergency Over 2 Airports
TOC – PAD: Govt Much Worse Than Airport Blockade
BANGKOK PUNDIT – A Coup in the Making?
TELEGRAPH – Thailand Turns Class Struggle on Its Head (via BP)
ECONOMIST – PAD Mob Goes All-Out to Provoke a Coup
NBC – Dummies Guide to Thailand’s Political Maze
REUTERS – Pressure Mounts on Thai Army to Halt Unrest
AP – Thailand Shuts Down 2nd Airport in Capital
THE NATION – Thailand on World Travel Warning List
BANGKOK POST – Thithinan: PAD’S Mob Violence: Going All the Way
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Somchai: “I Won’t Resign, I Won’t Dissolve House”
TNA – PAD Member’s Father Killed in Chiang Mai Clash
BANGKOK POST – Helpless Army
MUST READ: ASIA TIMES – Thailand Crashes & Burns
BBC – No Coup: Thai Army Calls for New Elections
BANGKOK POST – Abhisit Set to Join Talks Between Govt, PAD
! BANGKOK BUGLE – Stranded in Bangkok & On the Insurance-Exclusion of Civil Unrest
NEW MANDALA – PAD Back to Form
FORBES/REUTERS – PAD Protesters Wounded Near Bangkok Airport (“We saw all these people in yellow. We thought they were football fans.”)
THE NATION – Airport Siege: “We’ll Be Here Till PM Quits”
BANGKOK POST – PAD Refuse to Leave Airport
MANAGER – PAD Statement on Airport Blockade: “PAD Is Left With no Choice but to Step Up Its Peaceful Rally”
THE NATION – 4 Bomb Attacks Rock Bangkok
! BANGKOK POST – Editorial: Hurting the Country (PAD “terrorizing the public”)
THE NATION – Suvarnabhumi Chaos: Thousands Stranded
THE NATION – PM May Declare State of Emergency
GUARDIAN – The Infamous PAD Violence Video
BLOOMBERG – Thai Government Tells Army to Restore Order at Bangkok Airport
! THE NATION – PAD Closes Suvarnabhumi
BANGKOK POST – Govt Banks on Public, Leaders Hope Sentiment Turns Against PAD
! THE NATION – PAD “Fire” on Rivals (most people will agree by now to stop those maniacs at whatever cost)
REUTERS – Protesters Block Road to Suvarnabhumi Airport, Strike Fails
NEW MANDALA – Nick Nostitz: On the Non-Violent PAD & Much More (with photo series)
XPRESS – Domestic Violence in Thailand: Behind Closed Doors
TOC – PAD Block Main Road Access to Suvarnabhumi Airport
NOT THE NATION – 7th “Final Battle”: PAD Vow to Kill PAD Members to Boost PAD Turnout
NOT THE NATION – PAD Estimate Turnout at 100,000,000
BBC – Thailand Protesters Extent Action – Losing Steam?
BANGKOK POST – 20 Sleeping Tourists Robbed in Abandoned Bus
TNA – Chamlong Promises to Topple Government by Wednesday (& Abhisit sides with the govt, will Chamlong excommunicate him?
THE NATION – Napoleonic Blunder by PAD Protesters: Police Keep Cool
THE NATION – PAD Vehicles Have to Pay Expressway Fees (how come they’re treated like normal citizens? so far all was free & paid for them)
THE NATION – Final Battle, Really? Police Outsmart PAD
ASIA TIMES – More Turmoil in Beleaguered Bangkok
THE NATION – Thaksin Hits Back: “U.K. Will Be Sorry”
XPRESS – Bangkok’s Million Buck Meal

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