BKK News Feed Archive Q4/09/II

BKK News Feed for Week 53 in 2009, December 28th – 31st:

THE NATION – Violence Inevitable if no Amnesty
ASAHI – Japan’s “Lost Decade” Generation Finds New Life in Thailand
CNNGO New Year’s Eve in Bangkok: Where to Go, What to Do?
BANGKOK POST – Thai Tech Scene’s Winners & Losers in 2009
TAN – Democrats & the Coalition Game
ABC NEWS – Chiang Mai, Jewel of Thailand
THE NATION – Thai Children Deserve a Much Better Education
ECONOMIST – Shown the Door: Its Hospitality Exhausted, Thailand Sends Hmong Refugees Back to an Uncertain Future
BANGKOK POST – Preah Vihear Joint Agreement Unconstitutional (why?)
BANGKOK POST – Post Bag: Why THAI Is Failing
BANGKOK POST – Civil War Looming? Prem Recommends Top Brass a “Must Read” Article
THE NATION – Army Determined to Prevent Bloodshed & Coup (“almost five years of political conflict have got us nowhere”)

WSJ – Thailand Raises Growth Forecast
AFP – Thailand Starts Forcibly Deporting Hmong
2BANGKOK Seh Daeng Presents Thaksin’s Modest Dubai Mansion
THE NATION – Survey: Abhisit Popular, but not Suthep (who’s Abhisit w/o Suthep?)
TAN – Puea Thai Denies Massage Parlor Treat for Reporters (sure wasn’t invited)
! BANGKOK POST – Bangkok’s Sleazy Street of Shame
! BANGKOK POST – Foreign Prostitutes Being Targeted by Extortion Gang @ Grace Hotel
BANGKOK POST – Thailand Boots Out Hmong to World Fury
BLOOMBERG/YOUTUBE – Phuket Strives to Recover From Tsunami, Financial Crisis
ASIA TIMES – Politics Set to Spoil Southeast Asia’s Recovery
WSJ – Property: Koh Kood Retreat
BANGKOK POST – Old Crutch: Another Year & It’s Still Quite Amazing

BKK News Feed for Week 52 in 2009, December 21st – 27th:

THE NATION – With Afta Ahead, It’s Time to Fix the Distorted Alcohol Taxation System
TAN HIV/Aids: Battling Stigma With a Brave Face
NYT – Preah Vihear: Where Gods & Soldiers Tend the Border in Cambodia
TAN – Siriraj Hospital: A Stellar Institution’s Historic Assets
ASSOCIATED CONTENT – Great Places to Celebrate New Year in Bangkok
BANGKOK POST – Noughties Reviewed: Thailand’s Major Adjustments Ahead (hopefully)
BBC – Tsunami 5 Years on: Recovery & Rememberance
TAN – Retail in Thailand: Survival of the Biggest
BANGKOK POST – Korn Interview: Long Conflict Ahead (better confiscate Thaksin’s money? “as long as Thaksin has money, the conflict will continue”)
THE NATION – Suvarnabhumi Airport Taxis Up in Arms Over Surcharge
! CNNGO – Phuket Post-Tsunami: A Second Wave of Greed?
! HUFFINGTON POST – Thailand’s Final Hmong Repatriation: Last Remnant of Vietnam War May Be About to End

TAN Weapon Smugglers’ Flight Plan More Complicated Than What Thai Officials Thought
! THE NATION – Countdown to Person of the Year: The Police Chief
BANGKOK POST – Power Games: Thaksin Counts the Minutes to His B76Bn Fortune
BANGKOK POST – Time for Monks to Let Go
BANGKOK POST – PM’s State of the Nation Address: Everything’s Fine, but Corruption, South, …
THAI INTELLIGENT NEWS – The Bad Side of Thais (it wasn’t me!)
TNA – Suthep: Airing Classified Document Puts Thailand @ Disadvantage
FROGBLOG THAIDINGS – Girls Wanted
TAN – Thai Tourism Officials “Believe” 14 Million Tourists in 2009 (but where are the stats?)
THAKSIN LIVE – Translation of the Top Secret “Killer Document”
TAN – The (Red?) Insanity Must Stop
TAN – Don Mueang Tollway Users Plummet After Fee Hike

BANGKOK POST – Thaksin’s Fortune @ Stake
THE NATION Poll – 3.8 out of 10: Govt Scores Dismissal Job Approval Rating
PHUKET WAN – After the Jet Ski Mafia: Phuket’s Tuk-Tuk Row
REUTERS – Testing Times Ahead for Thai PM
BANGKOK POST – Wat Expelled Over Female Ordination
THE NATION – Little Action on Santika Tragedy
THE NATION – PM: No Talks With Thaksin Till He Serves Jail (come on Takki become a martyr)
REUTERS – Palace: Thai King’s Health “Normal” for Some Time
THE NATION – PM to Dissolve House if Opposition Helps Amend Charter
TNA – PM: Government to Dissolve House in 7 Months if no Violent Red Shirts Campaign (that’s an easy promise, anything can be interpreted as violent/anti-govt)
ASIA TIMES – India is “Thailand” to Asia, Scientists Say
CNNGO – Bangkok Trends We’d Rather not See in 2010

BANGKOK POST After 1 Year in Office, Reconciliation Elusive: Abhisit Claims Some Successes, Blames Opposition for Failures
BANGKOK POST – Tiger’s Thai Mother Disappointed in Her Son (dad was a philanderer? do cheaters beget cheaters?)
! THE NATION – Thailand & the World: Do We Gain From a High Profile?
JAKARTA GLOBE – As in Politics, Halfway Down: Based on the Government’s Gold Standard, Thais Fall Short
BANGKOK POST – Jinger Ben Season: Some Tidings of Joy & a Little Despair
BANGKOK POST – A Few Minutes With the PM
TIME – Thailand’s Iron Ladies: Aiming for Parity
NYT – Map Ta Phut: Thai Villagers, Tired of Pollution, Shake System
BANGKOK POST – Director of “Shingate” Fails With “Spygate”
TAN – Racy Beer Girls: The Problematic Calendar in a Troubled Society
TAN – Thailand Elite Card: Pricey Monument to Thaksin’s Egocentrism
BANGKOK POST – Pro-Democrat? Election Commission’s Neutrality Questioned

BKK News Feed for Week 51 in 2009, December 14th – 20th:

CNNGO – Controversy of the Week: Bangkok’s Calendar Girls
CBS/GLOBAL POST Thailand, Where Santa Is Jesus’ Dad
NYT – Dams & Development Threaten Mekong
! BANGKOK POST – No to 365 Days of Lust: Exercise in Bare Cynicism (most stupendous BP editorial in a long time)
IRRAWADDY – Thai Govt Urged to Investigate “Long Neck” Tourist Village
THE NATION – Racy Calendar Row: Singha Heiress Resigns as PM’s Secretariat Staff (read: fired)
SIAM REPORT – Economy Update: Investment & Banking
BANGKOK POST – Suthep Gives Govt Perfect Score
BANGKOK POST – Illegal Brew: Singha in Strive Over Calendar
BLOOMBERG – Golden Triangle Warlords Swap Guns, Drugs for Tourism
THAI INTELLIGENT NEWS – Sex Scandal Tears Thai Govt Apart? (read our post Beauty’s Moral Decay)
EARTH TIMES/DPA – Thailand’s Year Before the Storm?

CNNGO – What if It Snowed in Bangkok?
THE NATION – Health Ministry to Bust Calendars With Beverage Logos & Sexy Girls (finally some productive action for society’s benefit)
THE NATION – Spy Farce Turns Into a Comedy of Errors
GLOBAL TIMES Thailand Prepares to Destroy North Korean Weapons Haul
NEWLEY.COM – Why Did the Cargo Plane With North Korean Arms Stop in Thailand?
BANGKOK POST – Spy’s Mum Criticizes Democrats
INTERCON – Maria Sharapova Vs. Venus Williams in Hua Hin on Jan. 2
TAN – Interview With Cambodian Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy: The Thailand Problem (video)
BANGKOK POST – Undone by Affairs Foreign to Ministry: Time for Kasit to Resign
REUTERS – 5 Political Risks to Watch in Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Abhisit Vows “Better” Lèse Majesté & Computer Crime Laws Enforcement
BANGKOK POST – Spy Eager to Question Thai Diplomat

NOT THE NATION – Tiger Woods Embraces His Thai Half by Denying Reality
REUTERS – Ex-PM Thaksin Taunts Thai Govt Over Spy Saga
THE NATION Students Don’t Understand Subjects
TAN – WHO: Thailand Top in Traffic-Related Accidents
BANGKOK PUNDIT/AC – Thaksin in Cambodia Again
BANGKOK POST – Democrats Need to Be Aware Patience Is Wearing Thin
AP – 5 Charged After North Korean Weapons Seized in Thailand
AFP – A Year Into Office, no Unity Under Thai PM (“Abhisit has played the role he was assigned – to represent a group of interests”)
! KHI KWAI – Essay: The Myth of Thai-Style Democracy
! BANGKOK POST – There’s Still Time to Laugh in the Land of Smiles
BANGKOK POST – Voranai: Class Warfare
BANGKOK POST – Thailand Detains North Korean War Arms

BKK News Feed for Week 50 in 2009, December 07th – 13th:

BANGKOK POST – Football Shock: Thais Crash Out
BANGKOK PUNDIT/AC – Thai Govt Spends More Money to Promote Itself
WATCHING THE WATCHERS – BNE Graffiti in Bangkok
ASIA TIMES War Brings Profits to South Thailand
ASIA SENTINEL – Southern Thailand’s Intractable Problems
NYT – Cambodian King Pardons Thai Jailed for Spying
BANGKOK POST – Even Elections “Cannot Erase” Red & Yellow Divide
REUTERS – BoT: Thailand Must Climb Value Chain, not Devalue
ECONOMIST – Thailand’s Restive South & Malaysia: The Trouble in Between
THE NATION – Thaksin Calls for End to Political Double Standards
CNNGO – Bangkok’s Intl Street Show’s Back
THE NATION – Ordinary Folk Demonstrate True Loyalty & Duty (& on ordinary folk the riches are built)

BANGKOK POST – We’re Sick of the Ministry of Culture
THAI INTELLIGENT NEWS – Red Rally in Pictures
BANGKOK POST – Abhisit’s (de facto) Military Govt
TAN ICT Minister, You’re the Weakest Link … Goodbye!
BLOOMBERG – Thaksin Supporters to Hold Rally, Pressure Abhisit
TAN – The Wrath of the Map Ta Phut Verdict
THE NATION – 2 THAI Civil Lawsuits Against PAD Demand B670M in Compensation
IRRAWADDY – Bangkok Governor: Burma Threatens Thailand’s Stability
BLOOMBERG – THAI Sues Foreign Minister, 35 Others for Seizing Airports
! BANGKOK POST – THAI Sues PAD for B575 Million (finally some good news, the amount’s a bit low though)
STRAITS TIMES – Prachatai: A Lone Light (via BP/AC)
TAN – “Way to Happiness” Book Hoped to Seal Cracks in Thai Society

CNNGO – The “Ultimate Thailand Explorers” Have Arrived
ICG – Southern Thailand: Moving Towards Political Solutions?
THE NATION – Much Ado About Nothing in a Cambodian Kangaroo Court
! IRRAWADDY – Monarchies & Political Systems Discussed in Bangkok
ASIA SENTINEL The Thai Monarch’s Birthday Address (keeps “Thai society guessing”)
GREEN PROPHET – Jordan Asks Thailand to Be a Rainmaker
BANGKOK PUNDIT/AC – Thai Spy Gets 7 Years (expect a royal pardon soon)
BANGKOK POST – Red Party Poopers
WSJ/AP – Thai Spy Trial Starts in Cambodia
THE NATION – The Human Toll of Map Ta Phut
BANGKOK POST – Map Ta Phut Just the Start
BANGKOK POST – Govt Bows to Pressure: More Time to Honor the King

BKK News Feed for Week 49 in 2009, November 30th – December 06th:

! BANGKOK POST – Voranai: Let’s Be More Uppity & Annoying
CNNGO – Random Bizarre Video: Laura & Dolly Go to Bangkok
THE NATION – Gift Baskets Hit by Booze Ban (nanny state in overdrive)
BANGKOK POST protecttheking.com no Longer Protecting the King
THE NATION – “We Love King” Tops Twitter List
WSJ – How to Make a Croc Look Cuddly: Paint It Like a Panda (if you can sell a croc for a panda you can sell this people about anything)
WP/REUTERS – Hospitalized Thai King Addresses Nation
CNNGO – Where to Celebrate HM the King’s Birthday in Bangkok
RSF – King Asked to Pardon Net Users (via Facthai)
BANGKOK POST – Thais Unite for His Majesty
BANGKOK POST – Thitinan: Samak & the Realignment of the Right
CNNGO – Five Ways to Spoil Dad’s Father’s Day in Bangkok

BANGKOK PUNDIT/AC – PAD: Elections Mean War (good to know)
THE NATION – Thanong: Map Tha Phut Decision Will Hurt Certain Pockets (one of the weirdest commentary ever)
BANGKOK POST King Power Sales Dropped Sharply, Switches Customer Targets (yeah blame politics)
REUTERS – What’s Behind Thailand’s Industrial Estate Row?
GUARDIAN – Thailand Deports Former British Drug Convict Sandra Gregory
TIME – No Royal Birthday Bash This Year for Thai King
FT – Bangkok Property Group Takes Aim @ Lehman Sale
BANGKOK POST – Reds Take a Short Break Before the “Final Countdown”
CNNGO – 3 Work-Friendly Bangkok Offices Escapes (TCDC my fav as well)
BANGKOK POST – Drink & Drive? Go Directly to Jail
VOA – Cambodia Cancels Thai Loans as Thaksin Dispute Festers
AC/AP – Thailand Bans Booze in Holiday Gift Baskets (recommends honey instead)

WSJ Thai Industrial Projects Remain Suspended
M&C/DPA – Court Partially Lifts Map Ta Phut Investment Ban
THE NATION – Bangkok’s Choosy, Substandard Taxi Drivers
REUTERS – Thais Pray for Hospitalized King as Birthday Nears
THE NATION – Thaksin Pleased With Prem
GUARDIAN – Blood Flows in Thailand’s Deep South
THE NATION – PM Shot Himself in the Foot With Cambodian Loan Threats
BANGKOK POST – A Year Later: The Airport Fiasco
THE NATION – Murder of Billionaire Businesswoman Blamed on Family
BLOOMBERG – Thai Inflation Accelerates on Economic Recovery
RADIO AUSTRALIA – Thitinan on Limited Public Outings for HM the King’s Birthday (via New Mandala)
AUSTRALIA NETWORK NEWS – Thitinan on HM the King’s Postponed Public Birthday Celebrations

THE SHARK Thaksin’s Blood Gold
TELEGRAPH – Thailand Tightens Sex Change Laws
CNNGO – On the Job With Bangkok’s Erawan Shrine Dancers
BANGKOK POST – Property: Keeping Foreigners Out Serves Whose Interests?
BBC – Delights of the Singapore to Bangkok “Jungle Railway”
GLOBAL POST – MUST READ: The Thai Dog Meat Mafia (great work Patrick)
THE NATION – Abhisit Begs Hun Sen to Please not Reject Thai Loan
AC – Thai King to Make Birthday Appearance
BLOOMBERG – Thai King’s Birthday Address Postponed (or cancelled for the 2nd year)
! THE NATION – HM the King’s Birthday Celebration: Official Functions Postponed Indefinitely
! THE NATION – Riskiest Areas in Bangkok
BANGKOK POST – Pa Prem Left by His “Sons”

BKK News Feed for Week 48 in 2009, November 23rd – 29th:

THE NATION Obituary: Top Thai Businesswoman Murdered
THAILAND LAND OF SMILES – Maruk, Thai Chess
BANGKOK POST – Open Your Eyes to the Real Samak
ANDREW DRUMMOND – The Clockwork Orange Farang Sex Attack (and George’s cowboys @ Thaivisa)
THE NATION – Abhisit Begs Cambodia to Accept Thai Loan (this is so embarrassing)
BANGKOK POST – Expat Life: Love Thais, Hate Thai
THE NATION – Life of a Royal Auto Painter
PATTAYA DAILY – Thai Gangs Increasingly Targeting Burmese Migrant Workers
BANGKOK POST – The Case for a Bangkok Design District
INDEPENDENT – Real Thai Tranquility
FT – Further 3G Delay
BBC – In Pictures: Bangkok Soup Vendor’s Working Day

CNNGO – Khao Soi Deconstructed (read the linked WSJ piece!)
BANGKOK BUGLE Obituary: Bye Bye Daily Xpress
THE NATION – U.S. Blacklists Thailand Over Child, Forced Labor (working kids is a way of life here)
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin & Govt: Let’s Make a Deal
XPRESS – Hiding Behind the Smiles: Thailand’s Apathy for Her Transgenders
WSJ – Vietnam Devalues, Thailand Braces for Fallout
THE NATION – Thaksin Gets Tacky Over Takki (“you guys are so stupid to revoke my Thai passport, so you have no way to trace me through non-Thai documents”)
BLOOMBERG – Thai Recession Eases
REUTERS – PM Scraps Chiang Mai Trip Over Security Concerns
CNNGO – Google Maps Bangkok With Real-Time Traffic Info
THE NATION – Trigger-Happy Govt: Scrapping of Gulf Agreement Could Prove a Nuisance
NOT THE NATION – Interpol: “Takki Shinegra” Sold Out Concerts Across Asia

NEW MANDALA – Newin @ Samak’s Funeral: Conflict to the End
BANGKOK POST – Police Swoop on Corruption Suspects in Major Raid (police vs. police)
THE CASUAL TRUTH – Why Are Thais Always Protesting?
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin’s Merely a Symptom of the Widespread Malaise
ISN – Muddy Waters in Thai Deep South
IPS – “Evacuation Drills Have Begun”: Thai-Cambodia Tension Gives Rise to Schools With Bunkers
WASHINGTON TIMES – Thailand Seeks U.S. Help Battling Insurgents
ASIA SENTINEL Don’t Cry for Samak: No Tears for a Thug
BANGKOK POST – Last Rites: Large Turnout to Mourn Samak
DAYLIFE/AP – Samak Bathing Rite (photo)
TAN – The Prem Interview (transcript)
THE NATION – The End Is Near: Thaksin’s Plan for Civil Chaos (who is Suriyasai?)

BLOOMBERG – Thaksin Supporters Scrap Rally Before King’s Birthday
BANGKOK POST – Cambodia Row – Who Suffers? Thai Trawlers Stranded in Net of Despair
AFP – Thailand Tightens Sex Change Laws
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin’s Second Thoughts on Major Red Rally
CNNGO – Quality Men’s Gear? The 1,000 Baht Bangkok Shopping challenge
THE NATION – A Last Guilt-Free Word on Samak
THE NATION Samak: A One of a Kind
BANGKOK POST – Samak’s Death Drains Color From Thai Politics
TMC – 3G a Casualty of Politics: DTAC Chief Slams Thai 3G Delay
TIMES – Richard Lloyd Perry on Samak’s Passing
CNNGO – Former Thai Premier Samak of “Tasting While Grumbling” Dies
BANGKOK POST – Samak Loses Battle With Cancer

BANGKOK POST – Coup General Flirting With Democracy
THE NATION – Thaksin Kids TV
THE NATION – Cambodia: Thai Govt Lacks Political Maturity
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Thanks Prem for “New Stance”
THE NATION – Pridiyathorn: Kasit Misled the Nation on MoU With Cambodia
GLOBAL TIMES – Thailand Turns Against Thaksin
THE NATION – Desperate Thaksin May Go for Broke
STUFF – Travel: Once Bitten in Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Times Refuses to Hand Over Thaksin Tape
BANGKOK POST – They Don’t Really Want to Arrest Thaksin, Do They
UPI ASIA – Tensions in & on Thailand’s Borders
TAN – More Dirty Plans After PAD Bomb Strike?

BKK News Feed for Week 47 in 2009, November 16th – 22nd:

IRRAWADDY/IPS – Bangkok’s Future Filled With Floods
BANGKOK POST – Extreme PAD Rhetoric: Aloof & not Barking Mad, Are We? Woof!
BANGKOK POST – Violent Community: Abhisit Gets Radio Death Threads
PHILIP GOLINGAI – The Invisible Elephant
TNA – Sondhi Claims He Is Targeted for Murder
TAN – Jakrapob Denies Smuggling Weapons Into Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Those Poor Thieves: Shoplifting Increases 5.9%
THE NATION – Size Does Matter!
REUTERS – Analysis: Has Thaksin’s Cambodian Stunt Backfired?
TAN – Outspoken Army Specialist Denies Involvement in PAD Bombing (points to military or police)
BBC – Row Escalates: Cambodia Seizes CATS (Kasit warns to abide by investment regulations & bilateral agreements; he never heard of Preah Vihear?!)
THE NATION – Jakrapob (now in Burma?) Admits Meeting Thaksin in Cambodia

THAI BLOGS – Five Million Baht Toilet @ Thai Temple
BANGKOK POST – Dysfunctional Parliament (and they want higher pay)
BANGKOK POST – Sangha Split Opens Doors for Women (read our post “Walking The Bhikkhuni Path”)
CNNGO – Shop Like a Pro @ Bangkok’s Massive Jatujak Market
AFP – Sonthi’s Back: Former Thai Coup Leader Heads Political Party
BANGKOK POST – Coup Leader “Can Unite Us”
! AC/AP – Thai Justice Minister Hopes to Recover Cambodian Temple (another Thai slap in the face of international law)
TAN – Expert Rules PAD Attacker Has Military Skills
BANGKOK POST – Stock Market Rumor Mongers: Doctor Nabbed as Fourth Suspect
BANGKOK POST – Kasitgate? Jatupron: Kasit Ordered Spying (secret tape?)
SHARK GUYS – Maxim on David Carradine’s Death in Bangkok: Maxim-um BS
! SCOOP – Troops Deploy as Hmong Refugees Crisis in Thailand, Laos Deepens

REUTERS – U.N. Urges Thailand to Allow Hmong to Resettle in West
WEATHER CHANNEL – Obama Bangkok Weather Forecast (or try Angelina)
BBC – New President Raps Thai Airways’ Political Interferences
TAN – Defense Ministry Denies Role in Attack on PAD Rally (now that’s reassuring)
BANGKOK POST – Thitinan: Hun Sen Seeks to Internationalize Spat
NYT/REUTERS – Thai Anti-Govt Protesters to Hold Prolonged Rally (“until we finish the job”; rally will just fizzle out I guess)
BANGKOK POST – Govt Told to Treat Cambodia Subtly (“Thailand could risk losing international creditability”)
BANGKOK POST – Fire Sale: Elite Card on the Block
SCANDASIA – Bangkok by Bike
BANGKOK POST – TRT Gone Forever: Bribed & Perfectly Legal
TAN – Measures Sought to Prevent Tourists From Falling off Cliffs in Krabi
STRAITS TIMES – Another Thaksin Interview: “See You in Bangkok!” (via BP/AC)

BANGKOK POST – Thaksin: Govt Is Harassing Me
BBC – Thailand’s Rising Tide of Problems
XPRESS – Awake! Thais … Awake! All Strung Up About Patriotism
AM RADIO – Panda TV Captivates Thailand (the lost Thai ideal, mother & kid in perfect harmony)
BANGKOK POST – Way Forward Is Between Yellow & Red
BANGKOK PUNDIT – PAD & Their Support Base
ASIA TIMES – Missing the Nuance in South Thailand
VOA – Thai-Cambodian Dispute Raises Nationalist Sentiment in Bangkok
THE NATION – Worthless Police: “Were You All @ the Massage Parlor?”
THE NATION – Teen Pregnancies a Big Problem
BANGKOK POST – PAD Blast Caused by Grenade
RADIO AUSTRALIA – Despite Thai Pressure, Hun Sen Defiant on Thaksin Role

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