BKK News Feed Archive Q1/10/II

BKK News Feed for Week 11 in 2010, March 15th – 21st:

STRAITS TIMES – Blog: Bloody Tuesday
! NOT THE NATION – CNN Producer Demands Dan Rivers Report Red Shirt Rallies From Outside “Super Pussy”
THE NATION – Bloodshedding Slideshow
TAN – PM Gets On With Business as Usual (travels up north, to provoke reds to follow?)
THE NATION – Reporter Joins Sociable Reds on Trip to PM’s Safe House
BANGKOK POST – Amazing Thailand … & Its Vulgarities
! WSJ – Thailand’s Time for Choosing
CNNGO – Kiteboarding World Cup Hits Hua Hin
THE NATION – Army Speakers Win the Day
BANGKOK POST – Rally Poses Limited Threat to Business
GUARDIAN – Keep the Army Out of Bangkok
! NEWSWEEK – When Democracy Dies (touches on thailand)

AFP – Thai Car Sales Soar Nearly 60% in February
CNN – Thai Protesters Threaten to Throw Blood @ Official Buildings
TNA – Police Detain a Suspect Following Grenade Attack, Released Later
BANGKOK POST – Blood Promises & Grenades
BLOOMBERG – Thai Premier Says He Won’t Quit as Protesters Traverse Bangkok
NOT THE NATION – “Furry Shirts” Gathering by Vacant Lot
THE NATION – “If You’re Louder Than Me, I Cut Your Power”
THE NATION – Ultimatum Live Updates
STRAITS TIMES – Nirmal Ghosh’s Live Protest Blog
THE NATION – Thanong: Newin Stabs Abhisit @ the Back (?!)
CNNGO – Thai “Super-Human” Tattoos
ASIA TIMES – When the Mekong Runs Dry

BKK News Feed for Week 10 in 2010, March 08th – 14th:

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BKK News Feed Archive Q1/10/I

BKK News Feed for Week 06 in 2010, February 08th – 14th:

THE NATION – New Website Gives Thai Teens Advice on Sex
THE NATION – Siam’s Little Image Problem: Rebranding Thailand?
BANGKOK POST – Transparency à la Thai: GT200 Secret Testing
REUTERS – Thailand Drops Charges Against Crew of Arms Plane
! BANGKOK POST – Thitinan: Reds Are a Force to Reckon With
IPS – Anti-Govt Movement Opens Rural Minds Through “Schools” (Marwaan’s on fire these days)
BANGKOK POST – Asset Case Nears Climax
THE NATION – The Politically Neutral Will Edge Out Red & Yellow
THE NATION – No Dad’s Nominees
ABC NEWS – Google Enters Fray in Thai-Cambodian Border Dispute
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Kids: We, Nominees?
TAN – BlackBerrys Dominate Thai Mobile Phone Market

XINHUA – Google to Review Cambodian Map Over Preah Vihear Temple
! BANGKOK POST – Science @ the Gate: GT200 & What
THE NATION – Pojaman: It’s My Money
BANGKOK POST – Over to the Constitution Court, the Dissolution of the Democrat Party?! (anything more double standard?)
IPS – Rural Thailand Simmers With Anti-Govt Rage
IPS – This Time Around, Thailand Targets Karen Refugees
STRAITS TIMES/AFP – Attorney General: Aim to Seize All of Thaksin’s Assets
BBC – Burmese Take “Inner-Tube Taxi” to Thailand
BANGKOK POST – A Million Red Shirts? (hmm)
THAI BLOGS – Thailand’s Greatest Urban Myths
CNNGO – How to Be a Cheap Valentine’s Day Date in Bangkok
NEW MANDALA – WeLoveKing.org & Other Websites

STRATEGY PAGE – Thailand: Terrorism Is Good for Business
THE NATION – Thaksin’s Grand Scheme Crippled by Internal Rivalries
! VOA – Missing Lawyer Case Tests Thailand Human Rights (doesn’t Thaksin know what happened?)
WP/AP – Thailand Tightens Security Ahead of Thaksin Ruling
BANGKOK PUNDIT/AC – New Kickback Rate of 41%
BANGKOK POST – Reds Monitored
BLOOMBERG – Thai Stocks May Slip After “Double Top”
! THE NATION – Chang Noi: Talk About Double Standards
ASIA SENTINEL – Thai Coup Rumors Recur
BANGKOK POST – No Love Lost: The Maverick Vs. the Lady
CNNGO – Fake Ferraris & Pretend Porsches From a Thai Dealer Near You
AFP – Diehard Thaksin Loyalist Paints Rural Thailand Red

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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:

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BKK News Feed Archive Q4/09/I

BKK News Feed for Week 46 in 2009, November 09th – 15th:

BANGKOK POST – 15,000 Gather to Decry Thaksin: 9 Injured in Firecracker Incident
BANGKOK POST – Street Rallies Have Become Predictable & Almost Pointless
TAN – PAD Press Release: The Thai People’s Declaration to the World
THE NATION – PAD Rally: 5 Wounded in Bomb Attack
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin the Savior: Ridiculing the Ridiculousness
! WSJ – Abhisit: Early Poll Likely
ECONOMIST – Thaksin & Hun Sen: A New Way to Annoy a Neighbor
ORIENT EXPAT – The Reality of Road Accidents in Thailand
MUST READ: BANGKOK POST – Pandamonium Overkill: Your 24/7 Adorable (check linping.truelife.com)
PHILIP GOLINGAI – A Method in Hun Sen’s Madness?
CNNGO – Bangkok’s Hippest Tees
TAN – Delay in Senior Allowance: Another Good Policy Poorly Implemented

NEW STRAITS TIMES – Thailand, a Study in Anachronism
BANGKOK PUNDIT (AC) – Poll: Talk to Cambodia & Divided Views on Thaksin’s Interview
TFS2M – Tacky, Tweets & Trouble: Another Thaksin-Abhisit-Hun Sen Roundup
THE NATION – Kasit: Thaksinocracy Is Still Alive (third & invisible hands are back)
MUST READ: PHNOM PENH POST – A View of the Thaksin Dispute (written by a former British ambassador)
THAI INTELLIGENT NEWS – Thaksin Assassination Plot?
CNNGO – Asia’s Top 5 (Some Thai) Beer Commercials
! WSJ – Thaksin Risks His Reputation
BANGKOK POST – Suranand: Abhisit Needs to Redefine the National Interest (no playing along Thaksin’s agenda)
CNNGO – The Best of Bangkok Bespoke
XINHUA – Cambodia Arrests Thai Spy
THE NATION – Thaksin in Cambodia: The Koh Kong Puzzle (corrupt immigration officials, visa scams, crooked cops, prostitutes, illegal logging & gambling …)

BANGKOK POST – Thaksin’s PR Trick: Media to Blame?
NYT – Cambodia’s Embrace of Ex-Thai Leader Stirs Tensions (some good quotes)
BANGKOK POST – Exhibit: Photographer Ohm Phanphiroj Captures Suffering of the Disabled
NOT THE NATION – Selling Thai Stocks for any Reason now Punishable by 5 Years in Jail
ASIA TIMES – “Advisor” Thaksin Hits Out @ Protests
ASIA SENTINEL – More Trouble for Thailand: Thaksin Needles Govt & a Fugitive Financier Is Returned
NOT THE NATION – The Oriental Changes Name to “Gook Hotel”: Rebranding Ensures Even Better Attending to Whims of Foreigners
BANGKOK POST – PM Calls for Unity & Patience (new rumor-mongers alert!)
TAN – 85 Baht! Anti-Graft Panel to Investigate Hike in Expressway Toll Fees
STRAITS TIMES/REUTERS – Thaksin Finds New Base
MATICHON – Thai Nostradamus: Khmer to Invade Siam Next Year (translation’s as funny as the original’s sick sense of humor)
BBC – Thaksin Accusations From Cambodia

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BKK News Feed Archive Q3/09/II

BKK News Feed for Week 40 in 2009, September 28th – October 04th:

THE NATION – Chang Noi: Reviving Old Politics With a Vengeance
BANGKOK POST – Train Derails, Kills Ten, Near Hua Hin
! INDEPENDENT – Thai Taboo: What Happens When …? (via Google News search)
CNNGO – World’s Greatest City: 50 Reasons Why Bangkok Is No. 1 (should have gone for 100 best reasons, enough quirky & offbeat bests here)
HUFFINGTON POST – Voting & Violence in Thailand
THE NATION – Thaksin Accuses Abhisit of Lacking Leadership
BANGKOK POST – New Puea Thai Chief: Good Chavalit? Or Shameless?
THE NATION – Freedom or Growth? Pursue Democracy for Its Own Merits
BANGKOK POST – Escaping From Urban Decay
STRAITS TIMES/AFP – Sondhi Gets Six Months Jail (out on bail though)
BANGKOK POST – Thai Society: A Loosely-Structured System
THAIVISA – Bangkok Post Bans ThaiVisa From Using Its Content

BANGKOK POST – Red Shirts Call for “Red October”
! STRAITS TIMES – Thai King’s Illness Deepens Uncertainty
CNNGO – Bangkok’s Fun-Seeking, Volunteering, Tweeting American
SEA GLOBE – The Comeback Kingdom
BANGKOK BUGLE – First Look @ Southeast Asia Globe, Thailand’s Latest English Magazine (BB’s impressed)
TAN – City Life Can Accentuate Hair Loss, Graying
XPRESS – Our National Cocktail Mixer
BLOOMBERG – Thailand’s Production Falls for 10th Month on Exports (not all that rosy)
! SEA GLOBE – Aging Thais Seek Shelter
AP – Fever, Inflamed Lungs Keep Thai King Hospitalized
! BANGKOK POST – Thitinan: Abhisit’s Fantastic Speech About a Fanciful Thailand
REUTERS – Thai Court Orders Suspension of 76 Industrial Projects

BANGKOK POST – Samak Guilty (what a surprise)
BANGKOK POST – Singing the National Anthem: Sing Till You’re Hoarse Fellas
BLOOMBERG – Thailand Says Economy Won’t Fall as Much as Forecast
BANGKOK POST – Hun Sen: “Shoot the Thais” (patience wearing thin)
REUTERS – Thailand Closer to 3G, Foreign Shareholders a Problem (Abhisit’s recent CNBC interview praising Thailand as open & competitive again all spin)
BANGKOK POST – Kasit: USAID Funding (for Democracy) Is Normal Practice (680 million baht gone where?)
XPRESS – Rayong’s Fearless HIV Volunteers
! TAN – ASTV Broke? Thai TV Station Sells Goods to Survive (offers a decent amount of critical self-reflection)
AP – Climate Talks Resume in Bangkok With Deal in Doubt
BANGKOK POST – Suvarnabhumi Plagued With Problems
CNNGO – Don’t Call Me a Lesbian: Tom-Dee Culture in Thailand
! THE NATION – Rising Crime by Foreigners a Cause for Concern

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BKK News Feed Archive Q3/09/I

BKK News Feed for Week 33 in 2009, August 10th – 16th:

THE NATION – Bribery: Thailand’s Favorite Pastime
REUTERS – Will Thailand’s Political Crisis Deepen?
WP – Of Tango & a Thai Court: The Notorious Mr. Bout
BANGKOK POST – The National Police Chief Farce
! BANGKOK POST – Xenophobia: Stop Hunting for Foreign Scapegoats
BANGKOK POST – King “in Great Shape”
NOT THE NATION – Illegal Airport Taxis to Be Punished With King Power Shopping Trip
NOT THE NATION – New Rims, Spoiler Fail to Make Altis Go Faster
ASIA SENTINEL – Russia’s “Merchant of Death” Freed in Thailand (surprised anyone?)
THE NATION – Superman’s Job Is Easier Than Abhisit’s
VOA – Thailand Holds First & Only Asian Martial Arts Games
TAN – Jaywalking IS a Crime!
BANGKOK POST – Pardon Battle Continues
NYT – Thailand Won’t Extradite Suspected Arms Dealer

THE NATION – “Juling” Allowed to Speak
BANGKOK POST – New Diplomatic Row: Saudi Princess Robbed
BANGKOK POST – Suvarnabhumi Gets Tough (for how long?)
BANGKOK POST – Tallest Building: Scaling the Heights in Bangkok
! BANGKOK POST – Bangkok Dangerous?
THE NATION – Reds “Within Rights” to Petition King: Comparison Drawn With Move on Prem in 1988
! ASIA SENTINEL – Shopping Sting: Thailand’s Airport Scandal
BANGKOK POST – Celebs, Lies & no Videotapes
PHUKET WAN – Phuket: 40 Arrests in China Money Scam
UPI ASIA – A Pardon for Thaksin?
BANGKOK POST – The Wisdom of (Thai) Humor
THE NATION – Split? The Suthep Myth Refuses to Go Away
AP – Warnings Issued About Alleged Bangkok Airport Scam
THE AGE – Defense Laptop Lost in Bangkok (via 2Bangkok)

BKK News Feed for Week 32 in 2009, August 03rd – 09th:

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