BKK News Feed Archive Q3/10/I

BKK News Feed for Week 34 in 2010, August 30th – September 05th:

BLOOMBERG – Thai Stocks Rise to Highest Level Since 1996, Before Asian Crisis
NYT – In Rural Thailand, an Unappeased Opposition Bides Its Time
BANGKOK POST – Puea Thai Blames Riots for Poll Loss
BLOOMBERG – Strong Baht, Thai Economy Expands Most in 15 Years
ROBERT AMSTERDAM – Abhisit & the F-Word
THE NATION – Newin Interview: “You Don’t Need to Be a PM to Serve the Country”
BANGKOK POST – Harassment in State Offices: Fighting Sex Pests
NY DAILY NEWS – Tragic Death of U.S. Ambassador’s Daughter: A Life Full of Drinking, Pills, Partying
WSJ – Thai Baht Is Back in Vogue
GLOBE & MAIL – In a Bangkok Apartment, Tamils Wait for a Ship to Canada
PR NEWSWIRE – Contraband Cell Phones “Sniffed Out” @ Bnag Kwang High Security Prison
CNN – Thailand’s Ghost-Friendly Director

BKK News Feed for Week 33 in 2010, August 23rd – August 29th:

BBC – Red Shirts Rally Again in Thailand (video)
BANGKOK POST – Democrats’ Landslide
BANGKOK POST – Voranai: Is Thailand Getting More Stupid?
DEATH PENALTY THAILAND – 13 Young Thai Women Condemned to Death in China
BANGKOK POST – The Cigarette Police
CNNGO – Bangkok’s House of Beers is Moving
ASIA TIMES – Bout Extradition Stuck on the Runway
BANGKOK POST – PAD to Sue Police as Red Shirts Demand Justice
TAN – Sanam Luang’s Forgotten Homeless
NOT THE NATION – Victor Bout to Be Extradited by Auction
PHNOM PENH POST – Yellow Shirt Protest Foiled by Thai Troops
NYT – Thailand Delays Victor Bout Extradition

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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:

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BKK News Feed Archive Q2/10/I

BKK News Feed for Week 19 in 2010, May 10th – May 16th:

NYT – Thai Officials & Protesters Fail to Agree on Talks (“Nattawut … offered to withdraw militant fighters from the streets”)
REUTERS – Thai Troops Battle Defiant Protesters as Crisis Deepens
! GLOBE & MAIL – Interview With Thaksin’s Lawer: Defending a Controversial Figure Against “the People With Bayonets”
TAN – Countdown to Endgame
CSM – Thailand King & I: Why the Protests in Bangkok Put a Spotlight on the Monarchy
TIME – Photo Report: Showdown on the Streets of Bangkok
BANGKOK POST – Who Hit Seh Daeng?
CNN – Battle Zone Bangkok, Foreign Journalist Shot (video)
ASIA TIMES – Bullets Shatter Fragile Thai Peace
! ANDREW MARSHALL – Bangkok Safety Tips
GUARDIAN – Thailand’s Unrest May Unsettle Region
AL JAZEERA – Deadly Clashes Erupt in Bangkok
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Calls for Peace Talks

REUTERS – Thai Troops Advance on Red Shirt Protest Checkpoint
CNN – Thai Army Says It Did not Shoot Protest Leader
BANGKOK POST – Veera Leaves Red Shirts (read the comments)
BANGKOK POST – Seh Daeng Before Being Shot: “Snipers Will Never Get Me”
ECONOMIST – Thaksin’s Harvest, Thailand’s Northeast
NYT – Thomas Fuller’s Full Report: Rogue General Shot During Interview With NYT/IHT
BANGKOK POST – Jatuporn: Reds Will Fight to the End
BLOOMBERG – Thai Renegade General Shot as Army Begins Siege of Protest Area
CSM – Thai General Shot While Aiding Red Shirt Protesters
CNN – Seh Daeng Video Right After Being Shot
VOA – (Radical) Thai General Aligned With Red Shirts Shot

CNN – Thailand Sets Exit Deadline for Protesters
BBC – Deadline Looms for Thai Red Shirts
BANGKOK POST – Army to Seal Off Rally Site
AP – Bangkok Protests Devastate Shopping Paradise
THE NATION – Noose Tightening
NYT – Bangkok Protest Leaders Appear Divided
CNN – Thailand Delays Cutting Off Protesters
BANGKOK POST – Residents Fume @ Rachaprasong Utilities Cut Plan
ASIA TIMES – Thai Power Grows From the Barrel of a Gun
! BANGKOK POST – Triumph of the Shrill, Rhetoric of the Reds (“worst are the thaksin clones”)
BANGKOK POST – Kasit: “We Are not a Failed State”

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BKK News Feed Archive Q1/10/II

BKK News Feed for Week 13 in 2010, March 29th – April 04th:

TNA – Red Blood not too Clean
NYT – Thitinan: Thailand’s Battle of Attrition
FASTER TIMES – Plastic Attack in Thailand
THE NATION – Red Protesters to Protest Against Protesters
THAIVISA – Colored Shirt Fatigue Ignites Nude Farang Protest

NYT – Young Thai Protesters Shed Culture of Restraint (the nice half of the story)
BANGKOK POST – PM Bends a Little More
THE NATION – Anti-Red Protest Grows
THE NATION – Some Attitudes Towards Red Shirts Shameful
ECONOMIST – Thailand’s Political Deadlock: Smiling for the Cameras
BANGKOK POST – Country First & the Silent Majority
BANGKOK POST – Bangkok to Reds: Give Us a Break
TAN – Red Shirts Seek Foreign Support (read jatuporn’s psycho comparison with the south)
BANGKOK POST – Army Calls Shots on House Dissolution
WASHINGTON POST/AP – Fugitive Thaksin Continues Global Wanderings
BANGKOK POST – Thailand Has a Shortage of Brain Power, not Water
BANGKOK POST – Govt Wooing Farmers
BANGKOK POST – Talks Over, More Protests

BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Really Wanted?
IRRAWADDY/IPS – Thai Peace Talks Echo Spirit of Non-Violence
THE NATION – Kasit on the Great Divide: Idealism Vs. Politics in Thai Society
NOT THE NATION – Thaksin Phone-In Goes Straight to Voice Mail
BANGKOK POST – Talks: A New Page in Thai Politics
THE NATION – Viraya: “I’m Protecting the Institution”
WSJ – Thai Economic Outlook Improves
BANGKOK POST – Second Peace Talks Again a Failure (no surprise, but reds soften stance, Abhisit offers something)
BANGKOK POST – The Dark Side of Thailand: Skin Color? There’s Only One Shade to Be in This Country
BANGKOK POST – Counterfeit U.S. $ “Super Notes” Arrive in Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Shinawatras Withdraw Cash to “Avoid Tax Levy”
THE NATION – A Glimmer of Hope
BANGKOK POST – Reasoned Discussion Offers the Way Forward

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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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