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Sukhumbhand to Step in Again?

18, Jul 2010

(photo credit: central_vietnam on Flickr) The Nation reports: Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra has vowed to mediate any peace effort between the government and Thaksin Shinawatra if his Democrat Party would allow him to do that. The only man on the government side who has met Thaksin lately, Sukhumbhand told The Nation in an exclusive interview [...]

He is Being Ignored!

13, Jul 2010

(photo credit: isriya on Flickr) The Nation‘s resident rant machine Sopon Onkgara in his latest piece: With the appointments of three committees on political reform, reconciliation and fact-finding – each comprising prominent personalities – we are seeing the familiar act of buying more time to remain in power, while feigning ignorance of the real crisis, [...]

When and When Not to Criticise the ‘Foreigners’

4, Jul 2010

Thitinan Pongsudhirak opines in the Bangkok Post (emphasis added): [T]he government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva clearly cares about how foreigners view Thailand and how foreign takes should be consistent and conform to official positions. The government does not seem to detest the foreign media per se. It selectively prefers the foreign perceptions that toe [...]

Thailand Chosen to Head UN Human Rights Council

2, Jul 2010

(photo credit: Prachatai on Flickr) No matter which government we have in power, human rights remain essentially an alien concept in Thailand. The Rohingya affairs, the drug war, the perpetual emergency decree – you name it. And yet things have taken a strange, or should I say depressing, turn when the country was elected as [...]

Abhisit Faces Foreign Diplomats

31, May 2010

Eager to win support from foreign governments, the PM called a special press conference on Saturday where diplomats and members of the press were given an opportunity to listen to the ‘official’ side of the story as well as to ask him questions. Video clips of the event are now available on Youtube and the links to them can be found below. There are eight clips in total.


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