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Why are red-shirts so silent on corruption?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/03/2014
» "No to corrupt government" is the message on banners hung from buildings at most state-run hospitals and health offices across the country. This is a public statement by the country’s medical professionals about where they stand on the scourge of corruption during the worst political divide this country has ever experienced.
Chalerm in charge
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/02/2014
» Chalerm Yubamrung represents many undesirable things about Thai society, but he does get things done. Whether the things he gets done are desirable or not is, however, a matter of perspective.
Red TV cancels red leaders' shows
Online Reporters, Published on 04/11/2013
» Pheu Thai list MP and United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) core member Went Tojirakarn on Monday asked AsiaUpdate, the satellite TV station for the red-shirts, why it has removed shows hosted by four leading red-shirt figures from its programming schedule.
Mutiny over amnesty hard to believe
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/10/2013
» My first reaction was disbelief when I saw this headline, "Thaksin stares down mutiny over amnesty" on page 3 of the <i>Bangkok Post</i> newspaper on Friday.
B1.48bn in counterfeit goods crushed
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/08/2013
» Authorities destroyed 90 tonnes of seized counterfeit merchandise, worth over 1.48 billion baht, on Wednesday.
Amnesty bills: Haunted by ghost of Thaksin?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/08/2013
» Six amnesty bills this time. 25 in 81 years of Thai democracy. Who gets amnesty in each version?
Security meeting on parliament rallies
Online Reporters, Published on 30/07/2013
» Security-related agencies would meet this afternoon to settle on measures to cope with the planned political rallies outside the parliament, which is to recovene on Thursday, National Security Council (NSC) chief Paradorn Pattanatabut said on Tuesday.
Is it really that bad?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/06/2013
» Nattawut Saikuar's music video promoting traditional grocery stores has been deleted from YouTube after the deputy commerce minister's creation received far more ridicule than praise from the 50,000 viewers who watched it.
Red shirts face leadership crisis
Published on 13/02/2013
» Udon Thani-based red-shirt leader Kwanchai Praipana announced Wednesday his faction in the Northeast has cut ties with Tida Tawornseth, chair of the red-shirt umbrella group, United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship.
Spoiled rice in parliament
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/02/2013
» There was nothing boring about yesterday's session of parliament after a Democrat MP Thursday sliced open a bag of the government's pledged rice, showing it was rotten.