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It's "Brother first" for "Poo Kanchiang"
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/12/2012
» Government House reporters have finished their annual list of nicknames for government leaders
Rally ends early: "Dirty govt tactics", leaders complain (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/11/2012
» Even before the Pitak Siam rally began, thousands of rally-goers were blocked by police from entering the Royal Plaza area and, in a brief confrontation, tear gas was used against them. Leaders complain the government failed to live up to agreements and have now called off the rally.
Government invokes security law
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/11/2012
» Tomorrow's Pitak Siam rally poses a threat to national security, which justifies the invocation of the Internal Security Act (ISA), Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday.
Karun’s lock-in protest finally ends
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/05/2012
» Former senator Karun Sai-ngam spent more than a day locked in his pickup truck trying to avoid an arrest he said was unlawful. He ended up in jail after a locksmith opened the door.
Chalerm: It’s not alcohol, it’s my ear
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/02/2012
» Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubumrung blames an inner-ear problem, not alcohol, for his unsteady public appearances recently.
Ekkayuth takes a punch
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 10/02/2012
» Someone apparently got very annoyed with controversial businessman Ekkayuth Anchanbutr as he was checking out the activities of the prime minister.
Bangkok terror plot: updated
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/01/2012
» Eleven countries have now issued terror alerts for Bangkok as the search continues for a man suspected to be involved in a plot to hit tourist areas.
Police chief stands firm, Chalerm walks out
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/12/2011
» Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung usually gets what he wants, but apparently not when national police chief Pol Gen Priewpan Damapong is involved.
New web censorship worries
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/12/2011
» Police say people have nothing to worry about with its proposed procurement of a web censoring system since it won't be used inappropriately.
A gentler drug war
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/09/2011
» The Yingluck Shinawatra government has kicked off a new war on drugs – although that it not what it is being called.