Showing 211 - 213 of 213
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/01/2012
» Two street protests greeted the government this week with more to come soon and the government's plan for a two billion baht compensation package for victims of political violence seems to have backfired. But the "talk of the town" is the ear-bashing incident at Suvarnabhumi airport.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/01/2012
» A mysterious fire destroyed several bookshops in Chatuchak Weekend Market on Wednesday amidst new allegations of local mafia gangs extorting protection fees from vendors. The Pheu Thai Party remains divided on how to go about constitutional change, but all agree the charter must be amended. In the South, the flooding has eased.
Dirty business at Chatuchak market
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/01/2012
» As the management of the Chatuchak weekend market moves from Bangkok City Hall to the State Railway of Thailand, organised criminal gangs are busy extorting money from vendors - who must pay if they want to continue doing business there.