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Jatuporn: "US intelligence says coup possible"
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 09/02/2012
» Red-shirt co-leader Jatuporn Prompan says latest coup warning serious enough for reds to mobilise.
Putting aside the past?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/02/2012
» Friday night's gala dinner at Government House yielded some impressive pictures of apparent reconciliation, but political observers are not convinced it's the real thing. Photos by Chanat Katanyu.
I’m “phrai”, not “amataya”
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 18/02/2012
» He has an elite position, but he is not a member of the elite [amataya], Deputy Agriculture Minister Nattawut Saikuar insists.
Constitution: Axe courts & watchdog orgs?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/02/2012
» Close Thaksin associate floats idea of eliminating Constitution Court & Administrative Court set up by 1997 People's Constitution.
Red shirts uneasy over PM's visit to Prem
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/04/2012
» Pictures of leading government officials paying respect to Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda have been hard for some red-shirts to accept. Watching the PM and cabinet members doing the same may be impossible.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/06/2012
» Confrontation between the Constitution Court and the parliament was narrowly averted when the parliament backed down from challenging the court’s authority. New troubles are brewing for Pheu Thai Party leader Yongyuth Wichaidit and de facto leader Thaksin Shinawatra. And two innocent people shot dead and two others wounded as student gang violence rears its ugly head again.
Wasps to the rescue
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/10/2012
» Local farmers, media and scientists gathered to witness the release of bug-killing parasitic wasps in a cassava plantation in Khon Kaen in 2010. Now agricultural officials want to use the same approach to protect coconut trees in the South. Photo by Rod Lefroy
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.
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.
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.