Bangkok Informer

This is the second and final part of the Siam Voices year-in-review. Yesterday in part 1, we looked at the year of prime minister’s government, that of the opposition and the prevailing impunity over the 2010 crackdown. Lese majeste: Cowardice in the face of first victim One topic we expected to continue to play a [...]

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As tradition dictates, we’re here to yet again look back at the year gone by in Thailand. It looks quite different compared to the previous ones – at least on the surface. While we did not have to deal with week-long political protests, ‘biblical’ natural disasters, and even the self-proclaimed “Thainess” heralds went easy on [...]

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The Pheu Thai-led coalition says it is not back-pedalling, but its latest moves indicate that it is very worried about the referendum, which it had so boldly announced earlier. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Politics

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By Saksith Saiyasombut On Saturday, thousands of red shirts gathered at Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok to commemorate the second anniversary of the violent crackdown against the anti-government protests on May 19, 2010 by the military. Ninety-one people have lost their lives and thousands were wounded in the clashes – protesters, soldiers, civilians and journalists (notably Fabio [...]

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