For New Mandala readers who can’t get enough Thailand related commentary, a blog by Bangkok Pundit may be worth your time. It focusses on Thaksin and the woes of the South.
I can’t vouch for the author (who I don’t know) and can’t even provide an aside about their credentials or experience. On the “about” page, they merely say:
I don’t intend to disclose who I am or what I do. I currently don’t live in Thailand, but did live there for a number of years.
That’s cool, I guess.
Bangkok Pundit has lots of interesting tid-bits and a consistently pro-Thaksin bent. While certainly not always in step with my own views, the site provides a nice change from most other contemporary English-language commentators – whether professional, amateur or cry-baby. Check it out.
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1 Bangkok Pundit // Sep 9, 2006 at 5:08 pm
Thanks for the link. If it helps, I do have some familiarity with the top floor of the BPB, particularly a room next to the staff room, and have spent way too much time in a certain library named after an Australian Prime Minister. I just prefer to remain anonymous.
I prefer to characterise myself as anti the anti-Thaksin movement and share some feelings as Andrew does in this post. I just see Thai Rak Thai as the lesser of two evils as the Democrats still disappoint me.
Btw, anyone really interested in the the violence in the 3 southern border provinces should check out Deep South Watch. Any website which Dr Srisompob Jitpiromsri (a lecturer of political science at the Prince of Songkhla University in Pattani) is involved in is worth a look. They have a treasure trove of material, most of it in Thai though.
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