Slightly more than a year ago, on 22 July 2007, Bangkok saw a violent street protest when the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) protested in front of the compound of General Prem Tinsulanonda, head of the Privy Council. Even today this event is cited as proof of the supposedly uncontrollable violence of Thaksin supporters. Most of the Thai [...]
Revisiting the Prem compound clashes
August 12th, 2008 by Nick Nostitz, Guest Contributor · 8 Comments
Tags: Coup · Snapshots · Surayud regime · Thailand · Thaksin
Before Don Muang, and before Cobra Swamp
August 12th, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · Add a Comment
It was about half-past four on a blazing afternoon that I again stood on the fo’c’sle on the look out for the mouth of the Me Nam Chow Phya–the Most Noble Mother of All Waters, she who had poured her mud-stained issue for countless millions of years into the Gulf of Siam. The hot deck [...]
Tags: Environment · Thailand