The National libray of Australia recently received the first issue of Voice of Taksin (เสียงทักษิณ ). The magazine has 70 pages with some colour pictures. Published fortnightly, it is sold for 40 baht. Voice of Taksin features opinion pieces that reflect the political position of Thaksin’s followers.
[This post is provided by the National Library of Australia as part of our Book Zone feature. For further information on the featured publications contact Saowapha Viravong at sviravong@nla.gov.au]
5 responses so far ↓
1 Les Abbey // Aug 14, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Does the title “Taksin” instead of “Thaksin” point to royal aspirations on behalf of the man?
2 jonfernquest // Aug 14, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Hope someone is recording the radio programmes and Satellite TV.
This type of historical source is typically neglected but actually is the most widely disseminated type of source. Everytime you get in a taxi, good chance the taxi driver is listening to one of these programmes.
Wonder whether there is an radio archive for Cold War period.
3 Frank // Aug 17, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Just another one of those cheap distinctly low-brow soap-opera style Thai fan magazines. Does it also advertise face-whitening soap, x-rated ringtones, soft porn and orchidectomies perchance?
4 Slack Alice // Aug 18, 2009 at 3:14 am
No, it’s not a Matichon clone, Frank!
5 vora // Aug 20, 2009 at 11:52 pm
I agree with Frank, another piece of junk publishing.
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