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King’s failing health, and his $30B fortune, puts Thailand in jeopardy 4 Aug 2011 | 05:48 pm
BANGKOK—Towering high in the heavens overlooking the courtyard of Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital stands an illuminated portrait of Thailand’s King Bhumibol, with a garland of dazzling neon lights proclaim...
Thai Government causes Crown Prince to lose face over unpaid foreign debts and confiscated plane in Germany 14 Jul 2011 | 07:23 am
BERLIN — A plane being used by Thailand’s Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has been impounded in Germany as part of a long-running battle with the Thai government over payments for a building project ...
Democrat Party: When you can't win elections at the polling booth 9 Jul 2011 | 11:24 am
The Democrat Party's legal expert yesterday filed a petition with the Election Commission (EC) asking it to recommend that the Constitution Court dissolve the Pheu Thai Party for allowing banned polit...
Andrew MacGregor Marshall's Wikileaks articles 2 Jul 2011 | 09:00 am
Yes, I am still in retirement, but I have been trying to follow the Wikileaks revelations coming from Thailand. There is some good stuff in Mr. Marshall's articles. I have read what has so far been ...
Creating a border crisis to distract from internal incompetence 17 Apr 2010 | 07:42 pm
Cambodia, Thai soldiers exchange gunfire at border PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodian and Thai soldiers engaged in a brief gunbattle in a disputed border area Saturday, with Cambodia accusing its neigh...
Thai Navy, Submarines, and more dodgy math 1 Jan 2010 | 06:42 pm
Navy could sink B1bn on submarine Bangkok Post The navy is looking into the feasibility of buying submarines for military and economic security reasons, navy chief Kamthorn Pumhirun says. A feasibi...
Thaksin’s Blood Gold 30 Nov 2009 | 07:45 pm
I think most everybody has heard of “Blood Diamonds” especially after the Leonardo DiCaprio movie of the same name. But what about “Blood Gold?” The US TV news magazine 60 Minutes just had a segment ...
The Nation's Dishonest Editorial on the Ratchadapisek Case 31 Oct 2009 | 08:44 am
The Nation excerpt: The Supreme Court has ruled that Thaksin broke the law by giving his wife official consent to buy state-owned land in Ratchadaphisek. While the ruling and other incidents involv...
Abhisit Spinning on CNBC 26 Sep 2009 | 07:20 pm
Abhisit is very articulate and can spin with the best of them. But I don't know why he has to lie. Thailand is not an open economy or is it even remotely liberal. It is a protectionist country. Not...
Abhisit in New York (Shamelessly Lying Through His Teeth) 23 Sep 2009 | 06:32 pm
The Nation Post-Crisis Thailand : Building a new democratic society --- The second crisis is of our own making, our own political situation which has been making headline news for the past few year...
