Thursday, August 4, 2011

King’s failing health, and his $30B fortune, puts Thailand in jeopardy

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BANGKOK—Towering high in the heavens overlooking the courtyard of Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital stands an illuminated portrait of Thailand’s Ki...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Thai Government causes Crown Prince to lose face over unpaid foreign debts and confiscated plane in Germany

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BERLIN — A plane being used by Thailand’s Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has been impounded in Germany as part of a long-runni...
Saturday, July 9, 2011

Democrat Party: When you can't win elections at the polling booth

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The Democrat Party's legal expert yesterday filed a petition with the Election Commission (EC) asking it to recommend that the Constitut...
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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Andrew MacGregor Marshall's Wikileaks articles

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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 ...
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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Creating a border crisis to distract from internal incompetence

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Cambodia, Thai soldiers exchange gunfire at border PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodian and Thai soldiers engaged in a brief gunbattle in a disp...
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Friday, January 1, 2010

Thai Navy, Submarines, and more dodgy math

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Navy could sink B1bn on submarine Bangkok Post The navy is looking into the feasibility of buying submarines for military and economic secur...
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Monday, November 30, 2009

Thaksin’s Blood Gold

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I think most everybody has heard of “Blood Diamonds” especially after the Leonardo DiCaprio movie of the same name. But what about “Blood G...
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