Pramote Nakornthab’s Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
Your editorial “Too Polite to Thailand” shows base characters of American journalism: arrogant, little informed, and too rat racing to verify facts; let alone educating oneself before educating the public.
I’ve just finished my compliments to youthful western diplomats residing in Bangkok on the very subject.
Here you are
“I have lived [...]
Khun Limmy from Serithai Discussion Forum sent me this post, and I think it is worth reading for everyone.
The original post with comments are here
Thank you JanusFIN for your story and footage.
I WAS THERE! … 9 Days I Was Eyewitness In Thailand Airports! …
And Only Foreigner… (VID, PICS)
I AM STILL ALIVE…
I spend incredible moments, maybe [...]
Thank you Jonathan Head, for such an impressive analysis. My comment is in brown to explain more or disagree with you at some points. I have copied the whole article and placed it here, to get my attached comment easy to read.
The original article is here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7762806.stm
How did Thai protesters manage it?
By Jonathan Head [...]
People’s Alliance for Democracy Announcement 28/2008
The People’s Alliance for Democracy was rallying for a total of 193 days from May 25, 2008 to December 3, 2008 as announced in the Announcement No.27/2008 of December 2, 2008.
Throughout the course of the rally, the rights and the freedom of PAD to hold a gathering, receiving information were [...]
To Whom It May Concern:
As of December 2, 2008, the leaders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) in Thailand held a press conference, stating the disbandment of all protests in Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Don Mueang International Airport, and Government House. This was in response to the dissolution of corrupt political parties in Thailand that [...]
Our only aim is to fight this government until the PM resigns. If in doing so we have caused you any inconvenience. We sincerely apologize. (Picture from Pradit OKNation Blog)
PAD is hurting tourist business, and Thailand’s economic enormously.. Are you sure that this is to help Thailand? How?
Yes! There is no pain without gain, [...]
The PAD will return if another [Thaksin] proxy government is formed or anyone tries to amend the constitution or the law to whitewash some politicians or to subdue the monarch’s royal authority,“ Sondhi Limthongkul, one of the protest leaders, warned on Tuesday night.
Source: Thai protesters end airport siege (Aljazeera)
PAD’s Celebration on Victory
[...]
Why we have to mobilize from the government house?
Some police and soldier gangsters backing up by the current Thai crooked government fired M79 bombs which killed and hurt our fellow PADs in the government house area. This is the reason why we have to call for this final battle after very peaceful protesting for over 6 [...]
At this moment, Kamolwan Muendnu (กมลวรรณ หมื่นหนู)
another 27-years-old Bow is dying…
She was waiting for her dad from Phattalung province in the southern Thailand.
Her body shook when her dad arrived.
The doctor had to calm her down.
“Don’t die yet for the sake of 6 lives to live on…”
2 eyes for 2 waiting patients to see this [...]
An assailant fired a grenade into the inbound passenger terminal building of the Don Muang Airport early Tuesday, killing one protester and injuring 22 (latest 24 – manager.co.th) others.
Five of them were severely injured in the attack at 00:15 am Tuesday morning.
Guards of the People’s Alliance for Democracy said they saw an attack on the [...]
Thai protesters have taken over Bangkok’s main airport, crippling Thailand’s tourism industry and stranding visitors to the country.
Step Vaessen reports from inside the capital’s international airport.
Transcript:
Protesting Thai middle class style’s organized and discipline
After a seize of 5 days, the internal airport looks relatively clean, and nothing seems to be damaged, even the ATM machine still [...]
The picture here is from Muslimthai.com showing some Muslims at the Phuket Airport waiting for Egypt Air to pick them up, they will transit in Kairo to Mecca. Here is the way, they see this incident:
Whether we can go to hajj really depends on the god. If there is an obstacle, it is a test. [...]
On November 26, a young woman, dressed in a yellow shirt, was seen walking around the PAD rally site at Suvarnabhumi Airport, distributing a message in English to help clarify the PAD rally.
This is to clarify the situation here in Thailand as I believe the foreign press have formed the conclusion that the PAD has [...]