MediaWATCH: Bangkok Blasts Kill Three, Peace Hopes Perish
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japantoday.com Five people were detained by Thai police Thursday night in connection with five explosions in Bangkok’s Silom Road area. After the attacks, the government ad hoc emergency operations group set up to deal with weeks-long protests in the Thai capital convened an urgent meeting to discuss the latest turn of events.
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theglobeandmail.com After working in Bangkok’s neon-lit Patpong district for 36 years, Oi has seen enough to write a university thesis on the booms and busts of Thailand’s sex industry. It’s usually a slump-resistant business, but Oi, whose nickname means Sugarcane, has never seen anything like the past few days. Many of Patpong’s notorious go-go bars and massage parlors have shut or cut staff, with tens of thousands of red-shirts whose camp begins just one block north.
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