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Blasts rock Bangkok amid bitter stand-offBy Tim Johnston in Bangkok Published: April 23 2010 03:00 | Last updated: April 23 2010 03:00One person was killed and more than 70 injured last night after explosions rocked Bangkok’s business district, further stoking tension in a bitter political stand-off that has already claimed 25 lives.At least seven [...]
Thai PM rejects protesters’ peace offerBy Tim Johnston in Bangkok and wires Published: April 23 2010 04:48 | Last updated: April 24 2010 16:05Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Saturday a rejected a new, compromise offer by anti-government red-shirt demonstrators to end weeks of increasingly violent protests in return for early polls.The red-shirted supporters [...]
An injured woman is evacuated from a blast site in the financial district of central Bangkok. Picture: AFP Source: AFPUPDATE 1.40pm: AUSSIES have been warned to stay away from Bangkok after deadly attacks that left a Melbourne man injured.…“Due to escalating violence in central Bangkok, all US citizens [...]
Aussie hurt in deadly Bangkok blastsAn Australian man has been admitted to hospital after a bomb blast in Bangkok, the federal government has confirmed.…A protester fires a slingshot during deadly protests in Bangkok. Photo: APA Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokeswoman said today he was treated for minor injuries at the Bangkok Christian Hospital [...]
DFAT has issued a travel warning for Thailand after an Australian was burned by a grenade and three people died in political violence gripping Bangkok.Melbourne man Benjamin Rowse, 26, was taken to the Bangkok Christian Hospital, where he is in a stable condition.He was one of dozens injured when a series of grenade blasts ripped [...]
Looking for entertainment? Despite the proximity of shouting Red Shirt leaders over loudspeakers at Lumpini Park, Silom Road is almost back to normal for tourists looking for night entertainment. Prostitutes are waiting again for customers in Patpong alleys and seem unimpressed by army troops patrolling in the area. Irish pubs are welcoming expats again looking [...]
In other prosperous democracies, the middle class provides the glue that holds society together. In Thailand, by contrast, the bourgeoisie, centered in Bangkok, is barely emerging as a social and political force. Instead, for a half-century, an unspoken social contract among four broad groups has held Thailand together: the “Palace” — a euphemism used here [...]
BANGKOK – Thailand’s political and social fabric is fraying. Indeed, the country’s future looks as shaky as it has never been.…In late 2008, anti-Thaksin mobs wearing yellow shirts and led by prominent business figures occupied Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport with impunity, seeking to annul the result of a general election in which pro-Thaksin forces gained [...]
In other prosperous democracies, the middle class provides the glue that holds society together. In Thailand, by contrast, the bourgeoisie, centred in Bangkok, is barely emerging as a social and political force.
Instead, for a half-century, an unspoken social contract among four broad groups has held Thailand together: the “Palace” (a euphemism used here to avoid [...]
BANGKOK – Thailand’s political and social fabric is fraying. Indeed, the country’s future looks as shaky as it has never been.…The sight of run-down physical infrastructure, punctuated by super-modern shopping malls with global consumer brand names well beyond the purchasing power of most citizens, is not what you would expect in an economy once described [...]