Please Keep it Straight, CNN and Amnesty International

To Amnesty International / CNN After reading your staff Benjamin Zawacki's comment on CNN that the Thai government uses live rounds "against persons who are unarmed and present no credible threat", as a Thai citizen living in Bangkok, I have the the duty to response to your...

Thaksin, the Traitor International Terrorist

Thaksin Shinawatra got rich by briberies of military junta, led by Gen.Sunthorn Kongsompong back in 1990. By winning the only single national satellite concession, Thaksin got monopoly on the national telecommunication business. He then bought corrupt politicians who are...

Bull's Eye On Thaksin's General's Head

An Article from New York Times May 13, 2010 By Thomas Fuller and Seth Mydans A renegade Thai general was shot in Bangkok on Thursday (May 13, 2010) as the military planned to encircle the barricaded encampment of antigovernment demonstrators. Gen. Khattiya Sawatdiphol, 59,...

An American View On The Red-Shirts' Protest May 2010

A message from an American expat who worked and stayed in Thailand An excerpt from a recent post I made on The Daily Beast: I'm an American and live and work in Bangkok for an international company. I have lived here for 6 years and have been in and out of Thailand since...

Red-shirts anti-government protests in Thailand, 2010. Part 2.

Anti-government protests of UDD party. Thailand, 2010.