Thai Politics on Facebook: Manee Has a Chair
Manee gets into Thai politics on Facebook… Monday (tomorrow) is the big kickoff for #BKKshutdown. On twitter the protests are also hashed as #BangkokShutdown and … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Thai Words for This Time of Political Unrest
Thai Words for This Time of Political Unrest… Things in Thailand have warmed up once again (not talking about the weather this time) and a … Read more
Thai Protests 2013-14: Who to Follow on Twitter
Thai Protests 2013-2014: Who to Follow on Twitter… Yes, the Thai protests are STILL going on. I was hoping they’d be over by now, but … Read more
Taking a Break from Thai Politics: Squat Toilets and Bum Guns
Need a break from Thai politics? Here a toilet, everywhere a toilet… The internet is going crazy over protests in Bangkok this week (condolences to … Read more
Thai Floods: FROC’s Highway
FROC’s highway to… Both the Bangkok Post and the Nation covered, albeit briefly, complaints about FROC’s invasive ramp into the Energy Complex. Bangkok Post: Froc’s … Read more
Campaign Promise: Curing Thais of Five Character Flaws
Five things to change about the Thai character… In Thailand, if you don’t read or speak Thai, or know someone who does, you miss out … Read more
Vote NO! Animal Campaign: Political Posters Translated
Tiger, lion, bull, rino… politicians are WILD BEASTS! After writing about Thai politician Chuvit in two posts: Thai Politician Chuwit Kamolvisit: A Man. His Dog. … Read more
Chuvit’s Angry Man Campaign Posters Translated
Chuvit: The Angry Man of Thai politics… The Thai press is calling Chuvit the colour of the election: สีสัน การ เลือกตั้ง /sĕe-săn gaan lêuak-dtâng/. And … Read more
Update 2: Expat’s Eye-witness Report: Ratchaprasong
A bit more worried than before… We are still ok! However now we are a bit more worried than before. The 19th was hell on … Read more
Update 1: Expat’s Eye-witness Report: Ratchaprasong Resort
Here is a short update… At the moment we have power most of the time. There have been only a few blackouts so far. Mobile … Read more
Topic Thailand: Keeping up with Thai Politics
Understanding Thailand’s political crisis… During my research for an earlier post, Staying Safe in Thailand: Streetwise Advice + Twitter, Newley Purnell introduced me to his … Read more