Stories about Thailand from September, 2006
Thailand: Coup Council Website
Enda Nasution has a post introducing the website created by the Council for Democratic Reform Under the Constitutional Monarchy. This council is currently running the country after they took over...
Thailand: Countercoup?
Flickr user Bill Paterson post a picture taken from a Thai newspaper. Is this the countercoup?
Thailand: Putting up with the coup
Fringer.org tries to answer just why many Thais while resenting the limits on their freedom of speech are still willing to put up with the coup.
Philippines: Why no Coup in Philippines?
The blogger at Torn and Frayed in Manila compares the political situation in Philippines with Thailand just before the coup. In Philippines also, the people are increasingly fed up with...
Thailand: Pronouncing “Coup”
Andrew Biggs, a long time Thailand resident and television personality recounts how the TV programming was shut down the night the coup occured. “There are still soldiers in and around...
Thailand: The Coup and the Net
Ben at Mai Me Arai writes about the increase in internet usage in Thailand while the coup was taking place. “Let it never be said that Thai’s don’t know where...
Thailand: Situation on the street
Thailand under military rule day one looks like a regular day here albeit there were fewer people on the street. Banks and schools are closed, and most of the offices...
Bangladesh: What happened in Thailand
Drishtipat looks at the coup in Thailand and highlights an important question about what lessons could be drawn in terms of Bangladesh's future. “Thailand resembles Bangladesh in many ways. The...
Thailand: Coup Update
Picture from HelloonEarth2006 It was a holiday today in Thailand after the military ousted Prime Minister Thaksin's government last night while he was away in in New York. There are...
Thailand: Thaksin victim of Southern Unrest?
The blogger at Blowing In the Wind says that Thaksin may be the first Thai Prime Minister to fall partly because of the unrest in Southern Thailand.
Thailand: First day of the coup
Rumors of a coup had been circulating in Bangkok for weeks, and foreigners like me had been ‘warned’ to be careful, don’t stay out late, move in groups, keep updated...
Thailand: Liveblogging the coup
At least two blogs have been set up solely to cover the unfolding military coup in Thailand – a group blog 19sep which is in English and revolution.blogrevo which is...
Thailand: Living thru a Coup
Stuart G, an expat living in Bangkok, worries that the military might start fighting itself. But meanwhile he says “there is no fighting going on now. I am safe, my...
Thailand: Coup News Blackout?
Metroblogging Bangkok blogs as the coup unfolds. He says CNN, BBC and all the international cable news channels have gone down and writes: “now just a matter of getting the...
Thailand: Live-blogging the Coup
With what appears to be a military coup unfolding in Bangkok, Bangkok Pundit is live blogging the confusion. Gnarly Kitty also gives running commentary as the news unfolds, and fears...
Thailand: Bombings in the South
Bangkok Pundit has the updates on the bombs that went of off in Hat Yai in Southern Thailand on Saturday night. The bombing left four people dead and several injured.
Thailand: DIY Shoe Waterproofing
A Bangkok girl, caught in a flood, devices wateproofing for her shoes. Her friend at Gnarlykitty blog posts pictures of the invention. “Bow had enough. She couldn't risk getting fungi...
Laos: Video Instruction for making Coconut Custard Dessert
Thai-Laotian blogger Manivan Larprom puts up a video on her blog that shows us how to make Coconut Custard, a popular dessert in Thailand and Laos.
Thailand: Thailand and Expats
Thailand has a good number of foreigners who decide to settle down in the country. One such expat asks “So where is home? Can I, as an expat call this...
Thailand: Reaction to Bombing
Bangkok Pundit reviews media reports on the bombing in Southern Thailand. The bombs were left at banks and ATMS and set off by timer.
