military coup
DEMOCRACY? HANG ON A SECOND. DON’T YOU WANT FREEDOM OF SPEECH FIRST?
THAILAND’S DEMOCRATIC MYTH – The Bangkok Post is currently running an editorial headed ‘Close Net on the Slave Trade’. The newspaper refers to an investigation by the Guardian newspaper in London into slavery in the fishing industry – where troublesome Burmese labourers have been literally murdered and thrown overboard. The details are horrific. One troublesome […]
COUP LEADER TO ADDRESS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS – BRING A TOOTHBRUSH.
Pic: US Marine Corps. Colonel Werachon right This is what I like about some coups in South East Asia. Here you can discuss the merits and demerits of a coup with the spokesman for the army over white wine and canapes. The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand is hosting an evening this Thursday at 6 […]
THAI MILITARY CONTINUES TO CLAMP DOWN IN THE FACE OF INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION
Jeab a journalist lost her job at Mono Broadcast for this pose (Khao Sod) A so far peaceful coup was increasingly looking like it could turn mean in Thailand tonight as military men continued rounding up potential troublemakers throughout the country and dealt harshly with protesters on the streets of Bangkok. Army Commander Prayuth Chan-Ocha […]
MISCHIEF ON THE AIRWAVES AS THAI MILITARY TAKES OVER –
PRINCE CHARLES UPSTAGES THAI MILITARY CRACKDOWN Now I am a great supporter of human rights associations and of course the BBC but yesterday I was what could be described as a little bit mischievous when broadcasting to the world about the military coup, or no coup, depending on what view you take. I was of […]
