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In 2001 Thaksin Shinawatra (กษิณ ชินวัตร), a billionaire telco magnate, became that popular leader. He barraged poorly-educated rural voters with the best political marketing and pork-barrelling they’d ever seen. In a
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The PAD is calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat over allegations he abused his power in handling issues associated with convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The idea of a caretaker government ...
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It invaded Bangkok’s main airport, prompting the army chief to call on the government to dissolve parliament and for the PAD itself to cease its protests. The PAD’s thuggish tactics have lost it much of the support it once had among ...
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Posted by Bangkok Pundit | 11/30/2008 11:46:00 AM. The color that Thais have associated with the monarchy, yellow, but it is now the color associated with the PAD. A number of people have commented to me that there has been a noticeable ...
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Behind PAD's flag-waving grannies is a well-organized movement. Seizures of provincial airports early this year suggests PAD has been plotting to take Bangkok's international airport, as well as its domestic airport, for months. ...
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Thailand has its problems, but it's misleading to say it's a "dangerous" country. The numbers need context. For your average The Telegraph reader, Bangkok is Thailand. And Bangkok is still safe. Guests at The Oriental or Shangri-La ...
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Posted by Bangkok Pundit | 11/30/2008 12:56:00 PM. The Nation:. The PAD may also try to seize seaports on the Eastern Seaboard if the takeover of the airports fails to force the premier out of office, Suthi Atchasai, a PAD leader from ...
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The army -- or some other appropriate delegate -- will take power, and the country will find the patience to wear out the endurance of an expiring Thaksin, who in exile loses wealth and legitimacy by the day. Mai pen rai, things will ...
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That the PAD is fascist is something that other commentators have been saying for a while. Yet many so-called liberals - notably in the ex-pat community - have been PAD apologists just because they opposed Thaksin and TRT. ...
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Kittichai Saisa-ard, chief of PAD guards, said 47 protesters were sent to the Ramathibodi Hospital, and four of them were severely injured. He said two other protesters were sent to Phra Mongkut Hospital and another to Vajira Hospital. ...