Above: PAD and UDD: Common Ground
The Best of 2Bangkok in 2011 – January-April
A collection of links and articles chronicling the Thai events of 2011
Red Shirts and Thaksin juxtaposed
Thailand: Trial of web forum moderator jeopardizes freedom of expression
From Manager, April 10, 2011
Jatuporn is saying: The Songkran Festival this year – all Thai fellows let’s celebrate wholeheartedly as we don’t have a plan to stage a torching of the city [this year]
The caption reads: Celebrate fully as they allow
[In both 2009 and 2010, there were attempts to use the Red Shirts to overthrow the government by force on the streets of Bangkok.]
2Bangkok Situation Update: Thaksin’s Revolutionary Season
Thailand’s Full Moon parties are ‘schoolies on steroids’
How secure is your Thai-brand safe?
From Cartoon Khaprajam by Khuad, Daily News, February 18, 2011
The caption reads: The Sa-ra-khan Drama
[Sa-ra-khan refers a “land of the liar” where nothing is true. The cartoon implies a higher force controls the actions of the PAD, the Democrats, and the military to the detriment of the country.]
Lese majeste dominates debate on govt’s performance
The story of the attack on Stickman: Cyberbullying And Karma
Thailand has ‘more women in charge’
Recent Views of the Mahakan Fort Community
(Photo: 2Bangkok.com)
The sign reads: The motto for National Children Day of the year 2011 of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva – “Be Prudent, Thoughtful and Publicly minded”
(Photo: 2Bangkok.com)
The sign reads: Bangkok children [are] wise children, we love the nation and harmony – from uncle Sukhumbhand” [ M.L. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Bangkok Governor]
Mysterious deaths in Thailand – what’s going on?
Thai Official Says Protesters Ran Into Bullets
Thai opposition party waits for Thaksin to name PM candidate
Boonmee a (really) strange, wonderful film
Over 1,000 Tall Buildings in Bangkok at Risk of Quakes
Reforms that Thailand can’t put off
From Manager, March 23, 2011
At left Mingkwan says: I have the nine qualifications that Thaksin claims proper for Prime Minister
The other man says: Turn to the back page to see the qualification number 10.
Right: WAAI [Oops!] …gotta be a Shinawatra!
[This refers to the nine qualifications noted by Thaksin to be a good PM. The joke is that there really must be another secret qualification to be anointed by Thaksin as PM of the Pheu Thai party–be a family member so the party remains firmly under his control.]
More on the Ministry of Culture’s Topless Artwork
2B Situation Report: The Crusade to Minimize Thaksin
Survey of the Defunct Hat Yai-Songkhla Railway
Bangkok’s red-light nightlife must go
Threats and Destruction – Red Power, April, 2011
Wikileaks: al-Qaida targets included nightclubs in Thailand
More Thailand Mentions in the Wikileaks Gitmo Docs
Voice of Thaksin Editor Arrested
Also: The Best of 2Bangkok in 2011 – May-August – September-December