As the most traumatic week in Thailand's recent history draws to a close, a number of videos are beginning to circulate, which show some perspectives that international press ignored during the months building up to Wednesday's crackdown and clearing of the Red Shirt encampments in the centre of the city.
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Thailand 21 May 2010 - A friend of mine lives just metres away from the former Red Shirt main rally stage in Bangkok. Throughout the recent demonstrations, and the ensuing military operations and riots, myself and others implored him to remain indoors and leave his camera in the cupboard.
Now, ...
Government troops and police moved in force, early in the morning of 19th May to disperse and clear the anti-government Red Shirt protesters from the upscale heart of Bangkok's commercial and tourist zone. By early afternoon, the Red Shirt leaders announced to their followers that the city centre fight was ...
Bangkok 19 May 2010 - Thai Army and Police, supported by Armoured Combat Vehicles (ACVs) and Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), plus water cannon military vehicles, moved from several directions overnight to assault the barricades and bunkers built around the perimeter of the anti-government Red Shirt protestors' encampment covering almost four ...
6 May 2010 - the British Embassy have today lowered their warning related to "the whole of Thailand" citing reduction of unrest and violence outside the capital. However, they are upholding their warning to avoid Bangkok other than for the most essential of travel.
The update came in an email which ...
The British Embassy in Bangkok have issued their sternest level of warning to British nationals within, or travelling to, Thailand, with effect from 09:45am today, 27th April, ALL of Thailand is considered as a destination for only the most essential of travel reasons.
In their email communique to registered expatriates and ...
Effective 21 December 2009, the application fee for a work-permit in Thailand rose by 600%.
There are two fees to be paid for a work-permit in Thailand, an application fee, and a successor issuance fee. The former is controlled and set by the Work Permit Section of the Employment Division of ...
Thailand, 15 April 2009 - Following the assault upon, and cancellation of, the "ASEAN plus dialogue partners" meeting of Heads of State in Pattaya, Thailand last week by the red-shirted followers of ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the Thai government announced, late on Thursday 9th April, that there would ...
eBay's top Chiang Mai sellers and their SE Asian seller management team met at the Chiang Mai Holiday Inn yesterday (23 Feb 2009) to exchange information about the marketplace, its policies, and current sales performance.
Presentations were also given by international courier DHL and a new service for sellers to manage ...
Having moved house, the law in Thailand says that foreigners must advise the Immigration Police of their new address within 24 hours of the move. The same time span applies to even tourists moving from one hotel to another, although usually the hotel takes care of that.
There's been a ...