http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye An Outsider Inside Thailand Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:37:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/05/bangkok-red-shirt-riots-video-perspectives/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/05/bangkok-red-shirt-riots-video-perspectives/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 15:53:33 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=508 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/05/bangkok-red-shirt-riots-video-perspectives/feed/ 0 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/05/government-forces-move-to-retake-central-bangkok/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/05/government-forces-move-to-retake-central-bangkok/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 11:41:46 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=458 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/05/government-forces-move-to-retake-central-bangkok/feed/ 0 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/05/uk-embassy-eases-travel-warning-status-for-thailand/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/05/uk-embassy-eases-travel-warning-status-for-thailand/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 04:41:05 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=428 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/05/uk-embassy-eases-travel-warning-status-for-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2009/04/holiday-extended-after-bangkok-riots-thailand-closed-for-10-days/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2009/04/holiday-extended-after-bangkok-riots-thailand-closed-for-10-days/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:42:55 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=265 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 be a closure of all government offices on Friday 10th. This unscheduled holiday preceded and joined with the scheduled Thai traditional New Year (Songkran) holiday occurring from Saturday 11th April to Wednesday 15th April. These dates included closure of all Government and Post Offices within Thailand. Following the violence and civil unrest that broke out in Bangkok over the Songkran / Easter weekend, instigated by the same red-shirted factions, current Democrat Party Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva instructed, on Tuesday 14 April, that Thursday and Friday 16-17 April would be an extension to the national holiday, in order to give the government time to make central Bangkok safe for people to return to their workplaces.]]> http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2009/04/holiday-extended-after-bangkok-riots-thailand-closed-for-10-days/feed/ 3 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/who-is-behind-the-bombings-of-pad-in-bangkok/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/who-is-behind-the-bombings-of-pad-in-bangkok/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:49:30 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=158
CHIANG MAI, Thailand, 2 Dec 2008 - It's a long held truism that in order to win a war, a protagonist must know their enemy as well as, or better than, they know themselves. Intelligence gathering, and application of the knowledge it yields, has for millennia made the difference between smaller forces winning a battle or campaign, and being overwhelmed and becoming margin notes of history, rather than lauded as heroes. In the current battle of wills being conducted within Thailand's capital, between - pro and anti government groups, the government itself, and alleged conflicting loyalties within the military and police forces, one of the key questions of the day remains unanswered - who is bombing the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protest sites and members? And is it the PAD who have begun retaliating in a like manner against pro-government groups?]]> http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/who-is-behind-the-bombings-of-pad-in-bangkok/feed/ 0 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/11/tensions-escalate-following-state-of-emergency-decree/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/11/tensions-escalate-following-state-of-emergency-decree/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:49:57 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=148 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/11/tensions-escalate-following-state-of-emergency-decree/feed/ 0 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/11/coup-called-for-and-state-of-emergency-declared/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/11/coup-called-for-and-state-of-emergency-declared/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:00:37 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=144 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/11/coup-called-for-and-state-of-emergency-declared/feed/ 0 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2005/01/tsunami-sorting-facts-from-fiction/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2005/01/tsunami-sorting-facts-from-fiction/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2005 07:35:06 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=207 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2005/01/tsunami-sorting-facts-from-fiction/feed/ 0