Democrat Party | Simon Roughneen

Thailand: Another controversial rally stirs emotions, points fingers – The Irrawaddy

http://irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=21562 BANGKOK/UDON THANI – Thailand’s Democrat Party last night used a controversial Bangkok election rally to focus on the...

Thai electoral fraud case dismissed – Financial Times

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1f7a72a-fb99-11df-b79a-00144feab49a.html By Simon Roughneen in Bangkok A Thai court has dismissed an electoral fraud case that could have seen...

Bangkok’s Referendum on Protests & Crackdown – The Irrawaddy/Sunday Business Post

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=19042 http://www.sbpost.ie/news/world/thai-byelection-set-to-test-waters-50717.html BANGKOK – With a Government party candidate facing off against a jailed member of the red shirt...

Thai-Burma Relations through the Thaksin Prism – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=18672 BANGKOK — After the crackdown on the two-month-long Redshirt protest in Bangkok, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra remains a...

Thailand, Reconciled to Division? – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=117160 A government peace plan is viewed with skepticism by opposition leaders as the fallout from recent political violence...

Mantras, Misperceptions and Mutual Acrimony in Thai MP Debate – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18602 BANGKOK — Despite a comfortable margin of victory in a parliamentary no-confidence vote held on Wednedsay, Thailand’s Prime...

Thai prime minister survives no-confidence vote – Financial Times

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c7cc230-6e01-11df-b5c9-00144feabdc0.html By Simon Roughneen in Bangkok The Thai prime minister on Wednesday survived a no-confidence motion tabled against his...

After Silom Explodes, Murmurs of Compromise in Bangkok – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=18310 The day after deadly explosions hit the main banking district of Bangkok, conciliatory voices were heard urging compromise...

Thailand’s Blood Red Curse – The Irrawaddy/BBC/CBC Canada

Blood on the gates of the Thai PM's house today. (Photo: Simon Roughneen©)

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18055 BBC iPlayer – Mark Patterson 16-03-2010.htm – Radio report, about 90 mins in. – TV report on Canadian...

Textual Healing in Thailand – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=94920 Bangkok’s new government may face the same type of street protests that helped depose its predecessor, neutering the...