Making Sense of Thai Juntaland: A glossary
Fifteen months on, life under the Thai junta has changed quite a bit from the life we were accustomed to before the fateful coup on May 22, 2014. In some […]
Fifteen months on, life under the Thai junta has changed quite a bit from the life we were accustomed to before the fateful coup on May 22, 2014. In some […]
*I wrote a three-part series in late November 2014, on the six months anniversary of living under Thailand’s latest junta and martial law. The series was first published on Siam Voices blog on […]
On May 9, 2014, the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) kicked off its “all-out final battle” to oust the “Thaksin regime” by occupying state TV stations and telling them to […]
Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the Thailand’s anti-government protest movement and secretary to the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), caused quite a stir when he declared on April 5 his plan […]
I posted this article on Siam Voices, Asian Correspondent on Monday and added an update on Tuesday. The political situation has been fast changing. By Wednesday night the street protests have […]
As discussed in Part 1: Constitutional Court and constitutional amendment, the Constitutional Court and independent agencies have played crucial roles in Thailand’s protracted political conflict between the old establishment and the […]
A collection of words and phrases commonly used in Thai colored politics in early 2010