Bangkok Guru

The former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawat has been found guilty of corruption by the Thai Supreme Court and sentenced to two years in prison. The ruling was the very first against the former PM since he was sensationally outsted by a military coup two years ago in 2006 following accusations of abuse of power and [...]

Today was terrible. Dozens of people were injured after riot police used teargas to break up a blockade of parliament. A couple of protesters were injured including one guy who had his left leg completely blown off at the knee from the blast of a teargas grenade. Nevertheless, the government has come out and defended [...]

Today’s biggest news in Bangkok is the story of the full blown assault on a prominent Channel 3 political correspondent by the Bangkok mayoral election candidate Chuwit Kamolvisit. I know most of you couldn’t care less about Thai politics but you just have to check this one out.

For those of you Thai politics dummies, here’s [...]

Today I received an email regarding Thai politics from a friend which really cracked me up big time. If you’re a PAD supporter, you will like it. If you’re a DAAD supporter, you won’t. Here’s what the email says
Five reasons why you should not support the Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship (DAAD):

And five reasons why you [...]

Bangkok is a wonderful, cosmopolitan city with a great deal to offer. It is no wonder why so many have come to live and work here. But for all of Bangkok’s qualities, life for many who live here can be hard. Our transport system is in a mess so that people are forced to spend [...]

If you’ve recently been following Thai politics, you probably know that on Tuesday Prime Minister Samak was found guilty of flouting the constitution and as a result disqualified from the post. His appearances on a TV cookery show and acceptance of payments for them were a clear breach of constitutional rules that prohibit MPs from [...]

Last night pro-government protesters in their thousands under the name of the Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship broke through police lines with little resistance and marched towards Government House in an attempt to evict their anti-government PAD rivals by force but didn’t quite make it and came face to face with the PAD’s guards.
Sure enough things [...]

It’s been a politically massive day for a awful lot of people in Bangkok and Thailand in general. Thousands of hardcore and not too hardcore protesters led by the People’s Alliance for Democracy descended onto the streets of central Bangkok, demanding the immediate resignation of the government.

They occupied the premises of the new state broadcaster [...]

Yesterday morning there was a massive demonstration outside the UK embassy near Central Chidlom in Ploenchit Road, Bangkok. The huge crowd of over 10,000 people with too much time to spare were protesting angrily blocking the whole road and effectively grinding the already awful Bangkok traffic to a complete halt.
They demanded the British government not [...]

I’m not sure if I’ve told you this but I’ve been working secretly as a chief personal adviser to former Thailand PM Thaksin who is now on the run. Below is a private conversation I had with him over google talk last night after he fucked off back to England following his wife Pojaman’s surprise [...]