Protest movement repeats: First reforms, then elections
A grenade that missed its target, a skirmish between a pro- and anti-government group, firm language from action leader Suthep Thaugsuban and 30.000 (authorities) or hundreds of thousands (protest movement) demonstrators on the Royal Plaza. The first Saturday of two major rallies of the protest movement and the red shirts, respectively, passed without the violence some pessimists had predicted.
Yingluck hits back: I'm not being treated fairly
Prime Minister Yingluck believes she is being treated unfairly by the National Anti-Corruption Commission. On her Facebook page, she vehemently lashes out at the committee accusing her of dereliction of duty as chairman of the National Rice Policy Committee.
News from Thailand – March 27, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Half of Thailand's 6.200 double-decker buses are unsafe
• Impeachment Senate President Nikhom one step closer
• Opposition leader Abhisit breaks collarbone (pathetic isn't it?)
News from Thailand – March 23, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Funny headline in Bangkok Post: 'Bruno finds CDs on Mars'
• Thick smoke hinders air traffic to Chiang Mai
• Heavy rainfall in Bangkok area: dead and much damage
News from Thailand – March 22, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Farmers dump 112 tons of rice for lottery office and collect 1,3 million baht
• Another landfill fire, now in Surat Thani; better control
• Chiang Mai airport inaccessible for four flights from Bangkok
News from Thailand – March 21, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• More misery for farmers: 5.000 baht/ton for rice in second harvest
• Air force assists firefighting dump site
• Fish pond with fish (logical) but also ammunition (not logical)
The National Anti-Corruption Commission is strict. Not 45 days, as requested by her lawyers, but 15 days to Prime Minister Yingluck to prepare her defense against the charge of negligence. Yingluck would have done nothing about the huge losses and corruption of the rice mortgage system.
News from Thailand – March 13, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Foreign workers in tuna industry satisfied with their work
• Elephant dies after collision with car
• Farmers disrupt rice auction and throw eggs at police
News from Thailand – March 12, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Angry farmers deposit 10 tons of rice for agricultural bank
• Bangkok governor's election must be over
• Construction of Bang Sue-Rangsit metro line started
Farmers have to wait again for money for rice
Farmers in Phetchabun, Uthai Thani, Prachin Buri, Ayutthaya and Chachoengsao still have to bite the bullet for another two weeks, because that's how long it takes them to get paid for the rice they handed in in the 2012-2013 rice season.
News from Thailand – March 8, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Wild gaurs in Kui Buri died of foot and mouth disease
• Swapped NSC secretary may return to old post
• The army says it with flowers at checkpoints
News from Thailand – March 6, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Rice farmers Buri Ram, still unpaid, ask lawyers for help
• Prime Minister Yingluck talks to army chief about crisis
• Coral reefs off Koh Samet continue to be affected by oil spills
News from Thailand – March 5, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Just like a school camp, those tents of demonstrators in the Lumpini Park
• Grenade attack on the office of the Anti-Corruption Commission
• Farmer protest continues until all farmers are paid
News from Thailand – March 4, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Grenade attack on court and demonstrators
• Farmers demonstrate at Court of Audit
• Phitsanulok: Bus falls off bridge; 22 injured
News from Thailand – March 1, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Ban Ki-moon not welcome as mediator in conflict
• BTS will drive earlier (on a trial basis).
• Anti-Siam banners in Narathiwat and Yala
News from Thailand – February 28, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Red shirts build concrete wall in front of corruption committee office
• Salty seawater threatens drinking water in Bangkok; water shortage elsewhere
• TV debate Prime Minister Yingluck and action leader Suthep unlikely
The issuance of promissory notes seems to be as much of a flop as previous attempts by the government to find money to pay the farmers who have been waiting months for their money.