Somchai Wongsawat Archives - photo-journ's newsblog by John Le Fevre

Jatuporn to be Yingluck’s first test on clean Thailand government

By John Le Fevre on July 7, 2011 Corruption, Thailand, Thailand current events, Thailand politics

For the past three years one of the most familiar faces at red-shirt rallies across Thailand has been that of United Front for Democracy (UDD) co-leader and former Pheu Thai Party (PTP) MP Jatuporn Prompan, now languishing in the Bangkok Remand Center and threatening to become the first real test of how clean the newly […]

Thainess, the economy & the 2011 Thailand general election

By John Le Fevre on June 27, 2011 Human rights, Thailand, Thailand current events, Thailand economy, Thailand politics

The culmination of more than three years of political unrest which have cost at least 150 lives are due to come to a head next Sunday (July 3) in Thailand when the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will seek its first mandate from the electorate to rule the Southeast Asa kingdom of some 66 […]