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Robbie Fowler comes to Thailand as Buriram PEA kicks off football training academy

July 20th, 2011 · No Comments

Thai football bolstered by ‘God,’ Africa and a former politician in Isaan Robbie Fowler isn’t the only football talent heading to Thailand. A new initiative plans to make Buriram a driving force in the development of The Beautiful Game By Greg Lowe Global football fans were rightly surprised earlier this month when legendary English player […]

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Tags: Asia-Pacific · Bangkok · CNNGo.com · football · politics · Thailand

BLOG: Political unrest and that Thai economy

May 14th, 2010 · No Comments

Much is made of Thailand’s economic fundamentals but the fact remains that the current political turmoil will only dampen economic activity, chase away tourists and investors and weaken the country’s overall performance. Here are a few comments on the likely impact on the economy, these have all been made very recently, but not in response […]

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Tags: books · Greg's Blog · markets · politics · red shirts · Thailand · UDD · Uncategorized

Thailand’s Red Shirts accept Abhisit’s reconciliation road map

May 11th, 2010 · No Comments

by Greg Lowe BANGKOK — Red Shirt anti-government protesters have conditionally accepted Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s roadmap for national reconciliation in a move that is expected to end the rallies that have paralyzed parts of the capital for months. Opinions are mixed over whether the plan can bring lasting peace to a country whose unity […]

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Tags: features · politics · red shirts · Thailand · UDD · World Politics Review

BLOG: Thailand’s political tragedy

April 29th, 2010 · No Comments

Last night the atmosphere on Silom Road was a far cry from the clashes between security forces and red shirt supporters on Viphawadi-Rangsit Road earlier that afternoon, which left one soldier dead and 18 people injured. There were a few lines of police and soldiers dressed in riot gear, standing next to razor-wire cordons and […]

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Thailand Remains Tense Despite State of Emergency

April 9th, 2010 · No Comments

The state of emergency declared in Bangkok late on Wednesday night has done little if anything to calm Thailand’s escalating political tensions. The Emergency Decree issued by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva gives security forces extended powers to clear thousands of anti-government demonstrators from the heart of Bangkok’s luxury retail district. The protesters had been camped […]

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Tags: features · politics · red shirts · Thailand · World Politics Review

Red shirts at Ratchadamnoen Ave

March 14th, 2010 · No Comments

Despite reports of there being more than 100,000 red shirts in Bangkok already, at about 6pm tonight the numbers were still relatively low around the main convergence point at Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue. The red shirts had set up tents all along the road, from quite close to the Rattanakosin Hotel, but there were very low […]

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Tags: Greg's Blog · opinion · politics · red shirts · Thailand · UDD

Bangkok hopes protests won’t spark violence – But its security forces are ready to tackle any outbreak, says foreign minister

March 13th, 2010 · No Comments

By GREG LOWE IN BANGKOK THE government is hopeful that this weekend’s mass protests will pass without violence, but security forces are well prepared for any incident, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya says. Thousands of red-shirt supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday started mobilising from around the country to converge on the capital tomorrow, […]

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Tags: news · politics · red shirts · Thailand · The Business Times (Singapore) · UDD

Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak discusses the likely outcomes of the Thaksin assets seizure

March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

When I spoke to Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak, director of the Institute of Security and International Studies at Chulalongkorn University, last weekend about the Thaksin assets verdict, he raised some thought-provoking points about why the Supreme Court’s ruling would not usher in a new era of political stability. The ruling was in fact likely to strengthen […]

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Thaksin ruling ‘priced in’: analyst — Seizure of assets unlikely to affect market sentiment

March 1st, 2010 · No Comments

By GREG LOWE IN BANGKOK THE Supreme Court’s landmark ruling to seize 46.37 billion baht (S$1.97 billion) in assets belonging to the family of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is unlikely to have a significant impact on the Stock Exchange of Thailand index or investor sentiment in general, analysts say. Two grenade attacks on Bangkok […]

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LAND OWNERSHIP AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT – Keeping foreigners out serves whose interests?

December 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Preventing foreigners from owning land and property in Thailand does many things: it protects powerful Thai landlords and agricultural monopolies, forces overseas investors to consider setting up shop in other regional markets, drives Thai capital from the country and provides a pool of nationalist bile for tub-thumping politicians to draw on and whip up a […]

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Tags: Bangkok Post · business · economy · opinion · politics · property