A familiar, ominous air in Thailand

5 months after elections, divisions that led to coup resurface

By Seth Mydans
Published: July 10, 2008

Street rallies have been held in Bangkok almost daily for more than a month. They are being led once again by the People’s Alliance for Democracy, an unaffiliated opposition group. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)
BANGKOK: Just five months after a military junta handed power [...]

Thailand faces judicial revolution

Saturday July 12, 2008
THAI TAKES WITH PHILIP GOLINGAI
The Supreme Court is set to do what a coup, an election and street protests could not – break former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’ political grip.
ON A rainy afternoon on Wednesday, strong winds uprooted a big Rajapreuk tree as Thailand’s prime minister Samak Sundaravej arrived at the Government [...]