Thailand’s Calm Seen As Only Temporary

King’s Nonappearance Adding to Uncertainty in Wake of Protests

 

By Tim Johnston
Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, December 6, 2008; Page A10
BANGKOK, Dec. 5 — For Thailand, the past week began with the blaring fury of anti-government demonstrators in the middle of an airport sit-in and ended with a stunned calm as the country contemplated billions [...]