daddydawg Posted November 27, 2013 Posted November 27, 2013 link to cnn article... http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/26/world/asia/thailand-protests-explainer/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 Interesting read. KhorTose 1 Quote
TotallyOz Posted November 30, 2013 Posted November 30, 2013 It seems to me that no matter what happens and who is elected the opposing party will protest and try to bring down the government. What is the solution to this? What does it take for the people to be satisfied with a duly elected leader? vinapu 1 Quote
Guest abang1961 Posted November 30, 2013 Posted November 30, 2013 I am here in Singapore and was just planning to visit "our" second home, Thailand. It seems that Bangkok (and even Phuket) is "infested" with opposition crowd.... Where should I go? Quote
firecat69 Posted November 30, 2013 Posted November 30, 2013 Press in other countries are vested in making stories bigger then they are. Just make your trip, most likely you will have no problems. vinapu 1 Quote
vinapu Posted November 30, 2013 Posted November 30, 2013 I am here in Singapore and was just planning to visit "our" second home, Thailand. It seems that Bangkok (and even Phuket) is "infested" with opposition crowd.... Where should I go? Do not worry about anything , I just returned on Tuesday after 2 weeks, there are some demonstrations and marches but you are unlikely to be inconvenienced by them as crowds were quite sparse. Did not encounter any problems at all, Firecat is right , media are making it up through magnifying glass Quote
pong Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 YOu singies (where I just returned from this week) are misled by your PAP to believe that riots galore and that any Asean-country out of SIN is a total mishap, as PAP is not the leading party with the best for its people. THey also manipulate the Straits times etc to make you believe: ''we singies are the best!"' You have indeed the highest prices in Asean, yes. (sorry-this is just the 12345th very same Q on sites ike Tripadvisor and the like, all from Singies and all repeating the very same). Do not worry-in your cosy tourist only ghetto's there is nothing to fear or even to see or note, except on TV. It is very well known, that the current opposition-what TH has, other has SIN (I know it has-but too small to even tell) is BKK and the south, yellow, but they mostly wear black T-shirts now with red/white/blue=flag colours wiht whistles. Quote
firecat69 Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Unfortunately now I have reports from someone living in KhoSan area and he is afraid enough to move his family out of there last night for a few nights hopefully. Way too many gun shots for him to feel comfortable living 1 block away from the demonstrations. Hopefully it will be contained but continues to be a black eye for Thailand around the world. Quote
Guest abang1961 Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Seems like the PM has gone into hiding and the DPM, is calling the shots...telling the residents to stay indoors... I really dislike your comments, pong. This is the age of info proliferation... and you are bloody narrow-minded to label and thus generalising my fellow friends in singapore... I am really sorry that you are so backward in your understanding... of the things that happened in singapore.. of course, you are entitled to your screwed, misinformed opinion... I am not fighting ...this thread is about bangkok and I am concern of my own safety...and you can keep your mouth shut... Quote
