April 2009
37 posts
Happy Songkhran!
Well it looks like its all over. Thank god casualties were much lower than looked likely when this all kicked off. It could have been much much worse. My thoughts are with families of those who residents who died and those who were injured in the fighting. Lets hope Thailand returns to normal now. People are back on the streets doing what they should be doing this time of year, enjoying Songkran. ...
Apr 14th
13 Maysa Photo Gallery  →
Some amazing shots.
Apr 13th
“Jail and 40K baht fine you stay, free bus home if you leave”
– Thai Police speaking to protestors.
Apr 13th
Bangkok Bill Twitter Stream  →
He is reporting live from the area around government house trying to get inside. Best source of live updates at the moment.
Apr 13th
Topster448 Photo Gallery  →
Collection of photos published on multiply. Thai writeup and comments.
Apr 13th
LA Times Photo Gallery →
Apr 13th
Bangkok Bill's Flickr Photo Stream →
@bangkokbill has been reporting live from the events on twitter. He has posted lots of photos taken yesterday on his flickr.
Apr 13th
Photos of Red shirts vs Thai Army →
Taken by a resident of Bangkok.
Apr 13th
2Bangkok - Live Blog of Today's Events  →
Apr 13th
Daily Mail post with lots of images  →
ED: I never thought I would link to the Daily Mail.
Apr 13th
iReports user generated news tagged with #bangkok →
Lots of interesting videos and photos posted by people on the ground.
Apr 13th
Videos from today’s crackdown at Victory Monument →
Videos posted by @nkoleszar
Apr 13th
Apr 13th
The Red Shirt Report Blog  →
New blog just sprung up. Lots of pictures and aggregated reports.
Apr 13th
WatchWatch
Thai PM reponds. ( Feel I must add that the CNN reporter doesn’t seem to really understand the situation, which makes for bad interview )
Apr 13th
WatchWatch
Thaksin speaking on CNN.
Apr 13th
WatchWatch
BBC: Bangkok protests ‘under control’ (Audio Interview with Thai PM)
Apr 13th
BBC: Thai army moves to quell protests (Video &... →
Apr 13th
WatchWatch
BBC interview with Thaksin
Apr 13th
“Next up.. a bunch of embedded videos. Hang on.”
Apr 13th
Ground Report - Bangkok's chaos was remarkably... →
Apr 13th
Map of #redshirt protest areas.  →
You might want to avoid these areas. View Red Shirt Danger Zones - April 2009 in a larger map
Apr 12th
Getty Image Search →
Lots of striking images of what is going on flowing in.
Apr 12th
DailyTwitter (a view from bangkok)  →
Daily update on events in Bangkok.
Apr 12th
Bangkok Pundit's Live Blog  →
Apr 12th
@smartbrain twitpic feed  →
Lots of pictures from different news sources, screen captures of thai news etc.
Apr 12th
@codymckibb flickr photostream tag #redshirts →
Photos taken at victory monument around 1pm. Updates coming in.
Apr 12th
LIVE BLOG: Bangkok skirmish (Nirmal Ghosh reports) →
Apr 12th
Bangkok Post (English Language Daily Newspaper) →
Apr 12th
Nation Multimedia (English Language Daily... →
Apr 12th
UDD Today Ning Site (Sorta #redshirt twitter) →
Note needs windows media player.
Apr 12th
Thai Crisis Blog (Lots of comments and analysis) →
Lots of history of the build up to the political and economic problems can be found here.
Apr 12th
Liveblogging the Thai Redshirts Crisis ( Tom... →
Apr 12th
Watch Situation Live on Thai TV →
You can switch channel using the menu on the right. Most channels are in Thai naturally but have live pictures of what is happening.
Apr 12th
Tweeple Search →
Twitter search which aggregates the tweets of people reporting on the situation.
Apr 12th
Twitter Search Query  →
Realtime results for redshirt OR yellowshirt OR “red shirt” OR “yellow shirt” OR “bangkok” OR thaksin OR udd OR astv OR Abhisit
Apr 12th
Welcome
This tumble log has been setup to collect links to news and people reporting on what is going on in Bangkok in real time. Its intended to provide additional information to those following the #redshirt situation on twitter. This is just a stream of information it is not pushing any political side. Lets begin.
Apr 12th