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.
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13 Maysa Photo Gallery →
Some amazing shots.
Jail and 40K baht fine you stay, free bus home if you leave
– Thai Police speaking to protestors.
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.
Topster448 Photo Gallery →
Collection of photos published on multiply. Thai writeup and comments.
LA Times Photo Gallery →
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.
Photos of Red shirts vs Thai Army →
Taken by a resident of Bangkok.
2Bangkok - Live Blog of Today's Events →
Daily Mail post with lots of images →
ED: I never thought I would link to the Daily Mail.
iReports user generated news tagged with #bangkok →
Lots of interesting videos and photos posted by people on the ground.
Videos from today’s crackdown at Victory Monument →
Videos posted by @nkoleszar
The Red Shirt Report Blog →
New blog just sprung up. Lots of pictures and aggregated reports.
Thai PM reponds. ( Feel I must add that the CNN reporter doesn’t seem to really understand the situation, which makes for bad interview )
Thaksin speaking on CNN.
BBC: Bangkok protests ‘under control’ (Audio Interview with Thai PM)
BBC: Thai army moves to quell protests (Video &... →
BBC interview with Thaksin
Next up.. a bunch of embedded videos. Hang on.
Ground Report - Bangkok's chaos was remarkably... →
Map of #redshirt protest areas. →
You might want to avoid these areas.
View Red Shirt Danger Zones - April 2009 in a larger map
Getty Image Search →
Lots of striking images of what is going on flowing in.
DailyTwitter (a view from bangkok) →
Daily update on events in Bangkok.
Bangkok Pundit's Live Blog →
@smartbrain twitpic feed →
Lots of pictures from different news sources, screen captures of thai news etc.
@codymckibb flickr photostream tag #redshirts →
Photos taken at victory monument around 1pm. Updates coming in.
LIVE BLOG: Bangkok skirmish (Nirmal Ghosh reports) →
Bangkok Post (English Language Daily Newspaper) →
Nation Multimedia (English Language Daily... →
UDD Today Ning Site (Sorta #redshirt twitter) →
Note needs windows media player.
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.
Liveblogging the Thai Redshirts Crisis ( Tom... →
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.
Tweeple Search →
Twitter search which aggregates the tweets of people reporting on the situation.
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
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.