The Economist 05/21

an imploding polity, The Battle of Bangkok, Red Dawn (Thailand's crisis), books about Thailand, Violence in Bangkok

Bangkok Post 05/21

PM vows to seek truth, task force set up to pacify the city,

New York Times 05/21

Thailand reaches a weary peace, despite peace social divides remain, Tension in Thailand, The May 19 crackdown, Army confronts protesters on May 18, Thai tourism suffers from unrest (millions of pedophiles left with nowhere to go), suspicious shooting of general

Rueters 05/21

Thai economy to recover from crippling protests, Thaksin is the source of the redshirt rebellion, The kings role, Thai PM says reconciliation but no poll, Thai market is moving backwords, The future of Thailand,

The reason

I have a friend in Thailand who is always complaining on how terrible and corrupt the media coverage of political events is there. This is my attempt to fill in the gap. I don't want to make any enemies I just want to inform, and to say that lese majeste is a ridiculous anachronism.