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Did Surapong ask the Japanese government to issue a visa for Thaksin?

By Thu, Aug 18, 2011 9:19PM UTC Comments Off

BP has already blogged about Surapong and his role in facilitating Thaksin’s Japanese visa, but there are a couple of other related issues that have not blogged about yet. The only account we have of how the meeting took place is Surapong saying the Japanese Ambassador requested to meet with him and not him requesting...

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Can the new Thai Foreign Minister actually speak English?

By Thu, Aug 18, 2011 9:30AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut Surapong Towijakchaikul is not somebody to be jealous of for his job right now. The new Thai foreign minister is being criticized from all possible sides, much of which for him being simply unqualified because he lacks diplomatic background* and that he’s just there to help Thaksin getting into more countries again....

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